It's Starting to Smell
The Love-in-a-Mist is starting to bloom, which means it is also time for something else.
We have entered Allumania, the time of year all things allium start to go bonkers.
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| Egyptian Walking Onions send up their curly tops against the fennel. |
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| Belarus Garlic, just after harvest. It is one of my earliest-to-harvest garlics. |
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| Today's haul of Belarus garlic. |
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| Basque Turban, another very early variety, pulled a week ago and cleaned up today, ready to hang dry. |
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| And, as if you didn't need another picture of Belarus, here is a close-up. So much more garlic to come! |
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| The onions look better than ever: this is Texas Legend. |
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| An elephant garlic sends up its scape in front of a sweet pea tower. |
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| The elephant garlic scape. |
Comments
PA: I use it a lot! I used the seeds in sauces--I love the flavor but my husband doesn't, so I have to be more judicious than I'd like. When he's not around, I've been making the pasta with fennel-greens and anchovies that rocks my socks. Soooo good. Yes, fennel does seed everywhere, but I pull up the seedlings and toss them into salads, where they really shine. Also, they attract so many wonderful beneficial insects; I ALWAYS have ladybugs here, swallowtails, native bees, etc.