tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23468497266140652992024-03-19T12:44:09.563-07:00Swan's Way GardenThis is a blog about the Swan's Way catering garden and plant growthswans way bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09250945456797338871noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346849726614065299.post-29427110222204714072011-04-04T16:31:00.000-07:002011-04-04T17:15:43.107-07:00Chestnut Flour Cake<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1peDPzrUSXYuRmZBDYs_o0-TCCwL4PIq8LCNlJCJeefiEPTWj58dXjXcGYQkj4tv86SnadzoJRidU1OuBQrDH-II2f3fcF_3kfao6OHmtSLFRY-dICy6xpKm-bSiHbdQZP_EpJWOaIFs/s1600/castagnaccio+01a.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1peDPzrUSXYuRmZBDYs_o0-TCCwL4PIq8LCNlJCJeefiEPTWj58dXjXcGYQkj4tv86SnadzoJRidU1OuBQrDH-II2f3fcF_3kfao6OHmtSLFRY-dICy6xpKm-bSiHbdQZP_EpJWOaIFs/s400/castagnaccio+01a.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591885837063880930" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Getting someone in Italy to give you a recipe is not as easy as you think.<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Take for example, Castagnaccio, a chestnut flour cake. I was visiting my friends' home in Sienna and they were going to show me how to make Castagnaccio, a typical dessert in several regions of Italy(more about that later). </div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Their directions: Take some chestnut flour, add water and mix till the consistency is right. Easy for them to say. Midway during the mixing they pour in some olive oil(the only fat-no butter anywhere in this cake). Then they added orange rind, pine nuts, and raisins.</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Undaunted I looked on the package of chestnut flour. It said take chestnut flour and add water or milk till you get a dough. Add some olive oil, pine nuts, and raisins. Put in a cake pan.</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Must be such a traditional recipe they are just filling up the back of the package with a requisite but semi unhelpful recipe.</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> Now about the 2 different toppings. </span>My friends are from 2 different regions of Italy. Sienna is in Tuscany and Bedonia is north west of Florence, between Parma and the Mediterranean Sea. The Tuscan version is topped with pine nuts and rosemary. The Bedonia version is topped with sweetened ricotta. Both were delicious. </div>swans way bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09250945456797338871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346849726614065299.post-88938912926609451602010-12-13T06:20:00.000-08:002010-12-13T06:37:54.053-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggTSq1dfh45z1sq_4gHI6UPITUHx1ct61ItWJXAPhr4KtbMjSEU9xmpJMY_GAOfGeYmx2Z35k4mvPSgQGDMHtdVQ3n9p5SI8uO8FgJi9D9eoEGPUqNDHQsz56EGuYIQsFh0wmY06bUYaM/s1600/tomato+people++2"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 263px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggTSq1dfh45z1sq_4gHI6UPITUHx1ct61ItWJXAPhr4KtbMjSEU9xmpJMY_GAOfGeYmx2Z35k4mvPSgQGDMHtdVQ3n9p5SI8uO8FgJi9D9eoEGPUqNDHQsz56EGuYIQsFh0wmY06bUYaM/s400/tomato+people++2" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550175925531709442" /></a><br />I had an amazing neighbor. Her name was Margaretta Thurlow and she died almost 2 years at 96.<div>I think of her often. When I had a question about plants, she was the person I called. She was better than the internet. Even at 96. Her dream as a kid was to work for Burpee seeds. So imagine, in rural Maine in the 1930's being a woman and going off to college(Margaretta was the first female graduate of the University of Maine Agricultural School) and then going to Pennsylvania to work for Burpees. After working in Pennsylvania for several years she went to California to help Burpee develop their big boy tomatoes. She had 100 staff under her cross pollinating tomatoes by hand. She came back to Maine in the 1950's and never left again. She had chickens, peacocks, and 2 huge gardens. Below is a photo I took years ago of her efforts to help her tomatoes survive the first frost. I call the photo the Tomato People. Never knew where she got all the old coats.</div>swans way bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09250945456797338871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346849726614065299.post-61163674626021108602010-05-06T06:27:00.000-07:002010-05-08T17:05:39.214-07:00Arisaema sikokianum<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPHOfx1wmaZHhHqN_l1bSOej4u6aShA18boHPPCoS4GObbphIbWfUwXTBJXn4pLLO6GrXq7zQTVrMJj93lAfPzCJRE1ovftYe2K16i_oAzd5BNySXd6iGi2sQRYILCmCulj_7gNSPpFxI/s1600/IMG_3143.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPHOfx1wmaZHhHqN_l1bSOej4u6aShA18boHPPCoS4GObbphIbWfUwXTBJXn4pLLO6GrXq7zQTVrMJj93lAfPzCJRE1ovftYe2K16i_oAzd5BNySXd6iGi2sQRYILCmCulj_7gNSPpFxI/s400/IMG_3143.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469054653741655426" /></a><br />Look what is blooming in my garden!<div>It is a variety of Jack in the pulpit called Arisaema sikokianum.</div><div>I have had if for 3 years and figured it was not going to do anything and then this year, voila!</div><div></div>swans way bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09250945456797338871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346849726614065299.post-63691498270232346242010-04-25T11:52:00.000-07:002010-04-26T06:23:33.055-07:00Nacissus blunder<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwNwQQWvXLGyEbytsXW7ELF-sNZndPkuAmbNJ0TWy4Qyh5LhRZxRxrEWq3k2LUv-LpoUZ_8QqO3ATn_nXth5kn_Q3XNSBnFAzxF0gJR5Y9mPRBMGQOoPiRJIh4jIa-T7u-HgGP5WIpmi8/s1600/IMG_3003_2.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 281px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwNwQQWvXLGyEbytsXW7ELF-sNZndPkuAmbNJ0TWy4Qyh5LhRZxRxrEWq3k2LUv-LpoUZ_8QqO3ATn_nXth5kn_Q3XNSBnFAzxF0gJR5Y9mPRBMGQOoPiRJIh4jIa-T7u-HgGP5WIpmi8/s400/IMG_3003_2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464150400455337442" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#003300;">Do not let stinging nettle invade the space where you have narcissus growing.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;color:#003300;">It is very painful to pick a bouquet.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;color:#003300;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;color:#003300;"><br /></span></div>swans way bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09250945456797338871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346849726614065299.post-1305365600474973412010-04-15T17:49:00.000-07:002010-04-15T18:14:46.867-07:00Spring dug carrots and garlic<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAh-Nz8nlJPitTWgPcWLsWsc1szxRhTBTMFf76hcCZw3QocVtwb8yv6ak11BOFLgUsYH4eZP3yQoBxBX8Arb-x731Fh1eYYNf9HlpFqSFtI2QHTx7kiN0NdpiT2MmL0_PZcc-LO9GvU3U/s1600/IMG_2951.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAh-Nz8nlJPitTWgPcWLsWsc1szxRhTBTMFf76hcCZw3QocVtwb8yv6ak11BOFLgUsYH4eZP3yQoBxBX8Arb-x731Fh1eYYNf9HlpFqSFtI2QHTx7kiN0NdpiT2MmL0_PZcc-LO9GvU3U/s400/IMG_2951.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460535327273184274" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh1yWJhOdEy5sCuPcPRvY-woExgGFBf1DU0zMY22jjt24X56KKeCe3vN5DXdIux5L9ZzQlqEfAjiZIKetnvLdGcqP-uO74V2k34BcFPYkvM0U_2Z4qX7s3Z1uDDytDEZlNCJS7qeAWOeo/s1600/IMG_2946.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh1yWJhOdEy5sCuPcPRvY-woExgGFBf1DU0zMY22jjt24X56KKeCe3vN5DXdIux5L9ZzQlqEfAjiZIKetnvLdGcqP-uO74V2k34BcFPYkvM0U_2Z4qX7s3Z1uDDytDEZlNCJS7qeAWOeo/s400/IMG_2946.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460535322615322402" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I purposely left carrots in the ground last fall to dig up this spring. Luckily I didn't realize how many I left.<br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">It is amazing to me how the carrots are still firm and crunchy after spending 4 months buried under snow and then suffering thaws and re-freezings. I find the spring dug carrots do not have quite as intense "vegetable" flavor and are much sweeter than those eaten last summer.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The spring dug garlics are also quite sweet, less intense. They taste more like the scapes than the bulbs. For dinner, I picked new ramps and sorrel and last season's sage and thyme. Then I chopped it all with the spring garlic(greens and all) put it under the skin of a local organic chicken, which I put on a bed of the sliced carrots and roasted it. Simple, fresh and flavorful.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I photographed the carrots in front of part of my stinging nettle patch. I am a nettle wimp. Pam Mountain, a fabulous cook, is a huge fan of nettles. She extols their health and culinary virtue. She sautes them with other greens and puts them in soups. I am convinced, even sauteed nettles, are prickly going down. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">As I said, I am a nettle wimp.</span></div></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>swans way bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09250945456797338871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346849726614065299.post-60691414667293061422010-04-12T12:12:00.000-07:002010-04-12T12:25:28.329-07:00Too early!double blood root April 9, 2010 and in bloom April 11, 2010!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk2MZloBr8G2mCv__hmVhIyW2dXhUMFdxTHJ20x1E-74_94NBn-bvR9b5KFTqdqhwn42dGo2mo5_cefWYgi3EMfuVlX4Y4lbsjb_YoRe7CjtXMYIeuhcp5OKFRTg-9S32e96c2oNzRzoQ/s1600/IMG_2902.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk2MZloBr8G2mCv__hmVhIyW2dXhUMFdxTHJ20x1E-74_94NBn-bvR9b5KFTqdqhwn42dGo2mo5_cefWYgi3EMfuVlX4Y4lbsjb_YoRe7CjtXMYIeuhcp5OKFRTg-9S32e96c2oNzRzoQ/s400/IMG_2902.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459331370447480482" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi32UnxJorTy8EAIrZwQMFN_cg46NJe5QCGWUgiFG5t5m7XV8_oCPEJI-A82_MtAx_5SzR_Rzo46ki9KY0IslNgFzUmCBLMsxfrs4r5oKMj9_AwQKQ97RHC_GNK5H4up0PE8YBj56U4w8E/s400/IMG_2923.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459333428704111202" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>swans way bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09250945456797338871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346849726614065299.post-81057925014128019732010-04-11T10:29:00.000-07:002010-04-11T12:02:15.506-07:00Too Earlyswans way bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09250945456797338871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346849726614065299.post-31424038449250189532010-04-01T17:24:00.000-07:002010-04-01T17:27:29.001-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcpTh_RDz7nNxAGupfq9P8RL7xuUsjJe0LUINNHFqYzM1u3nOoLVhKp2YnfungFDWjW-eRNvql9kP-xTLY4JO2ikzmxvD5HaivuzOn-jrHwA_UD6xE_dp8L5o21aspqkYMjbc6F8eG-44/s1600/IMG_2778.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 198px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcpTh_RDz7nNxAGupfq9P8RL7xuUsjJe0LUINNHFqYzM1u3nOoLVhKp2YnfungFDWjW-eRNvql9kP-xTLY4JO2ikzmxvD5HaivuzOn-jrHwA_UD6xE_dp8L5o21aspqkYMjbc6F8eG-44/s400/IMG_2778.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455329649945496626" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div>Cornelian Cherries in bloom(and probably not happy about it) on March 23. One month earlier than last year.</div>swans way bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09250945456797338871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346849726614065299.post-67277763462309698732010-03-25T11:15:00.000-07:002010-03-25T11:16:33.732-07:00Snow in Italy, Spring in Maine & fresh anchovies<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 20.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; color: #686868"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(121, 121, 121); font-size: 13px; ">Unnecessary & Too early! </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; color: #797979">I just got back from Italy. My parents lived there for 18 years and my sister and I go back as frequently as we can. We have great friends who know the secret places to eat. However, this year I was thwarted. Unnecessary! My friend had arranged some “one on one” cooking lessons for me with an Inn owner in the mountains of northern Tuscany and a farmer in the mountains of Liguria. Well, thanks to record breaking snow and bitter cold the second week of March, my lessons were canceled due to closed roads and inaccessibility. </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; color: #797979">Too Early. Then, I get back to Maine and everyone is talking about the record breaking warm spring like weather I missed. I strolled though my garden yesterday and couldn’t believe what was emerging. The cornelian cherries were beyond bud and into pre flower. The early tulips were up 3”, the large leaf sorrel was small leaf but big enough to pick, the tree peonies’ buds had color, the lovage was making a heroic effort to break through the ground and there were identifiable angelica leaves. And it is only March 20th. Plus on the lake near my house, it was the earliest “ice out” in 100 years. </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; color: #797979">Despite the cold there were still some memorable in season taste treats in Italy for me. </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; color: #797979">1. The fresh asparagus. In Italy they seem to eat it and prefer the stalks thick. Thumb thickness. I did not see any pencil asparagus in the markets. The preparations I had were all simple and thrilling. The tagliatelle with fresh asparagus was memorable because they let the asparagus carry the dish solo. It was not paired with anything to dilute the flavor. </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; color: #797979">2. The fresh artichokes. Fried; shaved raw w. pecorino; in pasta; marinated w. lemon and olive oil. Rewarding however they were prepared. </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; color: #797979">3. The fresh anchovies. I saw them on a menu on Friday and had the pasta with fresh alici. I was told that <i>alici</i> is the Italian word for fresh anchovies. and <i>acciughe</i> is the Italian word for the salted, marinated and/or canned anchovies. Again the pasta dish was simply prepared. The alici had no flavor hogs to compete with its own wonderful fresh fish taste. The next day, Saturday, I had pasta with fresh alici again but in a different restaurant. The flavor was still fabulous but the Saturday restaurant did not remove the little bones. And that was it. Much to my culinary disappointment, I never saw the fresh alici in Italy the rest of my trip. Even near Genoa.</p>swans way bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09250945456797338871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346849726614065299.post-79182615885005134772010-02-01T11:44:00.000-08:002010-02-04T00:51:50.646-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP0ULmNY9UqcE_nc_EiJtEHEuHsZ6DQ0sWPfVT6JO8FgqbRKVOevALlNSYmaJdyr6b3drSsijHozSq7dJOtc7M4Pb64NpFisoHAbyS-MXiYydaHuPXggDr_5EqBv6Itpv6HdhrsblA7og/s1600-h/garden4.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 446px; height: 338px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP0ULmNY9UqcE_nc_EiJtEHEuHsZ6DQ0sWPfVT6JO8FgqbRKVOevALlNSYmaJdyr6b3drSsijHozSq7dJOtc7M4Pb64NpFisoHAbyS-MXiYydaHuPXggDr_5EqBv6Itpv6HdhrsblA7og/s400/garden4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433363804626679090" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhURgISjqj_Z-ds-MC8FQtGjOdH4OHaCKD2t805czMmvk1buoz6PMTUSZjvjLcvbhyp6O8a9IrWmxbIdSBYX1q2YKItLGaCNltfTbL4zNNlvCa8RKOtzmAI1FLTAuRvGfb-Vo0zY-oExcc/s1600-h/gardenwinter2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 302px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhURgISjqj_Z-ds-MC8FQtGjOdH4OHaCKD2t805czMmvk1buoz6PMTUSZjvjLcvbhyp6O8a9IrWmxbIdSBYX1q2YKItLGaCNltfTbL4zNNlvCa8RKOtzmAI1FLTAuRvGfb-Vo0zY-oExcc/s400/gardenwinter2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433363584018639282" border="0" /></a>swans way bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09250945456797338871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346849726614065299.post-65478774806804974002010-02-01T11:32:00.001-08:002010-02-07T08:46:38.848-08:00The Garden<div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS">I decided to write a garden blog in the dead of winter.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS; min-height: 16.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS">Since I have a seasonal catering business, I have no time in the summer and fall to write about what is in my garden. Even though I am constantly amazed and awed by the visually beauty of the plants, I have no time to babble about my awe. </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS">But, I do have time to take some photos. The awe lingers so in the winter I write.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS; min-height: 16.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS">I call my garden a “garnish garden”.</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS">The above photos are of my shade and herb garden. I have 8 times that amount of space on the southern side of my kitchen for the annuals and sun loving perennials. </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS">I grow what I can use in my catering business both for cooking , in arrangements , for display and for platter and individual plate garnish.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS">I use too much basil and thyme in our cooking to grow what I need but I can grow what I need to garnish.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS">I have 7-10 different kinds of basils. and 4 kinds of thyme and 3 kinds of sorrel. </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS">I grow the herbs that are hard to get for certain subtle flavoring in our sauces, marinades, dressings and dips. </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS; min-height: 16.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS">In the spring the garden is all perennials and bulbs.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS">Early summer is mostly plants direct sown from seeds.(like peas)</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS">Where I fell down on the visual recording job this year is photographing the annuals.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS">Since the growing season is so short in Maine, these are plants my farmers,</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS">(Polly Shyka & Prentice Grassi at Village Farm in Freedom. http://www.villagefarmfreedom.com/ ) start for me.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS">Pam Mountain is the gifted gardener who keeps my gardens looking great and being productive.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS">Polly, Pam and I sit down in January and talk about what worked the previous season and what we want to continue to grow and what we will jettison. Since catered events are planned so far in advance, I can tell Pam & Polly the menus and what I will need when. Then they can plan their plantings accordingly.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS">Pam is the one who takes ALL the plants we get from Polly and puts them in the ground.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS">Pam nourishes the soil every spring with tea she makes from the nettles in the garden and other secret tricks.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS">Plus we have fabulous compost from our catering business. </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS; min-height: 16.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS; min-height: 16.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS">But WHAT really fascinates and what is the focus of these photos are the different stages of a plant.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS">It is amazing to me how different a plant looks from it’s emerging self, to its adolescence, to its prime and then past it’s maturity. If you did one of those match column A “new growth” to column B “mature growth”, you would be hard pressed to connect who is who.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS; min-height: 16.0px"><br /></p></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5uwoIAMlfgnKq-declELAUKI6vJOsFBI_F7OjlsNL9Kd2W429b2IZCRgeo_FkrBriuoJ1agXfv4QZTiGH82TkdEigWyDGdLlaJUcXEuiEPmPqdC_8VBCQ6KuSRLJvuJ6BCnmsGbRVa_0/s1600-h/garden1.JPG"><img style="width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5uwoIAMlfgnKq-declELAUKI6vJOsFBI_F7OjlsNL9Kd2W429b2IZCRgeo_FkrBriuoJ1agXfv4QZTiGH82TkdEigWyDGdLlaJUcXEuiEPmPqdC_8VBCQ6KuSRLJvuJ6BCnmsGbRVa_0/s400/garden1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433360918799784482" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Herb garden pre early spring</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3FX5_CVD3Z-AmKtdaCfRNny8nzMsyQP4orCxlYz6q1ML2CWanhy3BZlU3GBZcZPKAesbSqWOqaxImqpsqyD4LDK6DU1VLquYVb1VnEGtXSEloClq69Vt6nc2HxyraVdBZTAM57GNbgpA/s1600-h/garden3.JPG"><img style="width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3FX5_CVD3Z-AmKtdaCfRNny8nzMsyQP4orCxlYz6q1ML2CWanhy3BZlU3GBZcZPKAesbSqWOqaxImqpsqyD4LDK6DU1VLquYVb1VnEGtXSEloClq69Vt6nc2HxyraVdBZTAM57GNbgpA/s400/garden3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433360935169479106" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Herb garden early spring</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvPoqNVSXA-ZSgqzt3wwnw_1wXfggogUEkyQZTTAm-partw_Z6bIeW-2VDVLY7r5_9ouNLOphxOBSQUZ9EKrZUVzi9Q9mg0ky_Ra-Kb10h9DtUgbW2c8L_qlosFr3a7ARQBTY7lD4qoKw/s1600-h/garden2.JPG"><img style="width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvPoqNVSXA-ZSgqzt3wwnw_1wXfggogUEkyQZTTAm-partw_Z6bIeW-2VDVLY7r5_9ouNLOphxOBSQUZ9EKrZUVzi9Q9mg0ky_Ra-Kb10h9DtUgbW2c8L_qlosFr3a7ARQBTY7lD4qoKw/s400/garden2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433360926921422450" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Herb garden spring</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQlbBbXhOaJbOOnEeHy7cfD3BMSjyLgwfptzUzNKw3qhme4gAZdBrAwyo_N7PHfXLN_R4iivsW2YNuckLTE4wExvDEGYThTh8rpAmDfOZvbwA_VryrkDsJDtCeqPe86t_rs0eJrCz0Myg/s1600-h/garden5.JPG"><img style="width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQlbBbXhOaJbOOnEeHy7cfD3BMSjyLgwfptzUzNKw3qhme4gAZdBrAwyo_N7PHfXLN_R4iivsW2YNuckLTE4wExvDEGYThTh8rpAmDfOZvbwA_VryrkDsJDtCeqPe86t_rs0eJrCz0Myg/s400/garden5.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433360952172465554" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Herb garden summer</span>swans way bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09250945456797338871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346849726614065299.post-278394596663702212010-02-01T11:26:00.000-08:002010-02-04T01:11:58.294-08:00Cornelian Cherries<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbsGIgUx1TlEUL1XnbgSZFs9ILg2LebcnOoZTwNuRhxTaEB7GKCsTuP-I0-8ixe2f0GzU8wFw-2BrfEWp7eu8AwrOFaIv_PsdROFE6iNsWMWcTvdK9G_fcHEofecLKmJ0MV-aaS_0f_DU/s1600-h/corneliancherries2.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbsGIgUx1TlEUL1XnbgSZFs9ILg2LebcnOoZTwNuRhxTaEB7GKCsTuP-I0-8ixe2f0GzU8wFw-2BrfEWp7eu8AwrOFaIv_PsdROFE6iNsWMWcTvdK9G_fcHEofecLKmJ0MV-aaS_0f_DU/s400/corneliancherries2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433358886010304706" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Very early spring</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKxfL1RSljRjpiORb5tiKqwjGEaMJ7wQcRTPRlIJid0frleCK2yrMf8FR6ftHCkgAnVem7EHUkRvMUhUD1XePItBuKTbUgaaoKVEvW31PNOcnzZcpzpsOn_oLRZMk7LapKZ5dNwCksncI/s1600-h/Corneliancherries.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKxfL1RSljRjpiORb5tiKqwjGEaMJ7wQcRTPRlIJid0frleCK2yrMf8FR6ftHCkgAnVem7EHUkRvMUhUD1XePItBuKTbUgaaoKVEvW31PNOcnzZcpzpsOn_oLRZMk7LapKZ5dNwCksncI/s400/Corneliancherries.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433358881426677538" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Cornelian Cherry blossom</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS; min-height: 16.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Above photos are of the Cornelian CherryTree blooming on April 24.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Very dainty blooms. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">I will have to wait till September for the fruit.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Fruit is ovoid , the size of a small peanut and incredibly sour.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">When cooked with sugar, they are quite rewarding for the first second or 2 and then you hit the oversize pit.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Cornelian cherries are like a lychee in the porpotion of flesh to pit.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Your chance of savoring the flavor is instantly interupted.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">You eat another hoping the pit would be smaller.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Then you think, why not pit them before eating.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Then you realize life is too short to pit.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Then you waffle. You are seduced by the possibilities of the cranberry or ligonberry like tartness.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">The culinary possibilities are endless.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">A Thanksgiving sandwich with a sauce of cornelian cherries instead of cranberries.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">A tart sauce for for a sundae with vanilla bean ice cream and a molten chocolate cake.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS; min-height: 16.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS; min-height: 16.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">September has gone and really gone.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Once again, no time to photograph the fruit.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">I did pick a cherry in early September and ate it.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Not surprisingly, it was really tart.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">I decided to let the fruits ripen but when I went back to sample they had overripened and fallen on the ground. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">2009 was an odd year for all plants.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Way too much rain in June and July, drought like in August and then chilly in September.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS; min-height: 16.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">More information about the Cornelian Cherry go to Fedco Trees</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">http://www.fedcoseeds.com/trees/TreeItem.php?id=3000&listname=Cornelian%20Cherry</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS; min-height: 16.0px"><br /></p></span>swans way bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09250945456797338871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346849726614065299.post-28237838900319102742010-02-01T10:33:00.001-08:002010-02-04T01:23:35.414-08:00Bloodroot<span style="font-family:arial;">Sanguinaria canadensis<br /><br />Bloodroots are a very speedy(and very early) bloomer.<br />The flowers can be either double or single .<br />Below is the blooming sequence of the double bloodroots<br />in my garden. In a breathtakingly short time they go from<br />non existent to full force blooming. It is only one week from<br />when the flower bud first emerges to full blooming.</span><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Below on April16th the double bloodroots begin to break the soil</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"> bloodroots emerging.<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcM3GV-O3luvbAieOgsK55p-pcUpeATACLyDsitKtdDZUgzJNV8mBKXZ0sWFL5nARfDr_t08UJJ98NNT3uZ0xZgtVPp5_-pDyafiKGSS_3aZUoGzw5u7x2qkQncunPAADq_nLpO5XUB0g/s1600-h/bloodroot1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcM3GV-O3luvbAieOgsK55p-pcUpeATACLyDsitKtdDZUgzJNV8mBKXZ0sWFL5nARfDr_t08UJJ98NNT3uZ0xZgtVPp5_-pDyafiKGSS_3aZUoGzw5u7x2qkQncunPAADq_nLpO5XUB0g/s400/bloodroot1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433346623237583906" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><br />One week later the flower blooms. The leaves come later.</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxj3NLgl9sSIrLGVHLq84BD9sZFwnraWm7a6MLk0wiBgR-UK1KQc76xIp6EfAHvSrJSxb3JHBPa6dQ-PJCJcoCsCMw0OLDqae8MOTqZXnpS4ZidxLJL7dqLThkLXbQaNj0oJmn1bgQO2Q/s1600-h/bloodroot2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxj3NLgl9sSIrLGVHLq84BD9sZFwnraWm7a6MLk0wiBgR-UK1KQc76xIp6EfAHvSrJSxb3JHBPa6dQ-PJCJcoCsCMw0OLDqae8MOTqZXnpS4ZidxLJL7dqLThkLXbQaNj0oJmn1bgQO2Q/s400/bloodroot2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433346862395335618" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwJNLvKyJFK8dWQldPp0GaEdR6ogHhyphenhyphen38Bp7EsX5uxxdCxiPX3FDo3RlHiehepoM9aSpW36D-SJw3yhvxMI8yNemHlLIIg27kdIjCV4Nd1r8GuR5Id7vAYo6Agh6A_JIzrnpZM2zKhMsg/s1600-h/bloodroot3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwJNLvKyJFK8dWQldPp0GaEdR6ogHhyphenhyphen38Bp7EsX5uxxdCxiPX3FDo3RlHiehepoM9aSpW36D-SJw3yhvxMI8yNemHlLIIg27kdIjCV4Nd1r8GuR5Id7vAYo6Agh6A_JIzrnpZM2zKhMsg/s400/bloodroot3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433346871036382738" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">These flowers are short stem but the blooms are fabulous,</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />And they bloom for many days.</span><span style="font-family:arial;">They open in the bright sun<br />and close up and night. </span><span style="font-family:arial;">After a week the petals fall off and<br />their leaves take over. </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Notice how the leaves are virtually<br />non existent in the above full bloom photo and in the photo below </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">taken </span><span style="font-family:arial;">one week later the leaves have swallowed up all traces of the bloom<br />and have become </span><span style="font-family:arial;">quite large. </span><span style="font-family:arial;">They continue to dominant<br />their little patch of garden all summer long.</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvpu9pp5-krKczwiWKrTZ9KaeYhqPBhnaILyMxWlBtor7BxZi5VsUKt7kQ66XChirndEiVUz4Pohgel5pRUxYpf6Wt25LyCb_5I1IVDXOZdVWugImWYCw4h3lEE8a85woyPepc1LnwfVU/s1600-h/bloodroot4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 367px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvpu9pp5-krKczwiWKrTZ9KaeYhqPBhnaILyMxWlBtor7BxZi5VsUKt7kQ66XChirndEiVUz4Pohgel5pRUxYpf6Wt25LyCb_5I1IVDXOZdVWugImWYCw4h3lEE8a85woyPepc1LnwfVU/s400/bloodroot4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433350934024957554" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU7HoTds9d_b035g5GG-ogEZz7A9xmIUH_BRFTha4flQsvP8w6M9XWrHxHB5z_z9bWG9tVlil0d5MRXAN2L2hyphenhyphen0LG4iEJq52yLd5vNqTWYOWBa2wE86v_5q8vpc4L1wqhRHo_ouYArYOM/s1600-h/bloodroot6.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 297px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU7HoTds9d_b035g5GG-ogEZz7A9xmIUH_BRFTha4flQsvP8w6M9XWrHxHB5z_z9bWG9tVlil0d5MRXAN2L2hyphenhyphen0LG4iEJq52yLd5vNqTWYOWBa2wE86v_5q8vpc4L1wqhRHo_ouYArYOM/s400/bloodroot6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433350938883459922" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie3gYMpLaFlT0r6jTLpLjZLFMRFnWPoX_gvFR8JA3tsvKVp7YwGyrWoRuRHHGaABTaCczoq-E5utsKiMxbyfbsTOSrM-6O951XFNAZzwgHZmlM-9sTUXJOM97_YFWZWMSG9dGpPVuZzNU/s1600-h/bloodroot5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 376px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie3gYMpLaFlT0r6jTLpLjZLFMRFnWPoX_gvFR8JA3tsvKVp7YwGyrWoRuRHHGaABTaCczoq-E5utsKiMxbyfbsTOSrM-6O951XFNAZzwgHZmlM-9sTUXJOM97_YFWZWMSG9dGpPVuZzNU/s400/bloodroot5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433350944625781730" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Single Bloodroot</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwr6QoLHDJBJ0o323j-o_314kdRyWIpDTLGIZ0IYxUmQ3akG2gwQtcoWQqrSf6c7B-3hlH92VnjLu1nGsg-2ZVcziEKBdtPETZDUGv3ATFzd4nRXrN9sV3HrYHl4av4poIW5VPpCeQb5A/s1600-h/bloodroot7.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwr6QoLHDJBJ0o323j-o_314kdRyWIpDTLGIZ0IYxUmQ3akG2gwQtcoWQqrSf6c7B-3hlH92VnjLu1nGsg-2ZVcziEKBdtPETZDUGv3ATFzd4nRXrN9sV3HrYHl4av4poIW5VPpCeQb5A/s400/bloodroot7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433350947017637586" border="0" /></a></div>swans way bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09250945456797338871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346849726614065299.post-78758577001668455752010-01-27T05:34:00.000-08:002010-02-06T20:32:21.947-08:00Herbs<div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx6362dMsWoVlthIVFpXM8UbEZBoWENdMusJXVk5oosz2BA7AeI7r5liUSLD-hu2tEDipHzB8d7qXIJncFCNvCIVNRCvo-XKW1sT3hyphenhyphenHbwhcSYtG-Azbwy6mUYlp-MnR6-fHD10w-RyZY/s1600-h/IMG_1283.JPG"></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Alliums</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">Allium </span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">Gladiator</span></span></span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsLTT5vqWX9NAHN4HdI_HPKGCt4vnfl-F8lLSRQATuR8Zwvep8iIeS-7clRVHabgcYz1KcxKVbLmQlL_PW7BVsc3QzRtPjh_G1_w2CLhip0wjt5h6wlQdBAMZT9mMbxDtSWKOXcXI5mSk/s1600-h/allium2.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsLTT5vqWX9NAHN4HdI_HPKGCt4vnfl-F8lLSRQATuR8Zwvep8iIeS-7clRVHabgcYz1KcxKVbLmQlL_PW7BVsc3QzRtPjh_G1_w2CLhip0wjt5h6wlQdBAMZT9mMbxDtSWKOXcXI5mSk/s400/allium2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431419810149322674" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ9nStxSOO5bhnjtoXriD8xGO7860X0he9156BWcjN3GzplL2YcrRaFJUmQCMZPtDswjJfb_Q8-O0dUbVYT2myaIGTliJs29z4bYmLfQXA2bvWFamKSPHZuxVHkUV4hhMIZvYHVsP33jI/s1600-h/allium.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ9nStxSOO5bhnjtoXriD8xGO7860X0he9156BWcjN3GzplL2YcrRaFJUmQCMZPtDswjJfb_Q8-O0dUbVYT2myaIGTliJs29z4bYmLfQXA2bvWFamKSPHZuxVHkUV4hhMIZvYHVsP33jI/s400/allium.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431419817919971234" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Allium Hair</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeHKmDZeW1H862Skrk5avtcako-2rq-maixa_EbiTuvH5o6_AWFJojatmgPwqSbdDtgHSzuS9hgFODSlvieSgvn98DQUUCX4ics9EDuQNVvtD1xqilCc4ysBFfn85cqJxb6c1uGMVCPik/s1600-h/allumhair2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeHKmDZeW1H862Skrk5avtcako-2rq-maixa_EbiTuvH5o6_AWFJojatmgPwqSbdDtgHSzuS9hgFODSlvieSgvn98DQUUCX4ics9EDuQNVvtD1xqilCc4ysBFfn85cqJxb6c1uGMVCPik/s400/allumhair2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431424482350279970" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">in bud</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW9IMjAm4gHCu6EF8Q5BylRgoJJUwrHlGHrQqhbFnt3eKnvF-xUiQH9IR1TR7EforM7lSn43TgXFk1MR3mUwY7PDGf8lshn_Aq50FL1tPRLlXLluL5Gsle0rXNky9zhrjEKBoZFljDgvk/s1600-h/alliumhair.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW9IMjAm4gHCu6EF8Q5BylRgoJJUwrHlGHrQqhbFnt3eKnvF-xUiQH9IR1TR7EforM7lSn43TgXFk1MR3mUwY7PDGf8lshn_Aq50FL1tPRLlXLluL5Gsle0rXNky9zhrjEKBoZFljDgvk/s400/alliumhair.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431422918729580226" border="0" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW9IMjAm4gHCu6EF8Q5BylRgoJJUwrHlGHrQqhbFnt3eKnvF-xUiQH9IR1TR7EforM7lSn43TgXFk1MR3mUwY7PDGf8lshn_Aq50FL1tPRLlXLluL5Gsle0rXNky9zhrjEKBoZFljDgvk/s1600-h/alliumhair.JPG"></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">in bloom</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVdbSRxe92g9FD1FmO8Uog3vDQIF3G7XyBrzjXkssY-WiFOMtCLVSHA0vO0aIVR5yEZaV9vz5qYJFhYuB5ikkluFFLLrBpAjzA3a3_2kVzns48W_SmrTxhyAoQDqAD1eBDw2iOmFDhQvg/s1600-h/DSCF0007.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVdbSRxe92g9FD1FmO8Uog3vDQIF3G7XyBrzjXkssY-WiFOMtCLVSHA0vO0aIVR5yEZaV9vz5qYJFhYuB5ikkluFFLLrBpAjzA3a3_2kVzns48W_SmrTxhyAoQDqAD1eBDw2iOmFDhQvg/s400/DSCF0007.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435331633276653586" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px; " /></a></span><br /></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Allium Bulgaricum</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgncUFwcqMKplioYplagkLwQZOoXS361Mznr8vOdkkkc4ACNLbEg8nfuTiJGL_8nkkRQ8acqOaX1Za3L2jz-d8ZE36Z_vYCrYvmpzJCcRnTip3cR8OueYGmrhip0iuL8Yoet3tdr5Qce48/s1600-h/alliumbulgarum.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgncUFwcqMKplioYplagkLwQZOoXS361Mznr8vOdkkkc4ACNLbEg8nfuTiJGL_8nkkRQ8acqOaX1Za3L2jz-d8ZE36Z_vYCrYvmpzJCcRnTip3cR8OueYGmrhip0iuL8Yoet3tdr5Qce48/s400/alliumbulgarum.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431414108921665666" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">pre bloom</span></span><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"></span>unfurled<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSDTM45BqT4DMtmBgQTDSXeCINcxUeya6nR45uumeOSBWRTUByXE52otj_SaX12jIjdQr8X9BoJtc3cKOA64XkwtvDcccvphUa4ZOWmKqQV9PccuLNbH6Qiuccc4wS5LIXqDU-IVXr9Ic/s1600-h/alliumbulgaricum2.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></span><br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Allium <span>karataviense</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgak1PorXlqvr3guYkIkRsWSddwimVVL-NjJGgFsSTzM6jtoyg9Hco4G7d0lZQ8-RIp43WxmeO4h3v4yROocTV-2tea9VYDkSh2DiKWPlyG9e_hkN5ot33H4yYDsXMG8pt2gnBf5r5YgHE/s1600-h/alliumsm2.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgak1PorXlqvr3guYkIkRsWSddwimVVL-NjJGgFsSTzM6jtoyg9Hco4G7d0lZQ8-RIp43WxmeO4h3v4yROocTV-2tea9VYDkSh2DiKWPlyG9e_hkN5ot33H4yYDsXMG8pt2gnBf5r5YgHE/s400/alliumsm2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431424488000897186" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiil24_50EpFFsKRq0USN6LryNr6cRXGa1CofJ7NJFVAK3KGmEp0VcOcriBV25OZ-Xc3gch7GJp4XixzgzJmdLYLlHdMiOB6uilPQ1Tx2G9P63b7tlwZWVLwqxxy0F9huF67_1ZRAmeehY/s1600-h/alliumsm.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 500px; height: 375px; " /></a><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Lovage</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ijy7QRAkGmWl4k4o2P3di8bmlOCaMzWBWLQ8AruK3iRCyUpfY5L_ytVpjoqbO4xUuyyW4e_bM2UVXOTsfyQDv7Bx78hvrCIIczWeXiJaZ9haYTcbaSK04C2r0MOG04IvnmP3XYDyvk4/s1600-h/lovage2.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ijy7QRAkGmWl4k4o2P3di8bmlOCaMzWBWLQ8AruK3iRCyUpfY5L_ytVpjoqbO4xUuyyW4e_bM2UVXOTsfyQDv7Bx78hvrCIIczWeXiJaZ9haYTcbaSK04C2r0MOG04IvnmP3XYDyvk4/s400/lovage2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431426740870460834" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">emerging</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgywWGxEJatJSPa7r3HgIeboBYuyNDV4p8zXhKjUJGDL00OK6U89LVcxuNVlGtMcML5l-qUhte6-6gy-y_jLuFpejbT3uWPEVL4oc7uYykwACWHd-MGt4UJqO-xiowAORh0vopByYrSsBA/s1600-h/lovage.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgywWGxEJatJSPa7r3HgIeboBYuyNDV4p8zXhKjUJGDL00OK6U89LVcxuNVlGtMcML5l-qUhte6-6gy-y_jLuFpejbT3uWPEVL4oc7uYykwACWHd-MGt4UJqO-xiowAORh0vopByYrSsBA/s400/lovage.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431426751968183106" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Sorrel</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS">We grow 4 kinds of sorrel.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS">The buckler sorrel & french sorrel below are my favorite for cooking.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS">We make a wonderful sorrel creme fraiche for our roasted salmon.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS">The large leaf sorrel is also good for cooking but the blood sorrel, at least for my palate, is much more of an ornamental sorrel. i.e. the taste is not a thrill. But visually it is intriguing.</p></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOKg_97D6bT3-5wyjilUIi4L0qzOZQkW00dWsVwqhqDVB2JOkynDvmC3LTjVyZdWKYdtkrwE3P4-QKdJQ752lfbC3jo7VT_lNmr_qJv-4DsnGldtNQPfxoVEf4Gzcksz18rsDfs0Rf_3k/s1600-h/sorrell2.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOKg_97D6bT3-5wyjilUIi4L0qzOZQkW00dWsVwqhqDVB2JOkynDvmC3LTjVyZdWKYdtkrwE3P4-QKdJQ752lfbC3jo7VT_lNmr_qJv-4DsnGldtNQPfxoVEf4Gzcksz18rsDfs0Rf_3k/s400/sorrell2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433340441577220082" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">mix of buckler and French. early spring</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWPTfXp70-3OZf8boR2EHaVhVQ6xNkK0IOwZ9X3a2Az7N4Dwt144gjs9cuYTh3aMevYn9tP66hBdRhFO52mhqGo0ckxWHwOX7muwIvTIrUQRGYwIFGEBWuX_l9jBFGg5eUcX61nB8j-m0/s1600-h/sorrell3.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAKvsrBbd3OoYMPabmtcInc9pdL7TVDz7xR_KdsnTAPVO_AMVy3s0WiL4nvdfXNluMu3R33nGjYNmmGdzYTODIZdWaXSi2FSNyClPyHYzIMVk8orDt2H-71kd61idZXs5uyiq-bfznynA/s400/sorrell.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431428449393700450" border="0" /></a></div><div>blood sorrel</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAKvsrBbd3OoYMPabmtcInc9pdL7TVDz7xR_KdsnTAPVO_AMVy3s0WiL4nvdfXNluMu3R33nGjYNmmGdzYTODIZdWaXSi2FSNyClPyHYzIMVk8orDt2H-71kd61idZXs5uyiq-bfznynA/s1600-h/sorrell.JPG"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEici_Kr1K3NjDpUAnIjVUjcKkzN_ATMRQ6OpMLoYp88vnPhnxuOmW12rlbKyt7ydrOB8KnN57KwvI6IWe_K99dqRg8s-fRvknbvVfrg-IqFmXcKVaA2o-RvDzj04TYQEw8Fd8YtahyphenhyphenA2_I/s1600-h/IMG_1442.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEici_Kr1K3NjDpUAnIjVUjcKkzN_ATMRQ6OpMLoYp88vnPhnxuOmW12rlbKyt7ydrOB8KnN57KwvI6IWe_K99dqRg8s-fRvknbvVfrg-IqFmXcKVaA2o-RvDzj04TYQEw8Fd8YtahyphenhyphenA2_I/s400/IMG_1442.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435329430015025138" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEici_Kr1K3NjDpUAnIjVUjcKkzN_ATMRQ6OpMLoYp88vnPhnxuOmW12rlbKyt7ydrOB8KnN57KwvI6IWe_K99dqRg8s-fRvknbvVfrg-IqFmXcKVaA2o-RvDzj04TYQEw8Fd8YtahyphenhyphenA2_I/s1600-h/IMG_1442.JPG"></a>large leaf sorrel<br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><br /><br />Ramps<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKq9hlDxNk-YW79XAA6GnUsxpx6rnELIcooqGIcKSe1swPdX_UKnLfSN1OFg27VG9z_i3XGYca-2dBaistLklNMO7LKcEe2QAl0p2dq-mg39acRdHp_i8oXE8ugulXkOJw26BFR4KS-Bw/s1600-h/ramps.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKq9hlDxNk-YW79XAA6GnUsxpx6rnELIcooqGIcKSe1swPdX_UKnLfSN1OFg27VG9z_i3XGYca-2dBaistLklNMO7LKcEe2QAl0p2dq-mg39acRdHp_i8oXE8ugulXkOJw26BFR4KS-Bw/s400/ramps.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433352455406902738" border="0" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">ANGELICA</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">Angelica is one of my favorite plants.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">It starts very early in the spring and keeps on growing to over 6' high.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">It is beautiful in arrangements and fun to add to dishes for that <i>je ne sais quoi</i> quality.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">It is great in a rhubarb sauce. It helps to neutralize the acidity while adding a subtle aroma.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">Angelica has a slight gin smell and is one of the botanicals used in making some gins.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIJtQ_UAudJvZA2UkFAnizv9SCbETI7q6YaCtv-P1mg0HWViH650jaqrBGjJcuQqBGcmIUk2smvBtYnLlApnxXKf1n9m7TdoRxqD_kDd9xVq8km21QTOFYkKE2BmhdWfOEZrwvrwu8Y5M/s1600-h/IMG_1679.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIJtQ_UAudJvZA2UkFAnizv9SCbETI7q6YaCtv-P1mg0HWViH650jaqrBGjJcuQqBGcmIUk2smvBtYnLlApnxXKf1n9m7TdoRxqD_kDd9xVq8km21QTOFYkKE2BmhdWfOEZrwvrwu8Y5M/s400/IMG_1679.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435349677022787890" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6u-lTTMlMc9kO0QNPw8RnPXU0SjBNk05Ox3PR_ZZDowO0O2f7A4CSfsE9ezohvYzIRHhAmynpIDuG8WtL5X7iFDqB2oaoSBcDKNaIPdFaRcole-LjVHCtsY3xAGgtuV4AhtSY8mctz9E/s1600-h/IMG_1511.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6u-lTTMlMc9kO0QNPw8RnPXU0SjBNk05Ox3PR_ZZDowO0O2f7A4CSfsE9ezohvYzIRHhAmynpIDuG8WtL5X7iFDqB2oaoSBcDKNaIPdFaRcole-LjVHCtsY3xAGgtuV4AhtSY8mctz9E/s400/IMG_1511.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435351815389708594" style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a></div><div>the angelica swallowing up the tulips</div>swans way bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09250945456797338871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346849726614065299.post-75303996551215189572010-01-25T13:25:00.000-08:002010-02-06T20:07:35.184-08:00Non Edible but great color and texture<div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTAMOeaDHTZAbuh_xwjZKb3eKWku5D1rkY4jXpDPsNaZ3ddwaf-vOOJJ7x_hMTvBvjkFW2wzY94pI_qsr_wKXYtUmlsBQkMfiZucVGSGf1GWvGHhi57afuBbbjTKyITZQjMhjoOSyFkGs/s1600-h/IMG_1332.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTAMOeaDHTZAbuh_xwjZKb3eKWku5D1rkY4jXpDPsNaZ3ddwaf-vOOJJ7x_hMTvBvjkFW2wzY94pI_qsr_wKXYtUmlsBQkMfiZucVGSGf1GWvGHhi57afuBbbjTKyITZQjMhjoOSyFkGs/s400/IMG_1332.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435337046425107490" /></a></div><div><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Daffodils</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsCldSAoTZ8guYD5ZbcWLO39VMjqf7zvv6LYdI5zhbe-1Jauvr15iuWtYRdyOY0NgXdrt_FTQvJ4XiEP0ai63beAkAqZSRNEwogvtW0GwSbTaQiPJLSJ77DChzgkAXpmOzXp6F4OsaONs/s1600-h/IMG_1328.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ZBqR2heim0avWfYa0zyxpouZk_GF8gExKqOa2w5qvSY-RdA_o6jehZz8pRyGZLbXYlKW5NkzY1wW0Rf6_bHA-bWfx4IQHAmN0ad9gOt_ttfmZ6JlCnoISr0aWB3JIoRjE6pD_6kqVAA/s1600-h/IMG_1530.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ZBqR2heim0avWfYa0zyxpouZk_GF8gExKqOa2w5qvSY-RdA_o6jehZz8pRyGZLbXYlKW5NkzY1wW0Rf6_bHA-bWfx4IQHAmN0ad9gOt_ttfmZ6JlCnoISr0aWB3JIoRjE6pD_6kqVAA/s400/IMG_1530.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435341090301641218" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 51, 51); font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">tulip next to an emerging Diphylleia cymosas</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:#003333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">more about diphylleia cymosas below</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Peonies</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS; min-height: 16.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">I grow 2 species of peony. One is the herbaceous and one is the tree peony.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">The tree peony has a woody stem that remains above ground all year.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">The herbaceous peony dies back and consequently has to start from scratch each year.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Below is the herbaceous peony emerging.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">1.5+ month to go between now and blooms</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">April 22. Herbaceous peony broke through the soil</span></p></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2CLnNMdyl94xWNSzzX2rvRuinINbu9Fuz5ER7IpNqKlqc1pMPQmESxgO9bDXwAv-eNZhOaSTUbICBrH4Oh2F8MnhJOqxC551Qd_rag0qjEuR4Buxq34iKHInxhYFsixzwQDDFLvMpBUA/s1600-h/paonies.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 319px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2CLnNMdyl94xWNSzzX2rvRuinINbu9Fuz5ER7IpNqKlqc1pMPQmESxgO9bDXwAv-eNZhOaSTUbICBrH4Oh2F8MnhJOqxC551Qd_rag0qjEuR4Buxq34iKHInxhYFsixzwQDDFLvMpBUA/s400/paonies.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433353271764451426" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs6uYoH0gGmQeTp1MMqpuns_II_1l4PqyqFUz0xYQTLsv8RjwV6MxyN7Bmue9yA49jVIMceqk9YOnNga6mc3790jxaMisGpHkRc3gnftHhyphenhyphen68LFflmJh6imyrzwRtLi4XujyPYp83aKt8/s1600-h/paonies2.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; display: inline; "><a href="http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&resnum=0&q=diphylleia+cymosa&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=mU9oS72CHMGA8Qbd_OW5Bw&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBcQsAQwAA"><em style="font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#003300;">diphylleia cymosa</span></span></em></a></h3><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#003300;"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;color:#003300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#003333;">Diphylleia cymosas are also called the umbrella plant because of it's distinct umbrella-like leaves. </span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#003333;">It breaks the ground early spring with these rumpled leaves but quickly grows to 3-4'.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#003333;"> The plant is shade loving and adds great texture and height in the garden.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#003333;"> The small white flowers turn into umbels of blue-black berries on brilliant red stalks.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;color:#003300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyOs70Y9FuuagtXl97fMPw8JEYgOgRr9InRw5_eXkKE8luEowFVad5phZAoYytZ4zmwZGTppdBxDAWv1jWk2aLd_APsH9y8Uxz_afzxVZ3Qboi3_-l6_ibBJYpdNwaiaeqbbXGOKwuCcQ/s1600-h/somosa3.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS">1. it is the earliest bloomer in the garden</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS">2. I am smitten with the flowers. </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS; min-height: 16.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS">My garden is mostly about culinary plants and culinary oddities.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS; min-height: 16.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS">Because the whole Helleborus plant (flowers, roots, leaves,) is poisonous, and because poisoning my public is a self defeating culinary goal, I limit myself to a couple plants to ohh and ah over before the usable edibles emerge.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS">For the ghoulishly curious, the symptoms of ingesting large amounts of the plant are:</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS; color: #003300">“Burning of mouth and throat, vomiting, abdominal cramping, diarrhea, nervous symptoms, depression,skin irritation after contact.”</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS; color: #003300">And such a pretty flower.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS; color: #003300; min-height: 16.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS; color: #003300">April 16, 2009</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS; color: #003300"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZYFq-S6Yarkq6wlzdmAH0MxkSgSVk1pTPE939vcCCF5myNlTHbc4BR7ZmmN7-Q1Gt0JUG8j2O47xobu54llhaUu9mpvcBN6H0gJILB0H3x9FBtF5VgJQX1Ais519inALLEVpU1nFHt1k/s1600-h/IMG_1281.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZYFq-S6Yarkq6wlzdmAH0MxkSgSVk1pTPE939vcCCF5myNlTHbc4BR7ZmmN7-Q1Gt0JUG8j2O47xobu54llhaUu9mpvcBN6H0gJILB0H3x9FBtF5VgJQX1Ais519inALLEVpU1nFHt1k/s400/IMG_1281.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435347381165673010" style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 400px; height: 345px; " /></a></span></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Comic Sans MS', serif;font-size:100%;color:#003300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:12px;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div></div></div>swans way bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09250945456797338871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346849726614065299.post-7030958904706654422010-01-25T12:59:00.001-08:002010-02-02T07:46:10.059-08:00Vegtables<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Asparagus</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">It is a very convenient for me that no one has really every figured out the plural of the word aspargus.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">The reason being my asparagus bed only produces one asparagus a year.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">A purple one. I did plant purple but I planted about 4 dozen.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">This one has been coming back now for ten years.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">The photo below was taken on May 11 as the lone asparagus began emerging.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">That giant plant next to it is a violet.</span></p><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDTNLRDRwmZop5NJa79xtjQULuQCGa3PczmbU9o_ElDrcfu6vHmOnxLyPZOIbyIHx09Uv9jtiVqta2j67rvr3rrmiAWU4-77gnqJzYUJl_Ik1mJl6uxiMHoazrMMOVMHWL6ED64nB0A7Y/s1600-h/aspergras1.JPG"><img style="width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDTNLRDRwmZop5NJa79xtjQULuQCGa3PczmbU9o_ElDrcfu6vHmOnxLyPZOIbyIHx09Uv9jtiVqta2j67rvr3rrmiAWU4-77gnqJzYUJl_Ik1mJl6uxiMHoazrMMOVMHWL6ED64nB0A7Y/s400/aspergras1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430785575680644674" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span><br /></div><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">The photo below was taken one week later.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">The asparagus is now taller than the violet.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">The plant behind it is a lovage.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">I never pick my one asparagus. I always let it grow to the fern stage.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">I will post the photo when it is larger than the lovage and then again when it has its’ red berries.</span></p><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFoWIP-ItVKSyUxCov8zDLYMv8Wj9CMVbkQJYtNxBz6r0Y_3DlcmJ0B0yJU9iA4h1d7TGFysnfUqmYfVbVgWB_a3_Q8XzgP3hZU2cnFgvhNcSqvY5085xdaxSfi6m-rHmiFnviEBnDpN8/s1600-h/aspergras2.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFoWIP-ItVKSyUxCov8zDLYMv8Wj9CMVbkQJYtNxBz6r0Y_3DlcmJ0B0yJU9iA4h1d7TGFysnfUqmYfVbVgWB_a3_Q8XzgP3hZU2cnFgvhNcSqvY5085xdaxSfi6m-rHmiFnviEBnDpN8/s400/aspergras2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430787274677505906" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK3QKyN8qygH16wfxUIODqU4A90nPRFfr2_BeN7-PTMfP74Qj9iqNcf16vxJHXVeTIPvz0yRD11a8lnhrl5rbXSR1PaYUHL8REYhL3M49f3JgdHOHYO9GXz_gLOnsr4Jt9kKhxiy9vnew/s1600-h/aspergras3.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg23DvObo82qsoCS8mg21bO80GYKK6dGsqggS5VZTUKJPXq0DS58esCAGlkst4GTdUFGGkxMVAFRJ4oHmm3-dSXQQMOocV91fSTua85zCubfhurXDKooJnTeRK0T9Bv4OPz_YXuSnaOe_Y/s400/aspergras5.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430788535069331170" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_66zfa64RghQisAbvl8B_ltD5caVFmlzwiUvIfkUsSHJAM2FMQAnsHpExtjeSAP4AOdE-4AufBzULIQFxp6ZlxvMCRzCDcY61Bc7Wz3t6HEdY5kTddelSt57GxRCYCE1Tma-1x6x-1pM/s1600-h/aspergras9.4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_66zfa64RghQisAbvl8B_ltD5caVFmlzwiUvIfkUsSHJAM2FMQAnsHpExtjeSAP4AOdE-4AufBzULIQFxp6ZlxvMCRzCDcY61Bc7Wz3t6HEdY5kTddelSt57GxRCYCE1Tma-1x6x-1pM/s400/aspergras9.4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430788544460619170" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Peas<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZoLgwUyTQivvw4qH27lQAre2xdwDO9rKXQOIQEVB2A_488ZAXB84cwaKhco8Fq8hmahHujbvOwM2o6XA3CVVGjKvS_5fkpmdKhZeD8tvDTQSK8Igka7-lH1TplyqAqw58jfGfY9QL0cY/s1600-h/peas.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZoLgwUyTQivvw4qH27lQAre2xdwDO9rKXQOIQEVB2A_488ZAXB84cwaKhco8Fq8hmahHujbvOwM2o6XA3CVVGjKvS_5fkpmdKhZeD8tvDTQSK8Igka7-lH1TplyqAqw58jfGfY9QL0cY/s400/peas.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430789822161598834" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">just planted</span></span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ERlZ3FM-TY16aEHDccUcxT3hR5i9DOfaU6r1W_q4lJycc1gFdJ0omr0x4cOByplDw8MdHOecOkhP8Be1hOxtJLZEcmUhgKyxqa9l0Grc5DxSs4ias6UckWteVXOwWWZQiMp1P893HCc/s1600-h/peas5.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ERlZ3FM-TY16aEHDccUcxT3hR5i9DOfaU6r1W_q4lJycc1gFdJ0omr0x4cOByplDw8MdHOecOkhP8Be1hOxtJLZEcmUhgKyxqa9l0Grc5DxSs4ias6UckWteVXOwWWZQiMp1P893HCc/s400/peas5.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430790317463615458" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKwkpRNoChH4LTiWbZ0a3QvKks_Q3AB7edt8xIjA8-V3xPouihS48RlMNhLegRDVY7ErTelFduIOHg-1aF_G25zdXuyRP6It_i-aPoFaddZbd7NAREwmeI1DhjN5Gn_UjahtrLrFiKdsY/s1600-h/peas1.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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