What's Up Wednesday

Garlic Scapes! That funny little curly-cue is a garlic scape, my friends.  Hardneck garlic forms these little guys, and you can cut them off and eat them! They're delicious and they free up that spare energy to be used in garlic bulb production.



















The potato plants are just going wild! I spent some time yesterday mounding up compost on them, as you're supposed to to as the plants grow. Soon I'll have new potatoes to enjoy :)

When I left yesterday morning, I had no peas. When I left for work this morning, I had peas! Yeah!!

I think potato flowers are pretty, don't you? I was so surprised the first year I grew potatoes- I never thought about what the potato plant looked like!




What's Up in your Garden this Wednesday?

Tuesday Takehome + Tofu Stir-fry recipe

Another beautiful CSA share pick-up at the Farmers' Market! 
This week we got:

Swiss Chard
Beet Greens
Kale
Kohlrabi
Radishes
Lettuce mix 

Spinach

a bunch of Basil

a bunch of Spearmint

a bunch of Sage

Green onions

Snap Peas and Snow Peas

Lots of greatness! I decided to make an awesome tofu stir-fry that could incorporate some of the veggies from my share. Here's the recipe, if you'd like to make it yourself!

Tofu Stir-Fry with Ginger and Peppers

Ingredients:
1 pkg Extra-Firm Tofu
1 cup frozen or fresh peppers
3 shitake mushrooms, diced
1 handful of spinach, chopped
2 cloves of garlic, minced
2 green onions, chopped
4 tbps olive oil

Marinade ingredients:
1/3 cup Soy sauce
2 tsp Ginger, chopped
1 cup water

Directions: 

• Prepare the tofu by pressing it to rid it of excess water
• Slice the tofu into thin slab or small pieces
• Mix together together the marinade and let the tofu soak in it for 20-30 minutes
• Heat up a frying pan with the olive oil 
• Once the oil is heated, add the garlic and let it cook for a few minutes. 
• Add the tofu once its ready, add to the pan. 
• Fry up the tofu on both sides, and then add the remaining vegetables.

Serve and Enjoy!

Silent Sunday

Thinning carrots in the garden= baby carrots :)

Sugar Snap peas are starting to bloom

First garlic Scape of the year- woohoo!!

 Happy Sunday, all :)

Friday Favorites

Mike and I have been playing disc golf for a couple of months now- 

it's been such a fun way to see our city :)

Seeing colorful produce at the Farmers' Markets is a pick-me-up, any day of the week!

My little sister Sam is graduating next week- today's her last day of High School! 

She's worked so hard, and I could not be more proud of her.

What are your favorite things this Friday? :)