I Gave up Just Before the Miracle

 Back in the Margaret years, I used to go on sales trips with Charles. (I don’t miss working, but I do miss seeing Charles and the others.) We usually stopped to get directions (because we had been talking and laughing instead of paying attention to where we were going). Often we were told our turn was just a little further down the road, then Charles would always say “Margaret, we gave up just before the miracle.” Well that’s what I did. It looked like a fully developed but extremely small broccoli when I picked it(about the size of a quarter) , but if I would have just hung in there a little longer, it would have been a much more respectable size.

BroccoliI took this picture on March 14. The broccoli on the left is almost ready for harvest. Not the size you buy at the grocery, but enough for a nice serving. The broccoli on the right is where I got the tiny head from. What you see here are the side shoots. They were delicious! I only ended up with 2 plants this year, so next year I’m going to make sure the dogs don’t lick most of the seeds out of the ground (they were after the organic fertilizer).

Snow PeaPeas
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I planted the peas on February 18th, and I harvested my first snow pea ‘Oregon Sugar Pod II’ on April 16th. Last year I brought a snow pea salad to Jennifer’s dinner party. The simple recipe is from the Barefoot Contessa on the food network website: peas, dark sesame oil, black sesame seeds and kosher salt. It was a huge hit and Marilyn has already confirmed I will be growing them again. She said it like this, “You WILL be growing those peas again. Won’t you?” (I am exaggerating a little bit. Marilyn is too sweet to say anything rude.) I also planted ‘Super Sugar Snap’ and ‘Knight’ peas.

Pepper plants I’ve grown peppers and tomatoes from seed for several years, and every spring they are still so small that I’m tempted to just replace them. Well not this year! Look at these beauties (I’m such a proud mama). There’s another row in back and another tray just like this one. My goal was to grow 2 plants each of 9 different varieties. I only had to buy 2 bananas, 1 poblano and 2 gypsy peppers. I think some of the seeds were too old; it was the third year. (You can store seed in the fridge in an airtight container with one of those little “do not eat’ packages that come in your shoes.)

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