Monday 20 August 2012

Harvest Monday

This weeks harvest has included the much anticipated Romanesco broccoli




                    second head picked weighed just on 400grms

            steamed and light in flavor which was surprising but quite nice.   



The girls continue to lay eggs each day they don't seem to mind the constant rain and drizzle and I'm enjoying one each morning for breaky..................




I have one particularly smart hen who always is first to greet me when i visit the coop each morning,if I'm carrying a plastic bag with scraps she jumps up and pecks at the bag, if i move the water dish she's quick to look for any worms underneath. 
One morning she was quick to sneak out the coop gate so I let her join me while i weeded the garden, as soon as I turned the soil or pulled a weed she swooped and got her worm.
After about and hour she headed off to sit beside the coop door to join her mates or brag about her morning tea.

Joining in with Daphne  and her weekly Harvest Monday post,
Sharing what's been picked from the plot.............
Preparing, cooking, preserving and enjoying the harvest.........

Hope you all have a great week.                                                                                                                                                    

Monday 13 August 2012

Harvest Monday

Today was a lovely sunny day (finally) perfect for weeding and digging over the garden beds, garlic, red onions and leeks are all are coming along well.
I found a healthy little crop of beetroot seedlings under some weeds(well it has been cold and wet and not really weeding weather) who would of thought they would survive the frost............

Ok so what have I been harvesting over the last week...........
Cabbage, bunching onions, silver beet, lettuce, rocket, parsley and a few spinach leaves.

I'm not quite sure what happened to my Italian cabbage, it didn't develop a head just loose leaves but their certainly tasty, sweet and tender and I have been lightly steaming them (stalks too) or frying them in a little olive oil.
                                              
                                                              

Goodness me the Girls layed 46 eggs this week !!!!! I think I may have to set up a stall at the front gate............

                                                      

I've been keeping a close watch on my broccoli Romanesco and can't decide weather I should pick it or not. This is the first time I've grown this variety and I thought it was lime green in color but it is now changing to purple.....
Has anyone else grown this type before? 

Tonight's quick dinner for one, assorted greens chopped and cooked in a slurp of olive oil and cumin and then tossed with last nights left over rice , feta cheese and black pepper..........


Head over to Daphnes and see what others are harvesting around the globe.