It’s early June and here is what is growing (and edible) in my Colorado garden.
Spinach (just getting from tender salad greens to cooking-quality leaves)
Chard (we just enjoyed our first batch)
Collard Greens (also just had a first batch a few days ago, looking forward to more!)
Radishes (finishing off the last of these)
Pea shoots, peas are on the way
Mesclun greens (assorted including arugula and others)
Speckled heirloom lettuce
Romaine lettuce
Red leaf lettuce
Herbs: chives, 2 kinds of basil, tarragon, 3 kinds of sage, oregano, thyme, 4 kinds of mint, flat-leaf parsley, sorrel. Yanked the last of the cilantro a few days ago.
The red onions are looking great but I’m going to be good and wait for the shoots to dry up and wilt…
On their way (i.e. fruit already visible, just a matter of patience): Currants, gooseberries, celery, peas, zucchini.
That’s it for now… the abundance of greens is certainly testing my culinary creativity, but boy does it feel good to eat them! I will miss them greatly when they are gone, though I have a late crop of Tuscan black kale seeds in the soil in hopes of a mid-summer plethora of dark green goodness. And the chard tends to last really well through the summer.
Happy gardening – and eating – it’s finally feeling a lot like summer!
hi,
you commented on something i said on 101 cookbooks… but i didn’t say it! it was a quote from a poster above us, “haru”.
sorry about that!! I missed the one by haru, so it just looked like part of your comment. I tried to go back and edit, but can’t – oh well, apologies!