Saturday, May 1, 2021

Let's start growing!

 

Moss phlox in my garden covers a little bit larger area this year than last year.
Blue hyacinths are tough.
 

This tulip didn't have a flower bud last year, just grew one big leaf. It is 50cm high and opens a big flower this spring.

We had a warm week in the early April. Asparagus began to grow.


I boiled them with salt and enjoyed the sweet taste of spring. What is your favorite cooking of asparagus?

21 comments:

  1. Oh my! The color here is just fantastic! I have never grown asparagus -- I need to learn how. I love it. I steam it and then when serving add a squirt of lemon juice and some slivered almonds. But I like it roasted with balsamic just as well.

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  2. I like them boiled for 1 or 2 minutes. No salt. Or raw.

    My little garden is full of hyacinths. There is only one colour now. Purple. They are the first to show up at this time.

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  3. Hello rtc, It's amazing how uplifting even a small dose of nature can be. You seem to have such success with your colorful garden. Sometimes I can't get out in actual nature, so photos and stories like yours are extra-valued by me.
    --Jim

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  4. Lovely flowers. We don't eat it. I get sore from there, and my husband doesn’t eat it.

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  5. Dearest RTC,
    What lovely spring photos.
    Your Moss Phlox brought back fond memories of the many we had but they all got flooded away with high water in the creek. Sad to lose them.
    Miss the white asparagus we have in The Netherlands, that was so good when used in soup!
    Hugs,
    Mariette

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  6. I roast in oven for maybe 20 mins with some oil salt pepper herbs onion garlic

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  7. Good to see the plants growing in spring.

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  8. Gorgeous flowers and delicious asparagus. I like to eat asparagus without cooking it.

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  9. I love eating asparagus but I've never grown it in my garden. I think I should.
    The color of spring are pleasant, RTC. Love your tulip.

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  10. The Tulip is such a pretty flower. Its petals are thin, but the flower is sturdy. What a surprise to see the asparagus. They are one of my favorite vegetable. That's wonderful you have asparagus in your garden. The moss phlox is very pretty. Spring is surely blossoming in your area.

    A happy month of May to you.

    ~Sheri

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  11. Thank-you for sharing these beautiful photos.

    Catherine

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  12. Thank-you for the lovely comment on my blog

    Catherine

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  13. I enjoyed looking at the flowers and how wonderful that you are growing asparagus. I would also like to thank you for sharing your lovely photographs.

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  14. Beautiful moss phlox. I have tried to grow asparagus but was not successful. Yours look very healthy.

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  15. Love Cutting Wild Asparagus From The Ditch And BBQ'n Under Indirect Heat - Thanx For All The Photos - Way Cool

    Cheers

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  16. Such lovely garden! I wish I had mine as well 💐

    Blog de la Licorne *

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  17. Beautiful flowers! Our girls dribble a bit of olive oil on asparagus spears and shake...I use a basting brush to spread it over the spears. Then sprinkle with sea salt and bake.

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  18. Very pretty flowers. I had an asparagus casserole once or twice at a restaurant and it was SO good. I have no idea what was in it to try to make it though.

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  19. Beautiful blooms.
    Asparagus is so delicious, and full of goodness.

    All the best Jan

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  20. Que lindo o seu jardim, com tanta variedade de flores!
    Costumo usar espargos em algumas sopas, que faço! E aprecio bastante! É um ingrediente que uso frequentemente, nas minhas sopas de legumes...
    Adorei as imagens! Um grande abraço!
    Ana

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