Early Spring Harvest + Bunny Sighting

This is the first and last spinach harvest for early spring.  I overwintered spinach this year and they did SOOOO much better than when I tried planting in early spring. Besides some minor damage from slugs, the spinach grew bigger and healthier than my spring spinach and avoided these guys....

Jin Pang or Korean Steamed Buns/ Chinese Bao

I have cravings for specific Korean foods sometimes.  Today, it was Jin Pang or Korean steamed bread also known as Chinese steamed buns or bao. 

Confessions of a Seed Hoarder: Sharing and Collecting

This Easter weekend (Happy Easter BTW) started with a frenzy of planting and dirt slinging!

My dirty fingernails are proof that growing season has begun!!!  This time of the year is definitely my happiest.  I always look forward to warmer weather and starting seeds and planting out seedlings. I naturally get up much earlier (farmer's hours, I call it) and itch to get outside.

Quinoa with Collards, Red Onions, Cilantro and Preserved Lemons

Picked the first collards of the season this evening!  I planted collards in the fall to see if they would taste sweeter and boy do they ever!!  I think the extended winter we're having has helped improve the flavor even more!  So I was wondering what to make with my collards and decided to add it to quinoa.

Update: Garlic the Wild Card

Last year, I had my garden planned out.  I knew what I wanted to grow and incorporated experimental vegetables and fruit and then, my cousin gave me giant cabbages; a veggie I had no plans to grow at all.... the wild card. I gave away 3 and kept 1 and surprisingly, even with neglect and cabbage worms, I harvested a cabbage.

Grass Killa + Arrival of Spring, Maybe?

This morning was beautiful!! Warm and hopefully only getting warmer, the robins were out and I saw my first bee of the season.  Is it spring??  I hope so!  After a pretty decent snow fall 2 days ago to this, 60 degree weather and SUN!!  I'm really hopeful! 

Today was the perfect day for me to go out and kill some grass!!  I generally hate grass.  I know grass feeds our wild rabbits and cows, etc., but for the most part, I would rather use my yard for raising food or flowers to feed bees and other beneficial insects than grass.  So, today I started my garden expansion.

March Madness

Am I wrong, or didn't the groundhog say that we would get an early spring?  This cold weather is killing me!  I've been completely out of sorts these pass few weeks.  Between stresses from work and trying to get ready for my spring planting, I've neglected posting and have generally been a little bummed out. :-(  Anyway.....  I've been itching to get out in the yard and start planning and planting and cleaning stuff up.  If I haven't mentioned before, my plan is to expand the garden this spring mostly because the boy doesn't want to mow the lawn.  And I'm planting an Asian veggie garden, which I am most excited about!! 

I went out in the garden this morning; it's been a while because of the weather. In the fall, I decided to try my hand at winter gardening.  I have to say lettuces do exceptionally well...