Crabapple twitter for the week of 2009-04-19
- Simmering reishi… such a satisfying, earthy bitter. (The boy does not agree. “Can you make it into a liqueur?”) #
- Locked out of my blog by a wordpress upgrade. Grrr. New posts as soon as I can get back in. #
- Admiring our tiny tomato seedlings! (Black Plum, Blue Beech, Federle, Hungarian Heart, Rose de Berne, Nyagous, Principe Borghese.) #
- Our little sweet pepper starts are up! (Roasters: Buran, Chervena Chushka, Sweet Chocolate. Fryers: Jimmy Nardello, Marconi) #
- I have access to my blog again! (Sorry if there were display issues this morning. I had to disable and update all my plugins.) #
- Excited to start a new batch of honey wine! http://tinyurl.com/cx6e5g #
- Hot pepper babies are up! Barely hot at all: Alma Paprika. Hotter: Georgia Flame, Joe’s Round, Cilegia Piccante. Rather very hot: Fatalii. #
- Just heard “Monsanto, committed to sustainable agriculture” as a sponsor-ad on NPR. Greenwashing knows no bounds. #
- Excited about the new ramp patch our neighbor said he’d show us. #
- Brought my little tomato seedlings out to meet the sun! #
- Going to gather some creasy greens flowers (aka “wild broccoli”). #
- Tell the state of WV to allow a religious or philosophical exemption from compulsory immunization: http://www.wvve.info/ #
- Off to the farmers market! #
- Cold baked potatoes with ramp aïoli. Nettle and rice frittata. Garden arugula with more ramp aïoli. Spring. #
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April said,
April 19, 2009 @ 4:57 pm
“Going to gather some creasy greens flowers (aka “wild broccoli”)”
What plant is this? Might it be what we call yellow rocket (field mustard, brassica rapa, I think)?
lovinglandbase said,
April 19, 2009 @ 10:18 pm
i can’t stand those monsanto advertisements!
i’m really interested in the creasy green flowers=wild broccoli… do they taste similar? how do you pick them- just when they are buds or when they are open flowers? how do you use them? cooked up/raw/both?
thanks!
crabappleherbs said,
April 20, 2009 @ 8:30 am
Creasy greens are Barbarea verna. I’ll do a separate post with a picture as soon as I get a few mintues…
Lisa said,
April 26, 2009 @ 8:37 pm
As far as planting by the signs, how do you learn about that? Do you get your info through the farmers almanac or is it something passed on to you? Thanks!
crabappleherbs said,
April 30, 2009 @ 5:43 pm
Well, you can get information on planting by the signs in a lot of places. I grew up around people who did it, but everyone has their own theories. The farmers’ almanac is a good source, or there are online ones like this: http://www.thealmanack.com/calendar.htm