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Jul. 22, 2009 5:16 pm
Updated: Jul. 27, 2009 6:20 pm
Someone told me that the simple fact of gardening is that things want to grow.
That person was correct.
I cannot believe how successful our first garden has proven to be thus far. If anything, it's been too successful. We haven't been too good about actually harvesting some of the herbs in a timely manner. The cilantro was sincerely ridiculous.
I say "was" because we finally took the opportunity to cut it down to size over the weekend in preparing some meals for family in from out of town.
Along with a good amount of the purple basil you see in the photos, we used pretty much all the cilantro in making two of the best dishes in my repertoire: Pad Thai and Thai Garlic Chile Noodle. Both dishes finish with a good helping of chopped cilantro and sweet basil. I think it's why I like them as much as I do.
It's been a remarkably sunny spring and summer here in Seattle, which I am sure is a huge contributor to the general success of the garden (and the super brown grass). I'm still holding out hope for the peppers as there seem to be some signs of life on those plants. The tomatoes seemed to suddenly just appear from nowhere, but have been cautioned that the real challenge for tomatoes around here is for them to actually ripen. Since fresh tomatoes were a huge motivator in starting the garden, that makes me a little nervous, but I shall have faith.
Okay, I'm actually a pragmatist and, hence, don't really do the 'faith' think properly, but you get the general concept.
More to come as we actually start cooking a little more frequently from our backyard produce aisle.
tomatoes comin'
the heirlooms
Lookit all the Sweet Basil!
Squash Gone Wild
Dead grass and the dirty hound
What's this?