Chard Part Duh

Move over, Jack...

Mona and the Chard Stalk

Good grief.  This bad boy has to be 4' tall.  Love it!  Soooo pretty too!

This morning was an early one - I think I was puttering about in the garden by 7am.  I picked a mess of leaves and cooked up a VERY YUMMY BREAKFAST (if I do say so myself)...just look at this!

One word:  Yumma

I cooked up a couple slices of Whole Foods pepper bacon (caution: addicting) and then pulled the bacon out and sauteed a leek and then threw in some chopped carrot and yam, let that cook a spell under a lid and then threw in mushrooms...followed a bit later by some broccoli and *star performer* chard.  In a separate pan I fried eggs with gobs of chopped cilantro and ground black pepper and ~voila!~  One hearty breakfast. 

I love the weekends.

The broccoli and leek came from my biweekly CSA box from Organics to You.  Mom gave me a 'subscription' (is that what we call it?) for three months as a Happy Spring gift.  Happy indeed.

I love Mom.  She's so smart.

 

:)  Anyway, I can't figure out why *I* didn't do this sooner.  It's so awesome.  Every other Monday I've got a stellar box of goodies perched on my front porch.  It's like Christmas.  Every other week!  I really love it. And I'll definitely be continuing this once my gift period has expired.  It's such a deal too.  Everything has been perfect and yummy and I can't tell you how amazing it feels to eat such good food on a regular basis.  All of it is organic and the good majority of it is seasonal and local.  Organically grown, what's-in-season local. 

I'm in love.

It was a really good day.  Sunny and uncharacteristically warm for May - I swear it had to be 80 degrees.

A good day for the garden to grow. 

And me to sow! 

I planted a MESS of seeds. Chard, beets, and lettuce (mesclun) galore. Those things seem to grow really well in my yard and I really enjoy them so I'll stick with what works...for today anyway.