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Lupines and columbines from the garden with Alcosa savoy cabbages, delphiniums and apple trees In the back! Beets and onions hiding under the cabbage leaves too! This is a very small space too!

Going 70s retro tonight with a classic spinach salad with hot bacon dressing served in a vintage teak bowl! The spinach was sown in my garden in October and overwintered! With 70s era inflation here these days, I figured I better find a way to make my spinach glut more fun to eat!

Mini edible garden in an old terra cotta pot! I have been experimenting with small space edibles this spring. Given the surge in gardening participants, I figure it’s good to explore how to grow things in pots for patios and balconies. Shown here is the Pot and Patio lettuce blend from @territorialseedcompany. I sowed the seeds right in the pot on April 29 and the lettuces are coming along nicely! Other experiments on deck? Mini Pot of Gold chard and container cucumbers! Plus a bunch of tomatoes!

Elephant garlic scapes! If left to bloom on my garlic, the garlic bulb would be stunted.so I snip these buds early on and then use the green stem, rich in garlic flavor, in simple stir fries, sautés or pan sauces! #garlic

Lupines bring an exercise in patience. I always loved my mom’s lupines when I was growing up but it wasn’t until January 2021 that I decided to sow some lupine seeds from the @dollartree in a milk jug. Wintersown successfully last year, I tucked the plants around my garden in Spring 2021. I was doubtful my 25 cent seed packet would produce much but I let the little buggers carry on through last summer. Now I am rewarded with a lupine bounty! Gardening is indeed an exercise in patience!

@copperriversalmon revisited for lunch! I purchased and cooked a very lovely piece of Copper River king salmon for dinner last night. Purchased @tandcmarkets, this first of the season Alaska salmon is a true taste memory and luxurious treat. I had about two ounces leftover from dinner last night, so taking the lead from an old French cookbook I have, I heated the salmon ever so gently in a small pan with water which takes off the chill but doesn’t cook the fish any further. I then broke it up a bit and nestled it on top of homegrown lettuces and some leftover minty peas. Leftovers fit for a king! #alaskasalmon #copperriversalmon #salmon #kingsalmon # sustainableseafood #seattle

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