Green at the gills

There's been a boom of green in the garden lately, including a forest of lambs quarter seedlings. We've given about 30 pounds of chard and kale to Friendship Trays in the past month and the volunteer gardeners have taken home a great deal of greens as well.

We used chard to make creamed "spinach" last week. What's your go-to recipe when you have a glut of greens?

What to do with wild violets

A few weeks ago the wild violets were poking their pretty little faces up in the yard and I took the opportunity to try my hand at candied violets. Alongside my 5 year old daughter we brushed the delicate blooms with egg white, coated them with sugar, and set them aside to dry thoroughly.

They were so pretty I asked my baking expert friend Jude to make a special treat worthy of showing off the candied flowers. The cakes definitely upstaged the delicious violets, but not because the violets weren't amazing themselves.

Candied violets will be added to our rites of spring. Interested in adding it to yours? We'll have wild violets available at our fundraising plant sale on Saturday, April 11, 2015. Come out to support the garden, leave with a gorgeous array of interesting plants ready to inspire tasty treats!