What's In YOUR Garden?
In the interest of saving money, eating well, and eating healthy, I am an avid forager, or perhaps avid is an overstatement? At any rate, I forage. We're one third of the way through March. Today is the tenth, and I spent several hours in my back yard, and puttering around out there fixing things, etc. We still have some bedraggled onions out in one of our raised beds. They look lonely and forlorn, shriveled, stressed and frigid, but they're still alive, which is the main thing.
The photo of the little plant with the dime next to it is a plant that is very common in my gardens. It is some sort of cress. These things are everywhere - in my yard, wherever moles disturb the soil at the surface, in my raised beds, in the flower gardens - everywhere! Am I upset about the little invaders? No! Not a bit, actually. You see, upon close inspection of these little rosettes of goodness, I realized that what I was looking at was definitely some sort of cress, or wild mustard green. Of course, I HAD to taste them, being both a forager and an individual who loves a good cress green. They taste like sweet, mild little broccolis! And since they grow in reasonably large quantities, I see them now as just another part of our garden vegetables. The little seed pods function like little catapults when ripe - when touched, even lightly, they spring open, flinging their seeds up to around 6 inches in all directions. Divide and conquer must be their mantra!
Below are a very few other interesting shots for your enjoyment and edification...
Here's a link to another page of potential interest. Enjoy!
The photo of the little plant with the dime next to it is a plant that is very common in my gardens. It is some sort of cress. These things are everywhere - in my yard, wherever moles disturb the soil at the surface, in my raised beds, in the flower gardens - everywhere! Am I upset about the little invaders? No! Not a bit, actually. You see, upon close inspection of these little rosettes of goodness, I realized that what I was looking at was definitely some sort of cress, or wild mustard green. Of course, I HAD to taste them, being both a forager and an individual who loves a good cress green. They taste like sweet, mild little broccolis! And since they grow in reasonably large quantities, I see them now as just another part of our garden vegetables. The little seed pods function like little catapults when ripe - when touched, even lightly, they spring open, flinging their seeds up to around 6 inches in all directions. Divide and conquer must be their mantra!
Below are a very few other interesting shots for your enjoyment and edification...
Here's a link to another page of potential interest. Enjoy!