Daily Harvest

On the other side of our back fence is a street. We have to walk around the block to get there and it keeps us from watering and weeding there are much as we should. Our landscaping idea was to put a weed blocker, cover it in wood chip mulch and then plant some low water need plants through it.

Along the parking strip we planted a meyer lemon, a fig and an olive tree. Along the fence we planted lavender.

Jonathan and I went back there today to clean up and water. The plants are finally taking off!

I trimmed up the lavender plants and weeded them out.

Now we have so much lavender!










While I was holding the bundle of lavender, this bee came to investigate to flowers!

Cute cute little honey bee!

Daily Dinner

Fava Beans

According to Pam Pierce, the author of Golden Gate Gardening, fava beans were the only beans known to the early Europeans.

It is fascinating to me to think about pole beans coming from the Americas and our whole hearted acceptance of them into European cuisine. The fava has moved from being the only bean to being a marginalized bean in a relatively short period of time.

Daily Harvest

Daily Harvest

Daily Dinner

We had these mashed turnips & potatoes, and these fava beans & peas with salmon that Jonathan cooked with the preserved lemons that we traded with Dafna for.

So delicious!

Thank you Dafna!

Daily Barter

I met a new friend and neighbor through Forage Oakland!

We biked to her house today with a dozen eggs and two different kinds of marmalade.

She gave us two jams, pickled carrots, preserved lemons and a delicada squash plant!

She has a blog about her jams and pickles and about the plants around her. Beautiful walnut tree photos!
Here is her blog if you want to get your own strawberry or jalapeNo jam: www.INNAjam.com.