Sunday, May 23, 2010

Weeding and Thinning

Last night it rained.
Lady's mantle looks so beautiful with raindrops on it. In Latvia these plants grow wild. Ever since I've been gardening in the U.S., I have at least one my garden. I love its roundish leaves and chartreuse blooms. Its name in Latvian literally would translate "dew vessel".
Broccoli looks good enough for eating.
A corner with variegated oregano, garlic, bean sprout, potatoes and sunflower sprouts. Potatoes are fingerling potatoes from Safeway produce stand. They were not coming up for a very long time, so I seeded sunflowers over them. Now it looks that this corner might become too busy. We shall see.

There also are some weeds in the picture. I pulled a lot of them today. Very easy to do after the rain when ground is so soft.
All zucchini seeds sprouted and I had to thin the plants out.
Since the "rejects" came out from the soil with all roots attached, I have transferred them in pots. Any takers? I left four zucchini plants for us, and I know it will be plenty.
In another corner of the garden, rose campion blooms next to spearmint.
I also thinned beets. I'll use beet greens in my salad tomorrow. Other items cut tonight was one broccoli crown and a few clematis blooms to put in a bud vase in the living room.
Main ingredients for tonight's salad came from the garden: radishes, lettuce, dill and some green onions. Add some salt and sour cream and a light supper is ready!

2 comments:

  1. Yum! That salad looks so delicious and makes me regret that I've got to hit Potbellies today.

    And I'll take a zucchini plant!

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  2. That broccoli looks good. I tried to grow it in Latvia one year, but somehow it didn't work out. I can only imagine how great that salad tastes! Especially when ingredients come from your own garden! Thanks for sharing...

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