My Edible Garden

I've been gardening for most of my life and have been a devoted fan of organic gardening the whole time. It just makes so much more sense to work in harmony with Mother Nature than to fight her. Besides which it is better for the planet and better for our bodies. Here you can see what I'm planting and harvesting, with gardening hints and resources thrown in for good measure.

Monday, June 4, 2012

Harvest Monday

greens, eggs, tomatoes & beans
Welcome to Harvest Monday, a great blog hop hosted by Daphne's Dandelions. Hop over there and visit with gardeners from around the world.

This weeks greens included Perpetual Spinach chard, Red Burgundy Amaranth and sorrel. A hand full of Royal Burgundy beans and some Princepe Borghese tomatoes along with eggs.





Pearl Oyster Mushrooms
In addition I harvested my first Pearl Oyster Mushrooms. I wish I could say they were wonderful, but they were incredibly bitter. I am corresponding with the company and apparently I did a couple of things wrong. I'll write more about this another day, as I'm short of time this morning and this week is going to be really really busy for me.

chickens













I did fix the little chickens pen so that they could go in and out and mix with the older hens but so the big girls couldn't get in. Mostly the biggest and bravest ones come out, the two smaller ones tend to stay in the smaller pen. There was a bit of squawking and the little girls get some pecks on the head, especially if they get too close to some treats but nobody seems to be really getting hurt.

I have to run now but will try and post some of my other garden pictures in a day or two.
Posted by Mary Hysong at 6:37 AM
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13 comments:

  1. Jenny RottingerJune 4, 2012 at 7:57 AM

    I love picture above! It's such a colorful display with purple beans and red tomatoes over greens. I'm sorry to hear your mushroom experiment didn't work out the way you hoped.

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  2. foodgardenkitchenJune 4, 2012 at 12:55 PM

    I was going to say "congrats!" on your first mushrooms but they turned out to be a bust :(

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  3. Heirloom AdventuresJune 4, 2012 at 3:58 PM

    The harvest looks wonderful! -- and fresh eggs -- yum!

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  4. ~TastyTravels~June 4, 2012 at 4:27 PM

    Great harvest! Sorry about your mushrooms. They look beautiful though!

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  5. Cozy Thyme CottageJune 4, 2012 at 5:21 PM

    What a nice little variety of harvest you had! Lucky you to have your own eggs too! Nancy

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  6. Raymond Alexander KukkeeJune 4, 2012 at 6:14 PM

    Hi Mary, this is my first visit to your blog. Anyone that loves gardening and chickens--all of the real stuff--is someone I want to read! I am looking forward to reading more of your posts.
    I'm here returning your visit to www.incomingbytes.blogspot.com ---and by the way, welcome to Incoming Bytes!

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  7. kitsapFGJune 4, 2012 at 7:00 PM

    Sorry the mushrooms were not great... will be interesting to hear what apparently went wrong. Beautiful mix of harvest items this week.

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  8. LizJune 4, 2012 at 8:58 PM

    That is a lovely mix of harvest. I'm missing having beans and tomatoes already....it might be a long winter.....

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  9. Diary of a TomatoJune 5, 2012 at 5:36 AM

    Looking forward to hearing more about what happened with your mushrooms... sad that they weren't as delicious as they appear!

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  10. Bee GirlJune 6, 2012 at 9:06 PM

    I'm very curious about those mushrooms...

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  11. AndreaJune 7, 2012 at 1:42 AM

    Your mushrooms look good what a shame they were bitter, looking forward to hearing what the problem was.
    Your harvest looks tasty especially the purple beans.

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  12. Lrong LimJune 11, 2012 at 5:44 AM

    Envy your chickens and the eggs...

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  13. AprilJune 11, 2012 at 10:49 PM

    The pearl oyster mushrooms I harvested yesterday and cooked in a stir fry dish today were extremely bitter too.
    I just wrote to the folks I bought the kit from. I'd appreciate feedback from you as to what went wrong with yours. What a disappointment!

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