Today I planted:
12 red lettuce starts
1 thai hot pepper start (we'll see if it's too late in the season for this)
A couple of days ago, we planted:
more onion seeds to fill in where there were gaps where we'd planted onions earlier
chive seeds
salad mix
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Our attempts at urban agriculture. We wanted to make a record of all the stuff we manage to grow. It's so dang satisfying making food in the backyard.
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> How much food can we grow in our urban backyard?
> What is in season in Berkeley?
> What is for dinner?
> What animals have we encountered in the yard recently?
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Links:
- Stowaway- the pirate card game Jonathan invented
- Neighbor Dafna picking and cooking!
- Josey makes serious bread in his home oven!
- Cousin Josh is in Nicaragua!
- Cafe 20- Saul & Leib's once-a-week restaurant. Saul & Leib are Jonathan's boss's incredibly talented sons- in high school & college and cooking the best food you've ever eaten
- Jonathan's band - Team Nisto, what is he singing about now?
- Jayme's blog about her ceramics!
- my sister's blog about doctoring in El Salvador
- Los Strawberritos - Jonathan's pick-up team has joined a league
- Aunt Kathy's blog about Puget Sound
- honest meat
- my cousin = illustrator
- Our neighbor Bob from the co-housing project where we used to live has a blog about sustainable living
2 comments:
Thanks for posting this :)
Follow up question about eating squash blossoms. I am starting to get some on my zucchinis now, but I'm worried that if I harvest them too early, I will hurt the pollination process. Do you guys wait until the plant is producing fruit before you harvest the flowers? Or just go for it straight away? Does squash self pollinate or does it need some bee action?
From:
http://urbanext.illinois.edu/veggies/ssquash.cfm
Both summer and winter squash blossoms can be battered and fried in a little oil for a wonderful taste sensation. Harvest only the male blossoms unless the goal is to reduce production. Male blossoms are easily distinguished from the female blossoms. The stem of the male blossom is thin and trim. The stem of the female blossom is very thick. At the base of the female flower below the petals is a small bulge, which is the developing squash.
Always leave a few male blossoms on the vine for pollination purposes. There are always many more male flowers than female. Harvest only the male squash blossoms unless you are trying to reduce production. The female blossom can be harvested with a tiny squash growing at the end and used in recipes along with full blossoms. Use the blossom of any variety of summer or winter squash in your favorite squash blossom recipe.
Use pruning shears or a sharp knife to cut squash blossoms at midday when the petals are open, leaving one inch of stem. Gently rinse in a pan of cool water and store in ice water in the refrigerator until ready to use. The flowers can be stored for a few hours or up to 1 or 2 days.
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