Comments on: On the first foods of spring http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2009/04/28/on-the-first-foods-of-spring/ This is a journal, of sorts, of an organic garden in SW Michigan. "Ut sementem feceris, ita metes: non semper erit aestas." Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:46:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Dropstone Farms » links for 2009-05-08 http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2009/04/28/on-the-first-foods-of-spring/#comment-5779 Fri, 08 May 2009 20:02:52 +0000 http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/?p=2790#comment-5779 [...] On the first foods of spring « fast grow the weeds Yogurt cheese! (tags: yogurt cheese dairy recipes herbs) [...]

]]> By: El http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2009/04/28/on-the-first-foods-of-spring/#comment-5724 Mon, 04 May 2009 13:13:52 +0000 http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/?p=2790#comment-5724 Jules, lookit you, you herb whiz. I would think that even at an early stage you would be able to tell the lemon basil from the other stuff, if not by taste then by rubbing it between your fingers. Vives las hierbas!

Yay MC. Hope that mesclun was great. And I can’t wait for basil too!

Ooo, Pamela, did you try it and did they like it? I am not all that big on sweet breakfasts so I would think this was great.

Sara, youareverywelcome. I am glad to learn you’ve fit the yogurt in to your routine; it’s pretty simple and loads cheaper.

Aw thanks Linda. Yeah I know: I have heard an earful from the old guy about how I trim the grapevines. But heck, they’re grapevines and they’re almost 100 years old I bet even my pruning won’t kill them. But trends in pruning do change.

Blaithin, not sick of it here yet either! My daughter came home from my mom’s house yesterday with…asparagus. Geez like we don’t have enough of the stuff here too!

Sylvie, I know; after such a tough winter I am glad for the explosion, aren’t you? Though admittedly it makes me feel even further behind than I was before! Eeps.

]]> By: Sylvie http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2009/04/28/on-the-first-foods-of-spring/#comment-5721 Fri, 01 May 2009 14:38:04 +0000 http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/?p=2790#comment-5721 same here. Rain, finally! 4 days over 90 degree, more rain, and OMG, everything is shooting up or bulking up!!! yes, asparagus! pea shoots! spinach! the lettuce is exploding, the currants have set fruit and the first filed poppy are blooming. YEAH!!!!

]]> By: Bláithín http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2009/04/28/on-the-first-foods-of-spring/#comment-5719 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:15:13 +0000 http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/?p=2790#comment-5719 Mmmmm, so yummy looking! That would probably be good ON the asparagus :-) And I’ve been dining on asparagus since April 21…nearly every day since then, and I’m not tired of it yet (does one EVER get tired of asparagus?!)

]]> By: dayphoto http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2009/04/28/on-the-first-foods-of-spring/#comment-5716 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:15:39 +0000 http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/?p=2790#comment-5716 I grew up on an orchard and I love(d) the spring of blooming fruit trees. I can tell you how to prune *the 60′s way) techniques keep changing and what bloom belongs to what tree.

I love your blog, I love coming here, and I really enjoy your recipes and those other commentors leave.

Linda
http://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com/

]]> By: Sara http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2009/04/28/on-the-first-foods-of-spring/#comment-5714 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:41:07 +0000 http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/?p=2790#comment-5714 Ah, this goes perfect with my new yogurt obsession!

(Thankyouverymuch for that, by the way. Your method just “clicked” for me and that, with a newly available local organic milk in our area, has turned me into a yogurt making fiend!)

]]> By: Pamela http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2009/04/28/on-the-first-foods-of-spring/#comment-5713 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:02:20 +0000 http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/?p=2790#comment-5713 Thanks, that sounds tremendously easy and delicious. I have kids coming in next weekend. I’ll be dazzling them with yogurt cheese for breakfast.

]]> By: Mangochild http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2009/04/28/on-the-first-foods-of-spring/#comment-5712 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:22:10 +0000 http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/?p=2790#comment-5712 That looks great. I’ve got cilantro starting to be ready (likely in a couple weeks), thyme soon after that, and am planning on getting basil plants this weekend…. Don’t think there is an herb I don’t like!
Oh, first picking of my mesclun last night with dinner – fresh salad :-)

]]> By: jules http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2009/04/28/on-the-first-foods-of-spring/#comment-5708 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:00:39 +0000 http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/?p=2790#comment-5708 Oh yum! I’ve got newly sprouted tarragon and a seven basil mix. They said to space the basil on the package. I planted it in a pot probably 12″ across. A bunch came up. Pretty purple ones too. I haven’t thinned them yet, thinking “what if I thin out all the lemon basil and don’t know it!” so it just keeps growing. I may thin by cutting it and using it. Right now it’s like cilantro, just growing wild as can be. Oh, I have cilantro too! and oregano and chives and rosemary! Long live herbs!

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