Aloo Broccoli

Check out what my friend made by substituting my home grown broccoli for cauliflower in this recipe. Yih!

Broccoli Gettin Worked!

Hooray for broccoli! It did take me by surprise how quickly these plants bloomed this year. But over the last couple weeks I've cooked two large heads, given away 3 that got put to good use, and still have a couple of the OG heads wrapped up in the fridge. A little plastic wrap goes a long way, I must say! 

I harvested 2 epic heads this round. I grilled one with my recipe from last year, and the other went into my friend's broccoli aloo recipe. Both came out really well! I hear another went into a classic beans and greens dish, and I'll inquire about the third... Oh I almost forgot! I made capellini and boiled some of the broccoli florets with it, and then made a pesto type sauce with oregano and cilantro from the garden. Killer!!! 

They tell me to expect fresh eggs and homemade bread in return. Woot. I can't wait to bake an eggs and toast breakfast with locally produced food acquired via veggie swapping. Werd to the Herb. 

I like grabbing a tomato or some basil from the garden occasionally, but I really love when I can put together nearly a full meal with homegrown or swapped ingredients. Yay Summer! Now I just need a few chickens and maybe a cow...

JoeSoGarden 2014 Bloomfield Edition, Part 3

I used faux bamboo and potted flowers
to cover the dilapidated fence.

Everything has begun to flourish in JoeSoGarden 2014. I've already started to harvest mint, oregano, and cilantro, and I harvested my first head of broccoli before June 1st. Before June! So let me list a complete inventory here and post some pictures of the yarden in bloom. 

• 5 broccoli plants in the planter box
• 3 in the triangle plot
• plus a row of broccoli seeds
• a row of carrot seeds
• a row of cilantro seeds
• a basil plant
• 2 stevia plants
• a green pepper plant
• a zucchini plant
• tomatoes from seed
• a random seed, maybe a bean of some sort
• potted mint
• oregano

Early season broccoli success! 

The triangle plot looks great with the red and brown mulch, flowers blooming, and broccoli, zucchini, and oregano spaced throughout.  

Everything else, especially the carrots and cilantro (both started quite early and from seed) has done well so far. I need to get some little army guys or something to live in the carrot forest. 

    I put grass seed in half a dozen spots around the yard and it came in well. As did this mystery seed, probably from next door, that started growing in the box.