dear JUNE,
it has been a long time since i've written anything. partially due to being busy outside, consumed by a jungle of plants; partially due to a broken foot and being laid up in bed pouting. what's new with things...?
1) SQUASH: i planted "zephyr" summer squash. GET SOME. delicious cooked with olive oil and a bit of garlic for a few minutes. i planted mine in a giant burlap bag filled with compost and it is already huge.
2) SUGAR SNAP PEAS: "cascadia". i'm getting enough peas every day for a bowl-full, cooked with butter and flaked sea salt on top. you can eat the pod and all. cut them every day for prolonged harvest!
3) SWISS CHARD: i've been eating it steamed, or sauteed in garlic and olive oil on top of penne pasta with goat cheese. try "neon lights" variety- super easy to grow straight from seeds. i tossed the seeds straight into big pots and have tons of beautiful rainbow chard now.
4) my black eyed susans and other PERENNIALS are humongous. this is the first year i've really started to appreciate plants that come back bigger and more beautiful every year with hardly any work from me. anywhere that i know i'll be for several years, i'd definitely plant a bunch of bright, blooming perennials. (try echinacea/coneflower, black-eyed susans, shasta daisies, lilies, hydrangeas, and for heaven's sake, even my pansies look awesome this year.)
eggplants, tomatoes, cucumbers, and peppers (first banana pepper tonight in my stir fry!) will be coming along soon.
i've been fertilizing everything-- flowers, veggies, houseplants-- with an organic fish-based concentrated fertilizer. it was about $7 at lowe's. don't fertilize herbs; it compromises their intense, concentrated flavor in a trade-off for more leafy growth.
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