Jolly Green Giant

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saturday march 31st
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Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

delishytown:

Home Grown Salad

We grew the lettuces in this dish! Yum. I love home grown salad.

Some tips for growing lettuce include, 1) Plant early and often. Lettuce loves cool weather. 2) Lettuce is easy to start from seeds. Save some of the seeds in the pack for succession planting, about a week or two apart, so that even if you get a frost you can still spread more seeds as the ground warms up again. 3) Pick a sunny spot in the garden on a dry day, dig the dirt and add organic compost. 4) Spread your seeds just on the surface of the soil. Water every day until the seeds sprout, then water every few days if there is no rain. 5) Fertilize with organic fertilizer once a month or more. 6) Harvest only the largest outer leaves, leaving the plant to grow more. Harvest early in the day when the day is still cool for the crispest veggies.

I like to make honey lemon dressing on salad like this. Mix the juice of 1 meyer lemon, 1/4 tsp dijon mustard, 1 tsp honey, 1 smashed open garlic clove ( I don’t chop it, just leave it whole in the dressing for a while to add flavor), 2 tblsp olive oil and salt and pepper. 

So much lettuce!

(Source: allechx, via milklake)

veganfeast:

carrots by tofutti break on Flickr.

Yum

Yum indeed.

(via batesnursery)

Fresh harvest of radish an romaine from the garden. Now time to munch!

Success! The monarch emerged, hung out for a little bit to let his wings stretch and took off. Luckily it decided to come out right when I woke up so I was able to watch the entire process. It was truly amazing.

This is an Allen’s Hummingbird on my hummingbird feeder. I was sitting about seven feet away and this little gal came up to take a drink. Hummingbird feeders, and all feeders for that matter, are very rewarding. You can pick one up at a specialty bird store or just go to Walmart. Regular bird seed is cheap at about $5 for a 25 pound bag. Hummingbird feeders are even cheaper to keep filled. All you need is a certain mixture (noted on the packaging that the feeder came in) of sugar and water to fill up the feeder and you’re all set. I highly recommend any type of bird feeder for your yard or balcony. It’s a great way to bring birds to your yard and of course gives the birds a nice meal in return.