Hello all,
The potatoes are flowering! This is a sign that new potatoes will be ready in about a month. We can’t wait. We grew All blue and Yukon Gold this year, so get ready for some blue and yellow potatoes in just a few weeks.
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| The potato patch |
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| Pretty flowers |
Speaking of potatoes, we are sorry to say the potatoes-in-hay experiment was a flop. Only a few potatoes ever sprouted, the rest rotted in the moist compost and hay. Oh well, nothing ventured, nothing gained. We ended up uncovering one half and (literally) throwing some lettuce seeds in. Boy, do they like a rich, moist environment! You’ll be seeing them in the salad mixes soon.
Speaking of lettuces, the intercropped lettuce in the bok choy has really taken off. Just to compare
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Last week
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This week
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The wildlife is really getting the upper hand here on the minifarm! Last week was the snake, this week is the hornets nest-hidden between the boards of the fence. Unfortunately, it is right next to the gate we use to go in and out of this garden area so it must go.
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| Pretty impressive |
We’ve gotten feedback from some of you that some recipes would be really handy! So, click on over to our recipe page. Here is one for the lemon mint:
Lemon mint syrup:
Ingredients:
2 cups sugar
1 cup water
Lemon mint leaves
Dissolve the sugar in the water over a low heat. Bring to a boil for three minutes, then remove from the heat. Bruise the mint leaves (smoosh them up in a plastic baggie) and add the leaves to the sugar water. Let the leaves steep in the sugar water until cool. Strain the leaves out and put the syrup in a container and store in the refrigerator. Use for teas, lemonades, etc.
Until next week,
Jeff and Sandra
