Flowers
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This pink pea flower makes lovely maroon pea pods. They are called "blue peas"
Blauwschokkers
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Soup peas have been enjoyed as a winter staple in Europe for centuries. Spectacular plants are beautiful enough to grow as an ornamental. Productive strain from Holland. Soak dry seeds overnight before cooking. Vigorous 5-6' tall plants. Soup, 80-85 days. |
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Do you recognize this flower?
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The spinach has begun to bolt, so I picked it yesterday and added it to Italian Wedding Soup.
The Swiss Chard is also happy it's cooler.
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This is an Egyptian Walking Onion.
It mostly propagates by making little onions on the top of stalks.
They get heavy and bend the stalk to the ground where the little
bulbs can root. It is a very strange looking plant! Very
untidy! In the first picture, you can also see that it can make
flowers. We let it grow in a garden of spring bulbs, since their leaves are also very untidy this time of year. We are not too serious about weeding, so there are daisies and milkweed, as well as tomatoes. |
The pole beans have started to climb their strings.
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The nasturtiums have variegated leaves. We can't remember if they were supposed to, but it's interesting!
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The corn is more than knee high, and we have a week and a half until the Fourth of July!
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Created June 23, 2007