The five little things that made my week…
1. Harvested a very tenacious carrot this week. As you can tell by the leaves, it started growing outward along the surface for a while, then found its way deep into the soil, going deeper, deeper… the carrot ended up being over a foot long and I still haven’t found the end piece that broke off. We had to get out the shovel for this one!
2. It’s raining avocados in my yard.
3. The last few fava beans are still hanging in there.
4. Steaming heads of Romanesco broccoli.
5. Today alone, I’ve managed to eat half a watermelon already. Yes, it’s hot here.
15 Comments
Vera Greutink
May 8, 2014 at 12:48 pmWhat a luxury to have avocados growing in your backyard! Unimaginable to a cool-climate gardener 🙂
Linda Ly
May 8, 2014 at 10:20 pmWell, there are definitely cool-climate crops that I envy as well. 🙂
Kristen
May 6, 2014 at 3:18 pmBeautiful broccoli! Do you get more than 1 head per plant? I live in Huntington Beach (same zone as you) and it’s my first year gardening. I planted a broccoli from seed and only got 1 head per plant– and they took forever! Started in October, just harvested the first head in April.
Linda Ly
May 8, 2014 at 10:26 pmLOL yes, broccoli is a slow grower. Since the head is technically the flower bud of the plant, you only get one main head, and maybe a couple of smaller ones (though not always). Broccoli leaves are edible though, so it’s worth growing just for those!
Misti
May 4, 2014 at 4:07 pmJealous of your avocados! I also grew fava beans this year after seeing them on your blog last year. Not sure I’ll grow them again due to the amount I’d need to have a big harvest, but they were quite tasty.
Linda Ly
May 8, 2014 at 10:23 pmYou can actually eat favas without shelling the beans — they’re delicious grilled, pod and all. And the fava leaves are edible as well. I grew a couple of plants this past winter just for their leaves so I could keep cutting them back.
theGardenBetty
May 4, 2014 at 3:00 pmI had a carrot that grew over a foot long, and sideways. It was delicious. Five Things Friday http://t.co/HYjc9z7n6C #gardenchat
theGardenBetty
May 3, 2014 at 9:00 pmIn case you missed it yesterday: highlights from my week on the homefront. Five Things Friday http://t.co/xpMsYZq7On #gardenchat
theGardenBetty
May 3, 2014 at 12:00 pmThe little things that made my week this week, despite our massive heatwave! Five Things Friday http://t.co/98Q31EG8kf #gardenchat
Lisa M.
May 3, 2014 at 7:05 amWhat do you do with all those avocados? Cool pics this Friday :0)
Linda Ly
May 4, 2014 at 3:08 pmI eat them all! (Well, and give a few away to friends that pop by for a visit.) Thanks!
theGardenBetty
May 3, 2014 at 6:02 amTenacious carrots, avocado showers, and more from my garden: Five Things Friday http://t.co/ojrpToMcz3 #gardenchat
Zazi
May 3, 2014 at 3:13 amThe size of that carrot, its massive. Ur garden sure has a way with vegetables wish mine can come close to yours *I am new in this gardening and enjoy it so much thus have growing nicely tomatoes*
Linda Ly
May 4, 2014 at 3:07 pmThose kinds of carrots just come with luck. 🙂
theGardenBetty
May 2, 2014 at 6:00 pmBlogged on Garden Betty: Five Things Friday http://t.co/0SbPFQlR6F