My ten-foot sunflower finally bloomed:
The flower is about a foot across, counting the petals and stuff. Nice!The other day, I made some veggie eggs and discovered a rather odd thing:
I've never seen a double-yoke egg! So that was cool.I then proceeded to break a few more eggs for the dish:
Amazing! Two double-yokes! What are the odds of that happening?
Um...okay, this is starting to get a little creepy. Just where did these eggs come from, some radioactive site?
"Fresh as a country breeze," indeed. They've got some weirdo chickens at this farm.The garden is doing well, with some plants done and some just now coming into their own. Some herbs:
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From left to right, that's a little rosemary plant, lavender (which made it through last winter), basil, peppermint (a thriving survivor--invasive little bugger!), purple coneflower (another survivor from last year), and parsley. I also have a huge purple sage (to the right of the peppermint thicket) that came back after last winter's snow melted, but I didn't get a picture of it.Here are some little peppers:
The peppers don't seem to want to grow much bigger than about 2 to 2-1/2 inches, which I guess is fine. The plants are rather small (maybe ten inches tall), so I figure they're giving it all they've got, and I'm proud of them.The Indian rainbow corn is coming along:
The yellow squash are growing rather slowly this year; I think I might need to water more often:
And my Blue Lake green beans are slowly coming into flower. No little cute beanpods just yet, but I'm hoping I'll get at least a few beans before the cold weather comes.
Serrano peppers for salsa, anyone?
The tomatoes are still green, for the most part; I didn't take any pictures. I've gotten a few cherry toms (and eaten them before I even got back in the house), and two full sizers from the 'Early Girl' plant, but I've still got a lot of green tomatoes. They'll probably all ripen at once and I'll have like thirty tomatoes. Of course, I love tomatoes, so there are worse things that could happen.
19 comments:
WOW--Delia is on a roll. Garden's blooming; hens are laying double yolk eggs!
I have seen them before, usually in eggs graded as extra large or jumbo. Wonder what the hens think?
Is Danville anywhere near Three Mile Island?
It seems very unusual to have that many double-yolked eggs in a dozen. Maybe it's one particular hen with a propensity for twins?
What a great garden! I'm so with you on the tomatoes. Garden fresh tomatoes are the best things about summer. I could live on fresh corn, tomatoes, and cucumbers all summer. Well, I might need a green bean or two.
KGMom--at least some things are going right! These eggs were labeled "large." I wonder if the hens even know!
John--I checked! But no, Danville is much farther north than TMI, which is near Harrisburg. Still--it was really odd. I wanted to break all the eggs to look for more doubles, but then I would've had too many eggs for our dinner. Still--what a weird carton that was. That's the only time I've ever bought that brand of egg.
NCMtnWoman--I love tomatoes, right off the vine. I always make a lot of Capresi (sp?) salads with my basil, my toms, and some nice mozzarella and olive oil. I have never been able to grow cukes for some reason. But I always get great tomatoes and corn. I can't wait to see what my rainbow corn looks like! Rest assured, you'll see it too.
Mutant eggs or not, those pictures were a wonderful juxtaposition with your lovely sunflower picture.
A really nice post.
Wow - freaky eggs!!!
I love your sunflower too.
Our garden is a mess from too much rain!!
Thanks for the update, I was wonder what became of you.
3 double-yolked eggs? Weird - I have never even seen one, and to have 3 in one box ...
Don't advertise it; the egg company will want to bill you for 3 extra eggs!
~Kathi
Those are very healthy well-fed chickens. Trust me, former coop cleaner, those are a blessing not a curse. In the Little House Books Caroline always saved the double yolks to pay Doc Baker.
Early Girl Greens .... we got them too! Boy the edibes look good, and what a sun flower ... are we in Kansas now????
Things look great! Those eggs are some kind of statistical oddity. How did they taste?
The way you get a chicken to lay a double-yoke egg:
Right before she lays it, you tickle her in the behind. They must employ a lot of butt-ticklers at that farm.
All your veggies and herbs look yummy!
Mmmmm. Basil. Bucko swears that basil gives him a feeling of general well-being. I've never felt that, but I'm not a very feeling person. But we love the homemade pesto around here.
Splotch--I'm glad you liked the pics. We're finally getting some warmer weather, so those tomatoes are going to explode.
Fran--weird, huh?
Monkey--I'm alive. Barely.
Katdoc--no kidding!
G's Cottage--hello! That's neat about the Little House books. I heard that now a lot of bakers ask for those eggs.
Rabbits' Guy--well, Kansas or not, they're beautiful!
DCup--the eggs tasted fine--still, very odd!
Susan--hee hee hee!
Earl--I like basil a lot but I never noticed any "feelings" or whatever. Maybe I'll try it again tonight and try to keep an open mind. It IS supposed to be really good for you, and it's very aromatic. I'll let you know how it goes.
Jees your post made me HUNGRY. My peppers are still doing very well although my tamatoes were a major failure this year. I'm gonna put in a nice little veggie garden next year. My daughter would love chickens but the township wouldn't be too happy ;-)
Serranos...yes please. How about we have some ceviche to put them in. Come visit...pick a weekend. Oh yes...get your new Peterson yet?
Owlman--I want some chickens soooooo badly! Don't you just love vegetable gardening?
Elizabird--hey! Email me your mailing address and I'll send you some FedEx! (I'm serious!) That goes for anyone. I have four plants, and way too many serranos for my delicate little tastebuds to endure! Definitely would love to come to Delaware sometime soon; maybe in winter when you and Jeff aren't doing so many festivals?
Ha! The yolks on you!
Nice! This year im planting serrano, habanero, and jalapeno plants. I also am planting lavender, and a few other ones. Oh, and about the double yolk eggs, ive got like 5 in one pack one time, but 3 is still pretty rare.
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