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In my home, largely due to our Indian heritage, my family cooks from scratch everyday. Although this may sound daunting, it’s actually quite exciting in the warmer months when we have our very own garden of delicious veggies to choose from. Yesterday was a ripe day for picking!
We season chopped eggplant with lots of scrumptious spices.
Whether served on a salad or puréed into a sauce, tomatoes are a part of our daily diet.
Though not a personal favorite, the rest of my family loves to include green bell peppers in lots of dishes.
Indian cuisine tends to be spicy!
Indian bay leaves grow year-round and are a major component in many Indian dishes. During the winter months we move this potted plant indoors.
Also growing in our garden are beautiful hydrangeas. They always put a smile on my face!
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Today’s challenge is convincing my 5-year-old, Jonah, to try eggplant. He has been keeping careful watch on the purple jewel growing in our front yard all week, and today, he proudly proclaimed it was time to pick it. But harvesting and eating are two different things, and for Jonah—who truly believes that a red gummy bear has tomato in it—this will be a toughie!
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Holy Guacamole! Is that an actual eggplant growing in my front yard?
I woke up today and went for my regular walk through “the farm,” as I affectionately call my four raised boxes, and it was like everything changed overnight!
The beautiful purple flower I admired a couple days prior has turned into a baby eggplant, the squash plant has produced gorgeous yellow blossoms, the eight tomato plants are going nuts, the watermelon vines are practically snaking into the street, and there are enough herbs to supply my restaurant salad dressings for weeks.
But the best part of all is watching my neighbors’ smiling responses as they walk their dogs in the evening. People are so happy as they pass by, and as soon as things ripen, I plan to leave a little table with a basket for neighbors to help themselves to what I have left for them! I can’t wait!
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Holy Cannoli, it’s a radish! That’s right, the girl with the black thumb and absolutely no luck with gardening skills of any kind has picked her first handful of radishes!Â
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Jenny Levison proudly displays her first harvest (radishes!) from her organic garden.
I am so impressed with myself that I can’t stand it! It has been one month since we planted Farmer D’s garden extraordinaire, and all that is happening is far-out fantastic.Â
Less than a month ago, this garden space included only seeds and tiny plants.
I have eight—count ‘em eight—varieties of tomatoes growing at a super speed, incredible beans, eggplant, Sunflowers, squash, zucchini and a slew of peppers from poblano to jalapeno. The herb garden is abundant enough to start an herbal tea store.
I am simply beside myself at the growth, and I have done nothing but water! Sounds ridiculous doesn’t it, but I could be the poster child for gardening for dummies!
Jenny shows us around her garden, where watermelon vines (planted from seed) have grown so prolifically they’re in the yard! In the background, tomato plants have grown to a height of four feet—they were only about six inches when planted in mid-May!
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Garden update video  Jenny Levison’s organic garden
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