food
seed starting spring 2015
Got a late start this year in the seed sowing department, better late than never though. It took a little more thought and work this year due to entering into my frugal phase. I used to buy the jiffy starter peat pots but this year the grand project called for recycled paper towel, TP and wrapping paper cardboard cores. Trays are recycled meat trays, markers are recycled plastic containers.
It took a few hours but spoon filling those little tubes with peat moss was a Zen exercise.
I seeded a tray each of tomatoes and peppers, then re-serviced my jiffy tray for herbs and flowers (mainly milkweed) I had so much fun, I actually unrolled three more tubes of wrapping paper so I can make another tray.
Now I can’t wait for the first little seedlings to appear. While I’m waiting, I have to re-design the garden plan. The black pots were an abysmal failure, and the soil around the oak trees stunted growth fairly badly, so while the little seeds are incubating I have to create a new home for them.
kohlrabi ready for stuffing
Finally the kohlrabi is big enough to harvest and my Mum is here to share her cooking experience and family recipe with me. She was so thrilled to see me bringing her fresh roots right from the garden and set to trimming the leaves immediately, flinging bug eaten or withered parts right into the compost. After the quick hosing off and trimming we brought them into the kitchen and finished the preparation. She relished peeling the tender green little kohlrabi’s tossing the puppies slivers as treats. We had just enough for one layer of the little hollowed out rounds stuffed with meat and rice to make the perfect pot of stuffed kohlrabi, or Töltött karalábé . It was a wonderful day ending with warm fresh bread right from the oven and a deliciously beautiful bowl of my favourite traditional childhood food.
Here’s how we made it: Recipe. I hope you try it and like it too.
And Seeds 