George Shirley wrote:
....
> pear tree opening up, the decorative kale in the front bed is putting on
> seed heads so time to compost them. The Dwarf Barbados cherries are
> putting on new leaves and the chard, slowed by chilly days, is growing
> like the weed it originally was.

nice thoughts...


....
> cauliflower heads I pickled last week, got six pint jars off one head of
> yellow cauliflower, the one that looks like it has little pagoda's
> sticking off of it, Miz Anne didn't bother to read the label when she
> planted them so they looked a little odd until we figured out what it was.

*grins and chuckles*


> I don't expect to put up much in green beans or pickles this year as we
> have plenty in the canning pantry so maybe we will plant something a
> little different this month. Bought some climbing beans from an outfit
> that sells Native American heirloom seeds, look right nice too, white
> with red spots and look like some sort of white bean. May be interesting
> to grow and can. We've been buying single packs of various heirloom and
> Native seeds on line most of the winter so we're ready.

there are no shortage of bean varieties out there
to try. some are quite beautiful. i have a hard
time cooking them.


songbird