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The time for garlic scapes is NOW! Scapes are the seed heads produced by garlic but if they’re not cut off, nutrients go to producing seeds instead of a fat bulb o’ garlic. The flavour is best described as the product of a healthy throuple between garlic, green onion, and scallions. I’ll leave gender roles to your wild imagination. Roast ‘em, toss ‘em with stir fry, make an unforgettable pesto, blend with butter, pickle them…it just goes on and on. They’ll keep a couple of weeks in the fridge and they freeze well but this little harvest window is closing and then it’s a whoooole year before they’re available again. Find them by the pound this Friday at the Sussex Farmers Market.
Ah, the sexy part of the angiospermae known as snap peas. Did you know that the first fossil reckoning of any angiosperm (flowering plant) is sometime around 130 million years prior to your reading this? For the billions of years before that, there just weren’t any flowers on Earth 🤯
Working on a more sophisticated system but for now, there’s a real “chain gang” vibe to our irrigation routine, with my carrying endless gallons of water and Jodi’s armed horseback supervision. Occasionally, I’ll straighten my aching back, roll my neck, and call out, “Drink of water, Boss?” to which she’ll tip back her cowboy hat with the barrel of a rifle, spit contempt, and behind mirrored sunglasses, almost imperceptibly shake her head, “No.” #holycrapiwishitwouldrain
Millet. I had some extra space at the end of a pepper row so BAM, this ornamental grass that should have gone in the ground some time ago. I’m skeptical of the tight spacing but I’m following instructions ‘cause what the fudge do I know? We’ll see how it goes… #poormansgrain
Bug’s eye view #habanero What you don’t see pictured here is the soul-crushing heat on high 🥵😵💫
When my mother sent me this ridiculous, sombrero-sized hat, I immediately dismissed it as a serious clash to my sense of fabulous but it’s hot as Hades, folks, and this beast is like standing under a tree at all times. Glorious. Also, did you know that an unexpected boulder directly beneath a new vegetable bed can cause marital…tension when your wife suddenly kicks out the fulcrum suspending it above your feet? It can. Like goddamned Looney Toons over here #ththththatsallfolks
