The violas are happy with spring. We planted them throughout the garden to provide a good supply of flowers for all the kitchen needs. We are also harvesting borage and calendula flowers. We will harvest broccoli flowers until they are gone.
Broccoli & Cauliflower
The purple broccoli is almost finished, and the white cauliflower is still a few weeks away from harvestable size.
Green Garlic
We have more green garlic, which we will start harvesting this coming week.
Pea Shoots
It is pea shoot season! We are harvesting regularly. If you need more, let us know. When we planted the cover crop, we added extra pea seeds to have an abundance of peas for the very short season that they are available.
Chervil
We have a stock tank of chervil, which we planted last fall and are now harvesting. It’s looking nice. However, because we protect it with shade cloth, it is easy to overlook. You might need to remind us when you run low.
Horseradish
We have reduced the amount of horseradish planted by half, as we had way more than was ever needed.
Rhubarb
Rhubarb time! Yes, we harvested the first of the rhubarb this week. We will have it available for many more weeks.
Onion Chive Flower Buds
These little “onion domes” are chive flower buds. Very shortly, we will have chive blossoms, which we will harvest.
Herbs
Oregano, rosemary, thyme, chives, and mint are the growing and harvestable herbs in the garden. We will have a short break in parsley between overwintered and spring crops. We will be seeding basil soon. It has been too cold and damp for basil to grow or germinate. We are testing this by seeding micro basil this week.
Come on out to the garden to see what else we have growing.
-Anna
