Joe the Gardener

What a day at the garden!


I did some weeding. I'm planning to plant some of the heirloom daikon seeds that Sh'mal and I saved from his daikons. I also have some Mammoth Spineless Okra and Beauty Bell Sweet Pepper from Seeds of Change that I bought at local Ward's Grocery.

So, tonight Ron Chandler and I talked and tended our gardens. Ron gave me some tarragon he said was great with eggs. He puts some oil in a pan and enough tarragon leaves to cradle the eggs. Then, he puts peppers and whatever else, like cheese on top of the eggs. I bought some cage-free eggs the other day to make omeletts with using the peppers Ron gave me. The sad thing is I read the carton and discovered that the eggs have 200mg cholesterol each. The daily recommendation is 300 mg cholesterol. So, I'll have a small omelette manana.

Ron also described his special mango jalapeno salsa again. If you noticed, he blogged about it. We also did a mini-doc video about it. Basicaly, Ron takes mangos, peppers from the garden, basil, garlic, red onion, and pot luck to make this salsa. He says he likes either blue chips or Triscuts with the salsa.

Tip from Ron: he said he puts the herbs in baggies and freezes what he can't use right away.

Ron and I also talked about his work with Asian Elephants and the NGO he founded, The Conservation Initiative for the Asian Elephant, (CIFAE). I created a discussion here so you can read more about it. Fascinating and admirable.



I met Yvonne Ayala-McLellan and Jordan McLellan tonight. We talked about a book she admires called Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (P.S.) among other things. Yvonne also recommended I check out The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. And, we talked about the consumer habits of omnivores locally. She shops at Rosas Farms. More about that later.






Yvonne identified a plant we've been admiring as Sorrel. She said Michael had pointed it out originally.


Michael of Edible Plants. He grows lots of African varieties. I remember sorrel being popular in Senegal. The Senegalese love sorrel and hibiscus tea.

Stay tuned!