Monday’s lunch came from the garden.
We planted potatoes by setting a few old potatoes with lots of eyes on the ground and dumping buckets of dirt over them. Potato plants grew and then died back. I went into the back yard with my gardening fork and lifted these out of one of the dirt mounds. I think there are still twice as many left in the ground. I figure they’ll keep well there, and if they sprout more eyes they will already be in the right place.
These artichokes grew along the side of the house. I served them with lemon juice from a neighbor’s lemons and my favorite California olive oil from Beyond the Olive. I’ve never tasted artichokes this fresh before, and they were so tender and flavorful that they almost didn’t need a sauce.
Published on May 12, 2010 3:27 pm.
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Published on May 5, 2010 2:31 pm.
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Published on May 5, 2010 1:49 pm.
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Published on May 4, 2010 9:06 am.
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Published on May 3, 2010 10:41 pm.
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Published on May 3, 2010 9:49 pm.
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This mushroom was growing by the side of the driveway.
It’s growing in soil covered with mulch.
It’s a little suggestive.
At its base was a spherical cavern that it seems to have sprung up out of.
Since I first saw this one, two more popped up near it, one after the other. Just as the previous one was dying, the next one started growing, like a fireworks show.
Published on March 11, 2010 12:03 pm.
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These mushrooms were growing in the mulch.
The mulch was spread thin over a part of the driveway we don’t usually pull into.
When it rained, they collected water like little cups.
Published on March 8, 2010 9:59 pm.
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These mushrooms were growing in the compost.
They have serrated edges, like they were cut with pinking shears.
The oldest ones have loose, ragged, stringy dark edges. It makes them look especially poisonous to me.
Published on March 8, 2010 9:50 pm.
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Look at this giant clover. It’s growing by our hot water heater. I put my foot in the picture for scale.
It’s as wide across as the palm on my hand. At first I thought it might be Psoralea orbicularis, a California native clover, but its leaves look different. The stems for each of the three leaf segments of Psoralea orbicularis are longer. Does anyone know what this could be?
Published on February 17, 2010 4:59 pm.
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