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After three days of buffeting gales the wind has finally dropped and we
awoke to blue skies and
gorgeous sunshine.
We went out for an early bike ride and have then spent the rest of the
day in the garden.
Some of the trees and
shrubs look a little battered and bruised but it is amazing how resilient some
of the plants are. The foxgloves we planted back in the autumn managed to avoid being knocked over.
We had garlic scapes for lunch.
Paul
is growing elephant garlic in his potager and before the bulbs are fully mature
and ready to be harvested they produce long, curly
scapes which hold the flower
head of the plant.
They are delicious
sautéed in oil and butter and have a very delicate garlic taste.
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Our first broad beans will be ready for harvesting soon, I like to eat them
young and tender.
We are watching
carefully to check they don’t become covered in black fly.
Then I shall be looking forward to picking
the first French beans of the season.
I
love this time of year!
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| I like to scatter chive flowers over my salads |
Love the idea with chive flowers.
ReplyDeleteMy garden largely escaped apart from my iris which I have been so looking forward to.
So nice now that the wind has died down. One of our neighbours lost all her delphiniums.
DeleteI had never heard of scapes before. Interesting. I bet it livened the ham and cheese up a bit.
ReplyDeleteIt certainly did!
DeleteSo *that's* something I can try with the chives I planted last year ... thank you! -Kate
ReplyDeleteScatter the petals - it makes a very pretty salad.
DeleteI know to cut the scapes back when they start to curl but usually make pesto. I think I will try your technique this year!
ReplyDeleteI hadn't thought about using them for pesto.
DeleteI recently put some Chive flowers on our lunchtime salad. I ate mine; Lady M didn't.
ReplyDeleteDid you shred them and scatter the petals or did you eat them whole?
DeleteWhole.... maybe I should have sprinkled them, that way she couldn't pick them out.
DeleteYour vegetable garden is way ahead of ours. I had never heard of "scapes". I guess you learn something new every day.
ReplyDeleteGoats that eat them become known as scapegoats.
DeleteI've never had garlic scapes in fact never heard of them, but your lunch looks delicious.
ReplyDeleteIt was very tasty.
DeleteFor some years I tried, unsuccessfully, to grow chives with no success - they always looked as though some bug had attacked them. Eventually I found out that the dog was eating them! They are supposed to be poisonous for dogs but he suffered no ill effects.
ReplyDeleteYou food always looks so delicious!
Luckily Rick doesn't show any interest in eating the garden!
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