Harvested fresh kohlrabi
After harvesting 2 kohlrabi and some snow peas and including them in our shrimp fried rice dinner last evening, I decided all the kohlrabi are ready to be picked.
If you’ve never eaten kohlrabi, they taste nearly exactly like the peeled stems (my favorite part!) of fresh broccoli. The young leaves and stems are also edible. We loved the flavor they added to our dinner and wish we had planted more than 9 plants. There WILL be more planted in our fall garden.
Tonight, I’ll peel, julienne and steam a few of these bulbs along with some fresh snow peas, mushrooms and carrots. It will be a delicious side dish served with smothered pork chops I’ll also make. My mouth is watering just thinking of it!
Each day the snow pea yield increases. Currently I harvest about a quart Ziploc® packed full each day. Those we don’t eat right away, I blanch and freeze. They will be so tasty during the heat of summer when those plants no longer produce. When the weather cools later in the year, I’ll plant more in our fall garden.
While enjoying a cuppa and strolling in the garden earlier, I noticed several eggplants have begun blooming. I do enjoy eating eggplant from time to time but DH mistakenly purchased over a dozen plants! EEEK! If they produce as I suspect they will, we’ll have enough to feed much of the county! I see a heap of eggplant parmesan in our future!
Wonky Star quilting – back
After dinner each night as I relax from a busy day, I continue to hand quilt Wonky Stars. I’ve completed all the squares and am now concentrating on the stars. They are about half done. I haven’t decided how I’ll quilt the border.
It has begun raining – the first of 9 days of predicted precipitation. Being forced to stay inside will afford me an opportunity to continue quilting on the Split-16 borders. They are over half done and I can think of nothing that would make me happier than seeing this LONG project finished.
Shirl