5:23 PM Wed, May 28, 2008 | Permalink Cindy Brummer
That is some powerful garlic
I made some hummus last night with a few cloves of garlic from one of the many heads harvested from this year's home crop.
Whoa! Potent stuff!
I didn't realize how strong garlic can be... really! The smell burns my eyes and nose, and even the smallest cloves give as much or more flavor than large cloves from a head I bought at the supermarket.
It's just another example of how homegrown vegetables can taste so different from the ones we buy at the supermarket.
We harvested the garlic several weeks ago. I would say we pulled up about 25-30 heads. We saved the four largest, which we plan to plant in the fall, then washed and dried the rest and stored them in a dry, dark cupboard.
We initially thought they would last for a while. But the garlic tastes so good, we're using it all the time. And now... well, I don't think they'll last more than a couple more months.
C'est la vie.
3:59 PM Fri, May 23, 2008 | Permalink Cindy Brummer
Gardening with kids
The more I garden with my son, the more my love for gardening itself grows.
Seriously.
Last weekend, Luke and I prepared an area -- where we just harvested garlic -- and planted four hills of acorn squash and pumpkin.
We pulled back the old mulch, shaped the hills, and Luke helped me push the seeds into the ground. He was an awesome helper.
Gardening with kids is so cool, because they light up when they reap the benefits of their work. Luke was so excited to see two of the pumpkin seedlings have already emerged last night as we were taking stock. And he makes a beeline for the peas, and snacks on them happily.
It just takes some patience to garden with kids, especially ones so young. But you know what, it's so worth it. People in public always marvel at how Luke eats his vegetables without complaining. He doesn't love every vegetable, but he is starting to understand where they come from, and his curiosity is all I ask for.
