Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Serendipitous salad

The pot of chives that keeps on giving, In its tenth year of neglect, out all winter, no change of pot or soil. It doesn't care.


A dandelion has planted itself in the pot, they're getting along fine.


And now I have a little green salad to insert into an upcoming Hammond Cheese lunch sandwich. 

However terrible the news, after we've done our bit to help, there's usually a little something as a reward.

10 comments:

  1. I grew chive in the city but have been unsuccessful out here.

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  2. I had such a bunch of chives which I snipped for years. It survived terrible winters, until last year. Hope the new bunch lasts as long!

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  3. my chives are in the ground, in a shady place where they are not really meant to flourish, but flourish they do. accommodating little darlings.

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  4. Foraging at it's best, the dandelion came to you!

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  5. We have a lot of edibles growing all over the neighborhood, shepherd's purse, bittercress, purslane, dandelion, sorrel, but there's spraying. So when I find any of them growing in definitely unsprayed areas, I seize on them. And if they show up right there, even better.

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  6. Tough plants that keep on giving, just what I would need if I had a garden now.

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  7. Glad to find another dandelion appreciator. Yum!

    Cheers,
    Chris from Boise

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  8. We've hoped that our chives would over-winter on the balcony but not so far. I just resign myself to buying another plant in the spring. Can't have potato salad without fresh chives!

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    1. Fresh chives are lovely. Just enough onion flavor, and nice looking too.

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