Delicious Garden Update & Smoothie a Day
Yesterday morning, my broccoli looked like this:
So this morning I had to “pick” it. Not sure if that’s the right term when dealing with broccoli and I’m not sure the correct way to “pick” it either. I just snapped it off ;)
I’ll be eating it along with some whole wheat spaghetti, homemade and canned spaghetti sauce, and some yummy turkey sausages. I’m looking forward to dinner tonight! Last night our ribs didn’t turn out as we had hoped. B used a dry rub and it dried the meat out and was super salty and it tasted like pork tenderloin. So we took a quick trip around the block to Dairy Queen and ate that instead. I was in the mood for a cheeseburger anyway ;)
And here is my cucumber that’s growing out of the first homemade topsy turvy I have ever made. He’s growing quickly! He’s already at about inches! I’m soooo excited! Isn’t he cute? Or she? :)
I’m really interested in your garden if you have one. Whatcha growing in there? Any problems so far? Anyone know how to plant strawberries? I’m afraid that the ones I just planted in my topsy turvy are done wrong.
And here’s my smoothie for today…
1 banana, 1/2 cup fresh blackberries, 1/4 cup frozen blueberries, 1 40z. cup of yoplus blueberry acai yogurt, 1 orange, 3 slices of canned pineapples, 3/4 cup crushed ice, and about 1/2 cup skim milk.
Some sips I could only taste banana and some I could tell it was blueberry heavy. I wasn’t trying to achieve that. I was going for more of a tropical taste. Good thing I make a smoothie a day ;) I’ll reach my tropical tasting smoothie sooner or later!
Tags: broccoli, cucumbers, gardens, smoothie a day, strawberries
Last year I tried to grown 2 tomato plants, but failed. I got 1 tomato, so I called it my $9 tomato. I’m going to try the Topsy Turvy this year. I’m hoping to learn to garden, but think I’m light years away from broccoli! Kudos to you!
That’s pretty much how you pick broccoli. We usually use a sharp knife and cut it off just above the next set of leaves down from the head. I don’t have any broccoli this year. Everything’s in containers since we’re renting and not allowed to cultivate anything. I’ve managed to fit a variety in the 3 tubs and few pots available, though. 2 stevia plants, 2 tomatillos, 1 roma tomato (had 2 but the flooding a couple weeks ago drowned one completely), 2 zucchinis all from plants. Planted some seeds, too, and most are doing alright; borage, dill, basil. The green beans are vexing me, though. Second year in a row Burpee brand bush bean seeds have failed. A whole package soaked and planted and only 1 measly bean plant to show for it!
Your smoothie sounds delish! I love making smoothies in winter with the fruit I froze in summer. I would love to plant broccoli in our garden this summer, but I’m not sure how to grow it. We’re hoping to plant tomatoes, bell peppers, onions, and sugar snap peas. I also have a couple raspberry bushes, but I don’t know how to take care of them. Doh!
Terri, broccoli is easy! At least if you’re growing it from pre-started plants it is. Starting from seeds is a more labor and time intensive venture. Just plant em and make sure they don’t acquire and brassica-loving buggies and they’ll be fine.
Your brocolli is looking so lush and filled with flavours. I love your cucumber too. He/she is shining with life.
I don’t have a garden, but I know enough of planting to last me a life time as I grew up on a farm with animals around and my grandparents were also farmers and whenever we visited them as a child I had my own plot for producing food, and now I am a permaculturist. (by name anyway)
Though it’s been a while since my childhood and all those wonderful growing and harvesting and planting experiences, I am still very much connected to nature and growing, but don’t have the concrete experience in my adult life. My parents moved to the UK(London), from Portugal during early 1990′s and have been here ever since. (Complete contrast from farm life, wouldn’t you say) I like finding opportunities to get involved outside as that is where I am most happiest and in my element.
My mother knows everything there is about planting anything as she farmed near all of her life, until she got married and moved to an urban area in Portugal from the country. The urban area (which was only a designated plot of land in an urbanised area in those days) was transformed into a farm, growing up and had animals and food of all kinds growing and my dad used to hunt and fish too. :)
Okay now coming back to land, strawberries I do know a little about.
What type of climate are you in? And what is your garden situation like? And how did you plant them in your topsy turvy? (And what is a topsy turvy?) And what have you been using to increase their proteins, if anything?
Hopefully we’ll get to the bottom of this, and I’d love to help as this would be really my first proper gardening advice(excluding friends and family) since graduating in permaculture design. :)