Eighth of an Acre Bounty

Plant Something – Planted Beets, Lima Beans more Swiss chard.

Harvest Something – Harvested Lemon Marigold seeds, more lettuce, beets, kohlrabi, bunching onions, walking onions,  and chinese broccoli (kai-lan)

Preserve Something – blanched and froze two and a half gallons of Chinese Broccoli

Prep Something – Layed soaker hose down in the main garden bed. I had been hoping to get away without them this year but after all my whining of a cold and wet spring we haven’t had any rain in weeks now and things are looking a bit wilty. Bought the first couple of sure to be numerous packs of canning lids and rings to match up with the motherlode of jars I got the previous week.

Cook Something – Pan fried Wild Sockeye salmon on a bed of shaved fennel and Kohlrabi with spring onions and chioggia beets. Chicken thigh curry with garden peas, potatoes and onions. Balsamic roasted beets from Full Circle Farms (our CSA). Made sherbet (does that count as cooking?) Lots of salad this week, the lettuce is starting to bolt and I need the room in the garden for fall crops.

Manage your reserves – This week we finally got the other 4 rain barrels plumbed and set up under the gutters of the house. This brings us to 6 rain barrels or 300 gallons of water in reserve (which probably won’t happen until this fall when we will need to spill off some in order to avoid overflow). Still looking for cheap metro shelving to hold canning jars.

Work on Local Food Systems – No farmers market or CSA this week, need to focus on eating the supply from our most local food system, the backyard.