April 28th we got our very first harvest of crops from the garden in 2010! Broccoli, spinach, English peas, and parsley fresh from the garden can't compare to store-bought goods.
Our parsley particularly, has a strong flavor. A little bit goes a long way.
Fresh English peas are the best item we have had from the garden so far. I might even go so far as to say they beat the okra from last year. Now that's saying A LOT!
We put the fresh spinach with Romaine lettuce to make salads. The leaves were crisp and tasty.
The broccoli looked a little funny, but the flavor was good. It was nothing like store-bought.
Randy picking English pea pods
Spinach leaves will grow back after some are cut, or so I'm told. We shall see.
Spinach plant after harvesting some of its leaves.
Broccoli before harvesting. It doesn't look like grocery store broccoli, but it tastes better.
Finding just the right stalk to pick.
*Snip*
Our first harvest of 2010!!
Vegetables after they were washed
We added store-bought tomato and green pepper for the salad. The ones in the garden aren't ready to pick yet. Soon we will be able to add those to salads and other dishes, too. Can't wait to make succotash again when the okra, tomatoes, and green peppers are ready.
This is what is left after shelling the English peas.
Our very own GARDEN salad.... :)
"Three peas in a pod..." Reminds me of Eli, Deborah, and Sarah
Ahhh... the finished product
Yummy!
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