It just grows
Other than harvesting some of my wheat, I didn’t get much done today. Oh, I did dry some of the mint I bought from the co-op, and put the rest in water to root. Hopefully we’ll have a second type of mint growing out front soon.
I discovered that I also have Lemon Mint growing out there, as well as citronella! Amazing what just grows by itself. The purslane has reappeared in the pot by the garage, and it looks as though we’ll be in purslane for a while — the pot is packed full of tiny seedlings.
Everything else is just growing! (weeds and all, although I’ve decided there’s no bad weed; the ones the rabbits won’t eat can still be composted)
So what’s ‘just growing’ around your house?
June 21st, 2008 at 1:13 pm
Right now, I’m looking at cherry tomatoes that are nearly 10 feet tall, and some other things like bell pepper, anaheim pepper, oregano, parsley, and basil that are just getting started. The tomatoes are from early this spring (mid-March), and the rest is a second wave of planting after drought killed my first attempts. I’m still feeling my way around this home garden thing, so everything was started from transplants that I bought at farmers’ markets and the local nursery.
Frankly, I’m just happy that my tomatoes managed to survive the worms that descend in full force around May…the two weeks or so I spent picking pests every morning have paid off.
I’m very interested in all these things you’re doing, but especially the wheat you mentioned. I have to ask a couple of questions, though:
1. Where do you mill your wheat? Do you get good-quality flour out of it?
2. What sorts of resources did/do you use to learn all of this stuff…not the least of which is how to recognize purslane?
June 21st, 2008 at 1:14 pm
Ok, now I see the link for resources…many things to read from this page!
June 21st, 2008 at 6:30 pm
The wheat I planted last fall as a lark, but I have a home grain mill that I’m going to try out sometime. I got the wheat berries through my local food co-op.
LOL the resources to learn ALL this stuff?? Narrow that down a bit!
Purslane, however, was a stumble-upon. I got interested in foraging and found it on an internet page about wild food.
June 22nd, 2008 at 1:39 pm
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