Greenzonelife

In winter we don’t really have much fresh greens to eat, but we can try microgreens. There is a large variety we can choose from and they are so easy to grow. I choose to grow this time the sunflower microgreens and they are delicious. It seems to me that they grow relatively slow, but they are juicy and have a taste similar to fresh raw sunflower seeds.

You can harvest all at once, or just cut them when needed as long as they are still in the “two-leaves” stage. Mine are not all sprouted at the same time so I just cut and use them as they grow. They are delicious in salads or spread on top of a sandwich. I use them on my sandwiches as they are not enough to make a salad 🙂 Maybe next time I’ll use some more seeds in order to have more sprouts at the same time, but for now this will do.

Do you grow microgreens and if you do what type do you prefer?

Everyone who followed my blog until now knows how addicted I am to hot chili peppers. I love them from fresh to preserved, in chocolate, ice cream, tea, you name it 🙂

This year, along with other varieties, I’m going to grow the Carolina Reaper, the hottest chili pepper in the world declared by Guinness World Records in 2013.

I sowed 21 seeds two weeks ago in an improvised propagator.

Today, when I checked them, I saw that few have already started to sprout

I am so curious if I will be able to taste them or they are just too hot to be consumed.

I think I will need just one pepper to make a whole batch of spicy sauce jars for the whole coming winter 🙂

Have any of you tried this pepper?

Usturoi elefant – e urias, o capatana bate spre 200 grame

iar un catel sare de 15 grame – mai mult decat o capatana de usturoi normal.

Un catel e fix cantitatea de care am nevoie pentru o mancare 🙂

Mai pun usturoi violet Germidour – nici asta nu as zice ca chiar mic

Si ceapa esalota rosie alungita Sermor care face mai multe cepe intr-o tufa

Cam atat am in plan cu plantarile in toamna asta. Fiind foarte mari, au nevoie de mult spatiu de plantare pentru a se dezvota armonios, asa ca ar cam trebui sa amenajez vreo trei straturi inaltate, ceea ce implica oaresce efort 🙂

A venit si vremea curateniei de toamna in balcon. Chiar daca unele plante inca mai supravietuiau a venit vremea sa fac curat. Busuiocul, desi inca mai avea ceva varfuri verzi si cateva flori era prea obosit, iar ardeii iutii, desi aveau inca flori si ardei mici, erau deja doar bete goale fara frunze.

Am luat varfurile verzi de la busuioc si le-am pus intr-un pahar cu apa, cu putin noroc o sa faca radacini si voi avea busuioc proaspat toata iarna.

Ardeii iuti i-am cules pe toti, copti sau verzi si i-am pus la uscat alaturi de restul colectiei.

Anul asta ii pastrez asa, nu ma mai chinui sa le scot semintele, ii las la uscat si cand voi semana la primavara voi lua atunci semintele.

In schimb mai avem capsuni, sunt curioasa cat vor mai produce.

Si ca activitate productiva, am plantat bulbisorii de ceapa si usturoi de la Geta – multumesc 🙂

Acum fac planuri pentru la anul si caut metode de a lupta cu limacsii. In rest, intram incet in programul de iarna: citit-documentat, crosetat, bricolat, copt diverse 🙂 ceea ce va doresc si voua!