Muddy Boo Farm

I dont normally post our dinners, but here's what we did with the pioppino mushrooms!
We used garlic Scape Jam made last summer, which has mellowed just right into a sweet and savory jam with not too much acid, mozzarella, olive oil, fresh basil and some salt and fine hot pepper flakes. And voila! Dinner! I loved the texture if these and cant wait to use more in other ways!

We've been a little homebound around here, getting cabin fever! Mostly we've just been waiting on nicer weather. Its been too cold to plant most things, too rainy to work the empty beds, and too soon. So, we tried our hand at some mushrooms, which are just starting to fruit. We also have planted onions, lettuce, peas, carrots, some kale, and many potatoes. This weekend the weather looks like its going to flip, so ill be getting all the plants out for some hardening off. They are a little smaller than at this time last year, which is what im going for because everything got so pot bound by the time they found homes. We did have some early eggplant and hot peppers that got large, so hopefully they should take right off. I just started cucumbers and squash inside, and ill start corn this week. Let's hope summer treats us well, and we are able to share a lot more!!

Slow, steady progress. All the tomatoes have been potted up. They are getting kicked out to the greenhouse, which is good news because it means better weather is almost here! Ill pot up peppers once the space opens up, though I think they will stay inside for a while longer. This week or next, ill start melon, squash, zuchinni and cucumber, maybe some sweet corn. If my local people are wondering, because of tomato math, we will for sure, have extra transplants, first come, no holds once I think they are ready (obviously we are talking well into May).
This weekend if time allows, I'm getting the overgrown peas, onions, and potatoes into place. All the frost tolerant things can be planted, but dont get excited by this stretch of nice days!we still have the risk of a frost, and we've seen them here into May. Make sure you are ready to cover everything up!!! And it won't serve you to get those warm crops in, even under cover, they will just struggle with cold soil!
So, if you havent started tomatoes, eggplant, peppers indoors, you are probably a bit too late in 6b MA; begin planning you purchase of transplants from local farms and garden centers.