I am all alone with the pugs this week. Megan and a few friends have taken a drive to California. With them went my digital camera. Alas I can’t take any random pictures and put them up to entertain myself, so I will have to describe and link to a few pictures of what you would see if I did have my camera.
I walked out into the garden last night and too my suprise the cardoon had sprouted little purple like flower things. I’d never seen it bloom before, so it was quite nice. The cardoon is some ancient ancestor of the artichoke and the leafy material on the side is supposedly edible. Most green leafy things that are usually described with the word bitter are generally not to my liking. I’ll have to pass on eating the leaves.
The sunflowers are doing quite well. The biggest one has a face about 12″ in diameter (not including the petals). Soon the seeds will be ready and the minions of birds and squirrels will attack and leave a bed of cracked shells all over the garden.
Megan’s tomatoes by the deck are started to turn red. She’ll be pleased by this development. The great gorging shall begin shortly.
Last but not least, the corn is progressing quite nicely. There looks to be about 15 or so ears of corn out there. Hopefully the sun will continue to shine and we will have a couple of bbqs with corn from the garden.
you don’t eat the leaves you eat the stalk and it actully isn’t that bad, or bitter if cooked properly.
i don’t do well with unknown leafy things.