The boys and I dug dandelions in the garden today. We got about a 5-gallon bucket packed full of them. Later, I cut off the leaves and ended up with about 2/3 of a bucket of leaves.
Rinsed them twice with water from the hose, then again inside, and had some for a salad for lunch — very good. M cooked some for dinner as well, but they were kind of bitter, don’t know why. The ones I had in my salad weren’t bitter. Put a bagfull in the fridge so I can eat them for a few days. This qualifies as the first fresh garden produce of the year.
It’s a great year for daffodils (which I think means that early last summer was great for daffodils).
We’re supposed to get some rain this evening through tomorrow am — sure hope we do, we had a very dry and warm March.
Also mixed up some potting soil for the garden vegetable seeds we’ll be planting this weekend. Mixed the commercial potting mix I bought a month or two ago with worm castings from the basement worm bin. It should be excellent stuff.
Ending and Beginning 