We harvested garlic today. It was planted last November and was ready now to be pulled up. The water in the bed had been off for a couple of weeks, which helps the heads harden off.
We put a basket full of garlic heads in the greenhouse to dry for a few days. I’d say we have about 50 heads of garlic, variable in size.
The lavender is in peak form. The bees are all over it.
As the strands sway in the wind, the bees don’t seem to care.
The blueberries are ripe and ready, a real delight. It has taken about three years to get a really good crop. The raspberries and boysenberries are in season as well. I love the flavor if boysenberries. The raspberries are so prolific that it is hard to pace picking them.
Nancy made a great blueberry cobbler last night.
The beans and squash are about ready to transplant from the greenhouse to the garden.
English shelling peas are coming on in the garden. I made a fresh pea soup on Sunday for dinner.
I simmered the pea pods to create a broth, and then cooked the peas before pureeing them.
I served the pea soup with crushed mint, a dab of sour cream and a pea blossom.
The soup was followed by a salad of Chiogga beets, which are also abundant in the garden.
The two little pigs are growing up. Born the first week of April, the two-month old piglets are busily running around. Our dogs like to bark at them and rush the gate, but the piglets are non-plussed. They are curious.
A rainy day is unusual in the middle of May. This large rainbow appeared to rise from Barnett Valley, which I see looking southwest from my home.
On Sunday, just before dusk, a good-sized gopher snake was stretched out on Pillow Road for warmth. We were headed out for a walk and came across him. I came back and got my camera to take a photo, which was helpful in identifying the snake. When we returned home from our walk, just as the sun was setting, the gopher snake had gone off. I wish the snake good luck in gopher hunting.
The Gopher Snake
California Herps provides good information about the Pacific Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer catenifer.
It’s all green. The greenhouse and the spring garden are doing well. I’m reminded of the Tom Waits’ song – “All the World is Green.”
Today, we had a large gathering for Easter and the kids wanted to see the piglets. I was busy cooking dinner but at the end of the day, I checked them out for myself and took some pictures of them in the barn today. They are about three weeks old. They have grown very fast.
Two Piglets
