Today's harvest

[RavingLunatic]

It’s mild here.
Here is a picture of my Desert Dawn today, already flowering in Jan

Here is my harvest today, 3 Washington Navel oranges, the rats got 2 large ones already.

 

[blissful]

@RavingLunatic are you in western africa or in south america? It looks warm there!
We're going into ice coldest part of the year. -17 deg F tomorrow.

 

[RavingLunatic]

@RavingLunatic are you in western africa or in south america? It looks warm there!
We're going into ice coldest part of the year. -17 deg F tomorrow.

I’m in SoCal, zone 10.

 

[Rascal]

Summer here although crap weather. Still picking cuces. About 1 a fortnight.

Russ

 

[larry_stewart]

Definitely doesnt look like that here ( In NY) now. Im babying banana's, orange, grapefruit,, yuzu, pineapple, Lemmon grass, curry leaf tree, bay leaf plant, 10 baby jackfruit trees I successfully started from seed for kicks, and, andd now not. too sure. what Im going to doo with them , some other tropical plants and a whole bunch of fig trees in my plant room ( and garage). Already killed my Pandan plant. Was going strong for 2 + years, and it. took a turn for the worse. It smelled so good everytime I entered the room.

 

[RavingLunatic]

I don’t have banana tree but this year I’m getting into tropical fruit. Already acquired 5 guava trees and maybe more. That’s what happens when i watch a lot of tropical fruit nursery youtube videos.
I’m impressed about your attempt at growing Jack Fruit, even in Zone 10, I read they don't ripen up.
My Pandan plant is still alive but a lot of my tropical herbs are dead.

 

[RavingLunatic]

Today I harvested some watercress and mesclun salad from my garden. I also cut some thyme for the lamb shank stew in the crockpot.

 

[Kathleen]

When I lived in SoCal, I had the most gorgeous avocado tree on the patio. It produced a lot of avocados. So good!

 

[dragnlaw]

I used to like watercress but it's been so long since I've had it not even sure I would recognize the taste!
I do know the one time I saw it recently in the store was a fairly big bunch and I figured it would be a waste of money - 80% would have to be chucked before I could eat that much.

 

[Kathleen]

I used to like watercress but it's been so long since I've had it not even sure I would recognize the taste!
I do know the one time I saw it recently in the store was a fairly big bunch and I figured it would be a waste of money - 80% would have to be chucked before I could eat that much.

I once had the most delicious chilled cream of watercress soup. I was fairly young then and have zero idea where to start to recreate it. I just remember it being so cool and having a mixture of delicate flavors.

 

[dragnlaw]

I must have had some but honestly don't remember. Mom would have made it for "the ladies" maybe I snitched a spoonful?

 

[RavingLunatic]

When I lived in SoCal, I had the most gorgeous avocado tree on the patio. It produced a lot of avocados. So good!

I had 3 avocado trees in container, the biggest avocado I got was a tiny one. I do love the evergreen nature of my avocado trees, they are part of my edible landscaping.

 

[RavingLunatic]

Here is what I had for dessert, a guava from my garden.
Green guava, seedless, very good variety.

 

[dragnlaw]

You just eat them raw??

 

[RavingLunatic]

You just eat them raw??

Yes, they are fruit like pears, no need for cooking.

 

[larry_stewart]

I had a guava tree that I successfully killed. I kind wanted to prove I could germinate a jackfruit seed. Surprisingly, all 10 germinated. It's the last fruit We ate with my son and his wife before they went back to China, so there is a sentimentaness about it. But I have no realistic hopes it will ever fruit, but I'll try to keep it/ them alive as long as I could. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention I have a pomegranate tree too, but still too young to fruit.

 

[RavingLunatic]

I removed my pomegranate, it’s Wonderful variety, but after 2 years, it’s not wonderful, but I still see young root comes up, not sure why. But I put another guava tree there already.

 

[blissful]

The last time we had watercress was last week-the farmer's market has micro green in all types. Mr bliss brought home watercress microgreens and broccoli microgreens.
They are easy to grow indoors. Get a 10x20 inch flat, use dirt or some dirtless medium, some seeds and it takes about a week to two. I only have broccoli seeds for that but maybe it's time to get a little watercress seeds too.

 

[Rascal]

New potatoes from garden for dinner with porterhouse steak etc

Russ

 

[RavingLunatic]

The last time we had watercress was last week-the farmer's market has micro green in all types. Mr bliss brought home watercress microgreens and broccoli microgreens.
They are easy to grow indoors. Get a 10x20 inch flat, use dirt or some dirtless medium, some seeds and it takes about a week to two. I only have broccoli seeds for that but maybe it's time to get a little watercress seeds too.

I have broccoli seeds for sprouting. I just get too lazy. Watercress is no work for me, they just come up on their own, like a ground cover.