Monday, February 25, 2013

Harvest Monday 2.25.13

The end of February - already? Wow time flies! It's nearly March already, hard to believe. But, I do have a harvest to report! Linking into Daphne's Dandelions. Make sure you stop by and check out what people are harvesting from all around the world! Thanks Daphne for hosting. It amazes me that you still host when you are off and running on vacation. LOL
This week brought the first mulberries!
The tree is loaded to the hilt with them. I thought surely I'd lose them in the freeze, but they were safe and sound!

Look at them all getting ripe and juicy just for me and my gang. Later in the year they'll be given to the chickens but the first crop of the year is ours to devour! :-D
Last years first ripe berries came on March 19th. So a full 3 weeks early this year...
Also on the harvest list is:
 
A decent leek. I'm hoping for potato and A leek soup. LOL... I only had one at harvest size. I tried to move the rest of the juveniles. I hope they hold up all right. I dug them nice and deep, moved the soil surrounding them. Hopefully they'll make a good transplant and still be good to harvest in a couple months. I figure after eating something in the allium family I'll need something to freshen our breath. Some MINT perhaps? :-D I needed to transplant the Mother plant so I harvested as much as I could, and transplanted the heart of the plant. This time to a POT! I also have a chocolate mint and I am temped to plant them together but I"m afraid I won't be able to tell them apart until it's too late. I don't want them to intertwine and I don't know how I would keep them FROM getting across to each other. What other herb could I plant in with the mint that wouldn't be completely strangled out by it? I don't do a lot of gardening in pots. I only grow a few trees that need frost care in pots, so call me clueless!
 
I also harvested a side salad. Not enough for all five of us mind you. Just one side salad. Mine, that is. ;-) 1 small tomato and a couple strawberries on top of it made it rather delicious if I say so myself.
 
OK- gotta get back to work now.
 
See you soon!
 
Barbie~
 
 

10 comments:

  1. I think your transplanted leeks will make it.
    How about grouping garlic chives with your mint, both are aggressive, would be interestig to see who wins the battle.

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    1. They are! So far they are doing rather well. :-) Makes me happy. Hopefully they will size up by summer.

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  2. That is some serious roots on the leeks. Looks delicious! I love leek.

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    1. Silly hubby asked me 3 times what it was as if I'dnever made it for him before. I guess he usually sees it AFTER I cook them. ;-)

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  3. Wow, mulberries seem like a late-summer crop to my mind.... But what do I know?

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    1. I don't grow a traditional mulberry. This is an 'everbearing' mulberry and crops 2-3 times a year. Because of this the berries are much smaller.

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  4. Hurrah for the first mulberries! I hope the potato and leek soup is delicious for you.

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  5. Berries! Oh man...what I wouldn't do for some fresh berries tight now! How wonderful :-)

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    1. Our Florida strawberries should be in mose groceries by now. I know the farms here are stripping the plants daily. :-) My plants will have stopped as yours ramp up.

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