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| Spring has sprung, and I'm rushing the season and thinking about Garlic Scape and Chard Pesto. |
It's feeling a lot like Spring at my house, and even though I already complained about it once, can I say one more time that I'm feeling pretty serious garden withdrawals? At my old house I would probably have volunteer chard coming up in the garden by now, and one of my favorite things to make in the spring is Garlic Scape and Chard Pesto like you see in the photos above. If you like garlic, but don't know what Garlic Scapes are, use that link to go and read about them. Then hit up your local organic grocer or farmer's market and make some of this amazing pesto right away!
Don't get me wrong, I love my new house, and I feel more than blessed to have a house that's big enough that my enormous family can come here for a party. But I'm also optimistically making plans for a bit more gardening on-the-fly this year (until I can build a real greenhouse, hopefully this fall.) Tonight I told my neighbor across the street how I was just going to slip a few tomato plants in among the flowers in a sunny but sheltered spot by my garage. "The deer will eat them," she said, without even thinking twice. I guess we're going to find out whether deer like tomatoes, mint, and basil, because those are the three plants I've decided I have to at least try growing outside this year.
Now on to a few more things I'm thinking about . . .
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