Lamb's quarters: from ground to plate

What's the hardest thing about gardening? Digging holes? Keeping bugs away? No, for me, it's processing all the food I grow. I give so much away. Here's lamb's quarters from ground to plate. This morning I harvested about a dozen 4- to 5-foot stalks.

Sunflower life cycle

Sunflowers are among my favorite because they are so showy, pollinators love them, and they produce edible seeds. Sunflowers were among the first food plants domesticated in North America, along with squash, lamb's quarters, and barley.

In early March, my first sunflowers sprouted.

Today's harvest

Today's harvest: carrots, bell pepper, onion, eggs, mint, and a sunflower.

Garden mushroom harvest

Harvested a bunch of Psathyrella candolleana from the garden and cooked them with onion, peppers, and tomatoes sautéed in hoisin sauce and served over wild rice. I went to great lengths in learning how to identify these crumble cap mushrooms. Please read my "Note about eating wild mushrooms" at the end of this post.

Today's harvest

Today's harvest, clockwise from left: crumble cap mushroom, yellow pear tomatoes, eggs, Anaheim pepper, golden jubilee tomato, purple onion.

Dewberry harvest

Dew berry harvest, great way to spend lunch

Collards thrive

Morris cabbage collards are ready to harvest! These heirloom greens don't form heads. 

Carrot harvest

While harvesting carrots, I discovered some interesting shapes, including a can can dancer and some voluptuous legs. 

Today's harvest

The broccoli leaves were looking beat up so i harvested early, carrots could grow a bit more, but greens are going gangbusters , esp arugula.

Today's harvest

Lettuce harvest