Comments on: On grazing http://blog.blithewold.org/weather/on-grazing/ a garden journal about public garden maintenance, seasonal tasks, garden events, stories about gardening, volunteers, flowers, bugs and wildlife Thu, 23 May 2013 15:15:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lynn http://blog.blithewold.org/weather/on-grazing/comment-page-1/#comment-6531 Lynn Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:19:31 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/?p=2703#comment-6531 Yep, maybe 4 of our 16 Sungolds have made it inside. The rest get eaten. Even Bud agrees that snap peas and green beans fresh off the vine are best. I think it's the privilege of all the work that went into it, to be able to stand in your garden and eat whatever you want. And yes! Pass that love and also the condolences and cheering-up to the newbies. I gave extra tomato starts and some seeds to a co-worker who made her first garden this summer. Hearing about her war with the slugs was so hilarious, but there was a lot of commiserating about the blight, no doubt. Enjoy the grazing while it lasts! <em>mmmm - Sungolds! My favorite! It's funny that Buddy grazes with you - Nino is only interested in my Hakonechloa. And Julie used to have a dog that always got to the broccoli before anyone else had a chance. I hope your co-worker friend will try again next year - sometimes the best harvest at all is a good laugh. -kris p.s. Dick and Cathy pulled all of the tomatoes yesterday because of the blight. boo. </em> Yep, maybe 4 of our 16 Sungolds have made it inside. The rest get eaten. Even Bud agrees that snap peas and green beans fresh off the vine are best. I think it’s the privilege of all the work that went into it, to be able to stand in your garden and eat whatever you want. And yes! Pass that love and also the condolences and cheering-up to the newbies. I gave extra tomato starts and some seeds to a co-worker who made her first garden this summer. Hearing about her war with the slugs was so hilarious, but there was a lot of commiserating about the blight, no doubt. Enjoy the grazing while it lasts!

mmmm – Sungolds! My favorite! It’s funny that Buddy grazes with you – Nino is only interested in my Hakonechloa. And Julie used to have a dog that always got to the broccoli before anyone else had a chance. I hope your co-worker friend will try again next year – sometimes the best harvest at all is a good laugh. -kris
p.s. Dick and Cathy pulled all of the tomatoes yesterday because of the blight. boo.

]]> By: Blackswampgirl Kim http://blog.blithewold.org/weather/on-grazing/comment-page-1/#comment-6530 Blackswampgirl Kim Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:25:01 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/?p=2703#comment-6530 I think it's the warmth... if you bring a blackberry instead, it somehow looses that warm-from-the-sun quality that helps the flavor to burst in your mouth. :) I'm a definite grazer in the garden. It's just so convenient--like a buffet, where you can wrap different types of basil leaves around your cherry tomatoes to see which combinations you like! <em>Kim, You're absolutely right - the grazing these early chilly mornings isn't nearly so gratifying as it is after it's gotten warm. And you've got the right idea mixing flavors right in the garden - I'm too impatient! But maybe if I carried a hip flask of olive oil and a pocketful of mozzarella... -kris</em> I think it’s the warmth… if you bring a blackberry instead, it somehow looses that warm-from-the-sun quality that helps the flavor to burst in your mouth. :)

I’m a definite grazer in the garden. It’s just so convenient–like a buffet, where you can wrap different types of basil leaves around your cherry tomatoes to see which combinations you like!

Kim, You’re absolutely right – the grazing these early chilly mornings isn’t nearly so gratifying as it is after it’s gotten warm. And you’ve got the right idea mixing flavors right in the garden – I’m too impatient! But maybe if I carried a hip flask of olive oil and a pocketful of mozzarella… -kris

]]> By: Carol, May Dreams Gardens http://blog.blithewold.org/weather/on-grazing/comment-page-1/#comment-6529 Carol, May Dreams Gardens Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:35:14 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/?p=2703#comment-6529 I do like to graze in the garden on cherry tomatoes, green beans, and in season, peas. I hope those who started veggie gardens this year are not discouraged, that something produced for them. We need to remind them that some years are better than others! <em>Carol, It seems like every year it's a mixed bag of better and bests and no good at alls... But it does take perseverance to work that out and enjoy the challenges! -kris</em> I do like to graze in the garden on cherry tomatoes, green beans, and in season, peas. I hope those who started veggie gardens this year are not discouraged, that something produced for them. We need to remind them that some years are better than others!

Carol, It seems like every year it’s a mixed bag of better and bests and no good at alls… But it does take perseverance to work that out and enjoy the challenges! -kris

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