Something new was harvested this week…
Asparagus!
This is the third year for our asparagus roots, so we’re harvesting lightly. We’ve picked only 6 oz and we’ve enjoyed it in risotto.
We’ve also continued to pick lettuce, sorrel & kale.
I picked the rest of the overwintered leeks, and pulled the first green garlic from our self-seeded garlic section amongst our strawberry plants.
Egg production slowed this week, I don’t think they liked the gray & rainy weather.
Eggs this week:14
Eggs in May:33
Eggs this year:342
Harvest this week: .84 lbs
Harvest this year: 3.4 lbs
Check out other lovely harvests at Daphne’s Dandelions.
Yum! asparagus newly picked. What do you do with garlic greens?
Not garlic greens, but green garlic, ie garlic before the bulb is formed. We chopped it up like leeks and added it to the risotto.
HOORAY for fresh Asparagus straight from your own garden! What a treat!!
I have about four cloves of storage garlic left to use, once they are gone I will start using green garlic too. The fresh asparagus looks absolutely delicious!
It all looks terrific, love asparagus, but my season is over; hoping next year will be better!
Your asparagus looks so tender. I’m envious!
Someday I want chickens, but I’m not really sure I can use all the eggs!
Beautiful harvest. I so wish I had eggs right now. I hate buying them from the store. I can’t wait until the farmers markets open up again.
Your harvest looks great!
Hello, I’ve just discovered your site and am a veg grower and hand quilter so feel right at home! Question about your overwintered leeks. Did you do anything special to protect them from snow? Did you mulch them? I live in CT and grew them for the first time last year. Mine were pretty small at November so I carefully pulled them up and overwintered them in damp soil in the cold mud room. They didn’t do very well as I think I should have retrieved them sooner than I did. I’d appreciate your tips on overwintering in place in the garden. Thanks!
Cary,
Thanks for your comment.
This year I harvested most ones of reasonable size and sliced and froze them. I left a few skinny ones in the ground, no protection. They did overwinter, but I can’t say they are that much bigger at this point. They did grow some this spring, and bulbed up a little bit at the bottom. I know from previous experience that if I didn’t harvest them soon, they would send up scapes like garlic and bloom and at that point their tough and hard to eat. So I harvested them now to enjoy the little bit that they are.
The first year I overwintered leeks I covered them with straw. I found that after the ground was frozen, there was no way I was getting them out
Glad we share so many hobbies.
Emily
I had never heard of green garlic until about six weeks ago when some came in a delivery of local foods. And now everywhere I turn I’m seeing people harvesting it! Does it have the same flavor, or milder, or…?
Really nice harvest there. Good eating!
I would say it’s a bit milder, but not as mild as the garlic scapes are in comparison to the mature cloves.