The time is right

I love this time of year. I am not sure I have loved it with this sort of intensity until this year. Eating is so wonderful! Yesterday, I went to Jones Valley Urban garden after work to pick up some (more) fresh produce. I am on a special diet that mainly consists of fresh vegetables, meant, some beans and nuts to try and cure a digestive issue I have. At JVUF, I picked up 2 sorts of radishes, leeks, greens, strawberries and the spiciest arugula I have every tasted. Plus, my CSA box every week, weekly trips to Pepper Place and the things growing in my garden (although, my vegetables are having issues...). It is quite a bounty.

I have never eaten this well, or enjoyed food as much. Each day I look at the veggies and wonder what I can whip up with them for dinner. Yesterday it was stir fry. Today I am snacking on homemade tzatzi sauce with cut up radishes, beans, carrots and cucumbers. Wednesday night was baked amerjack and fried Kohlrabi leaves. It turns out Kohlrabie is amazing! The bulb is a mild, crunchy veggie, but it the leaves that really get me. They do not wilt when sauteed! instead, they turn a deep green and crisp up. I love crisp greens so much, so this has been a real treat.

Each week I am picking up a new veggie from Pepper Place and experimenting. I can't wait to see what it will tomorrow!

Oh, and check out the Botanical Gardens soon...the roses are in bloom and gorgeous.

It's Catching On

The garden bug seems to have bitten a lot of people this year. And gratefully so! my mom came over and scolded me for not tying my green bean plants (I'll get to that...soon enough.) I, too, racked up at the Botanical Garden Sale. I got one blue berry bush and found out you need two different kinds for them to cross pollinate and produce fun berries. They had run out by the time I realized that so I went to Whole Foods to check out what they had. Twice as much (and on sale!), but not twice as big. It was a different kind so I am sticking with the new plant. Lesson learned...the Botanical Garden Sale rocks my face off!

I (heart) Plant sale

Just got back from the Botanical gardens plant sale, where Emily, CJ and I met earlier. I cannot say this strongly enough...GO! They have all kinds of great plants at great prices. I walked out with a box for $28. The plants look healthy AND they had people there to help me. People who actually know about plants. It was a madhouse, and not for the faint of heart, but well worth it. I am going to make this an annual event.

I am now sitting in my windowless cubical smelling fresh sage and rosemary (I just couldn't leave them in a hot car all day!). My co-workers think I am a hippie, but I think I lost them at Hot Yoga and my CSA membership...

To a good, green weekend!