I was going to share a recipe, and some concerns about our garlic since I removed the scapes. When I went out to the garden this morning to take a picture of the garlic, I noticed evidence of a rather large predator.
At first I was relieved that this predator (a deer?) didn't eat anything, but I just ran out to check on the pee gee hydrangea remembering that deer ate those last year, and in fact some of the buds have been chomped off. Grrrrr. I sprayed a few weeks ago to prevent this from happening, but it's been raining so it washes away, and I guess the deer are hungry.
So, here's the garlic.
I thought the yellowing leaves were a sign that they were almost ready to harvest, but some of the scapes never formed, and a few in the back are curling toward the ground.
I am debating pulling one that's curling to see what's there, but I'm not sure.
And, on to happier subjects. I did a little more experimenting with garlic scapes since we had them. I threw them into this stir-fry one night, but I felt like the scapes got a little lost. It's still a good, quick recipe.
Shrimp and Corn Stir-Fry
loosely based on this Epicurious recipe
At first I was relieved that this predator (a deer?) didn't eat anything, but I just ran out to check on the pee gee hydrangea remembering that deer ate those last year, and in fact some of the buds have been chomped off. Grrrrr. I sprayed a few weeks ago to prevent this from happening, but it's been raining so it washes away, and I guess the deer are hungry.
So, here's the garlic.
I thought the yellowing leaves were a sign that they were almost ready to harvest, but some of the scapes never formed, and a few in the back are curling toward the ground.
I am debating pulling one that's curling to see what's there, but I'm not sure.
And, on to happier subjects. I did a little more experimenting with garlic scapes since we had them. I threw them into this stir-fry one night, but I felt like the scapes got a little lost. It's still a good, quick recipe.
Shrimp and Corn Stir-Fry
loosely based on this Epicurious recipe
1 comment:
Wow - another yummy recipe. And where may I ask are the weeds in your beautiful garden? You must be the energizer bunny!
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