Comments on: Now harvesting: mid-July

By: Helen

Helen — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:23:47 +0000

Andrea! I also did not know you could (or, more to the point, would want to) eat arugula flowers! How do they taste? I would have assumed they’d be unspeakably bitter. You adorn salads with them? And…radish seed pods are edible? Are they tasty? Woman, you’re full of fascinating information!

By: earlysnowdrop

earlysnowdrop — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:18:28 +0000

Eating arugula flowers! I didn’t know you could do that. Thanks for the tip.

By: earlysnowdrop

earlysnowdrop — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:15:16 +0000

Hey! Can you eat the flowers from arugula? I didn’t know that.

By: jake

jake — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:06:05 +0000

Great salad plot – nothing better than summer salads! Total Vancouverphile here so love ready your blog. Thnx.

Lots of greens producing here (Calgary). I received the book One Magic Square by Lolo Hobein for my birthday. Great philosophy/message. 4 weeks ago I started a magic square (1m x 1m slightly raised planting bed) of early summer Asian Vegs (Diakon (18), Giant Red Mustard (15), Spicy Mixed Greens (lots), Garlic Chives (2 clumps), Choy Sum (40), Snow Peas (24), Scallions (12), Cilantro and an orphan marigold). It’s crazy and beautiful, already several big salads of spicy greens – arugula, mizuna, purple mustard, endive with garlic chives and lime/jalapeno/cilantro dressing. I’m hoping to pick/thin/harvest the square for lots of stirfrys, dumplings, diakon salads/pickles, green onions cakes, soups, noodles/pastas, cooked greens and more salads from this little plot – adding bok choy and tatsoi for the fall.

cheers
jake

p.s. the California Spicy Greens seed blend (Rene’s Seeds) i bought in march in Vancouver at Art Knapp’s on Horby is so delicious. A new fave of mine.

By: Michelle's Green Thumb

Michelle's Green Thumb — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:04:21 +0000

This is the year of lettuce! I spread out my lettuce seedlings to fill holes & thought that I would blast through it all in time for me to reseed with carrots, beets & parsnips. Well, the lettuce seems to love this weather & are regrowing quicker than I can munch my way through it!! Oh, how I will miss all the greens come winter…