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magical thyme

(14,881 posts)
Sun Aug 24, 2014, 01:04 PM Aug 2014

forgot to add about the carrots and cauliflower...

As I was smoothing out the last tater hill I could see the tops of my carrots peeking through. So I decided to harvest a bunch. They are beeeauuuutiful! A little disappointing because they were supposed to be red...maybe their insides will be. But bright, bright orange and my first ever carrots!

Then I started weeding around for the first time in a few weeks and noticed my red bull beets -- which have beautiful deep red leaves that I have picked a little at a time to add to salads -- are getting huge!

And that my orange cauliflower is coming in, and with better color than last year! Deeper, yellow-orange color

Still waiting for the purple cauli to make an appearance!

Harvest time is SO MUCH FUN!

Tonight I plan to have roasted tiny red taters, carrots and eggplant from my garden. The only "outsider" will be the onions -- I'm still a fail with onions. Maybe next year!

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forgot to add about the carrots and cauliflower... (Original Post) magical thyme Aug 2014 OP
That sounds yummy. So dinner's at your house tonight, right? Arkansas Granny Aug 2014 #1
Sure, come on over! magical thyme Aug 2014 #2
Have you had roasted cauliflower? Your post reminded me marzipanni Aug 2014 #3
tried it last year... magical thyme Aug 2014 #4
We give the horses the carrot greens. They love them!! Nt riderinthestorm Aug 2014 #5
Dahli will be getting the greens and tops tonight magical thyme Aug 2014 #6
 

magical thyme

(14,881 posts)
2. Sure, come on over!
Sun Aug 24, 2014, 01:20 PM
Aug 2014

I'll put the mead in the fridge -- it's extra-good chilled!

Oh, I forgot the other outside! Roasted mushrooms. Not the hallucigenic kind, sorry to say...

marzipanni

(6,011 posts)
3. Have you had roasted cauliflower? Your post reminded me
Sun Aug 24, 2014, 02:52 PM
Aug 2014

I want to try it. Some recipes I've found on the internet have spicy yogurt coating a whole head of cauliflower, but people who've tried it say it takes a long time to get tender. I'd steam it a few minutes first, or do a recipe using flowerets.

We've been eating stuff from our garden, too. My DH planted green beans, Roma (made spaghetti sauce so far) and Brandywine tomatoes, three zucchini plants (next year we'll start some and give all but one away! ) Cucumbers, which we eat as Japanese salad with slightly sweetened rice vinegar and toasted sesame seeds. I planted the carrot seeds- they're pretty good but next year I'm going to look for Nanté carrot seeds because I've had really sweet Nanté carrots.

 

magical thyme

(14,881 posts)
4. tried it last year...
Sun Aug 24, 2014, 03:24 PM
Aug 2014

the cauliflower wasn't as sweet as I would have liked. Don't know if it was the cooking style or the seasonings that didn't bring out its flavor... I'm going to try again this year, seasoned differently.

My tomatoes are heirlooms. I've been growing Moscovitch for several years -- big, juicy and yummy. This year Johnny's offered an heirloom cherry, so I gave that one a shot. They are coming in beautifully -- just ate my fist last week! Juicy and yummy again. Some'll be in my dinner roast...

 

magical thyme

(14,881 posts)
6. Dahli will be getting the greens and tops tonight
Sun Aug 24, 2014, 03:46 PM
Aug 2014

Mom's treat!

(I actually save the tops even from store bought for her. She also got the greens when I accidentally harvested a couple babies while weeding. The carnage cured me of weeding

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