There’s a funny typo on the Wayside Gardens website. Catch it while you can, because I’m sure someone will correct it soon.
Mmmmm…. I think I’ll take 10 purple Saliva plants. Where should I plant purple Saliva? Does purple Saliva have a scent to it? Can purple Saliva tolerate drought? A garden can’t have enough purple Saliva, don’t you agree?
Yes, I know I need to straighten and top off my birdbath and yes, I know there’s a weed in the lower left-hand corner of the photo. Too lazy at the moment to do anything about it. Must procrastinate.
I am loving ‘New Blue’ agapanthus. Its pale pinky blue florets are huge and quite elegant looking. Nothing psychologically cools down a hot August garden like a water feature and light blue agapanthus.
Here’s a description from Monterey Bay Nursery: ‘New Blue’ — flowers — the notable feature of this variety is its very large flower size, to over 3″ across. In addition, each flower displays a central blue stripe against lighter blue edges, sometimes with a defining dark marginal stripe on each side as well. Many other varieties also have this feature, which can be seen if you look closely, but in ‘New Blue’ it is obvious and distinctive because of the unusual flower size.The only drawback is that the flower clusters don’t have that high a bud count. Evergreen to semideciduous, based on how much cold it gets, and frost hardy, with rich, medium blue flowers of intermediate height. Often blooms in mid to late summer, though I have seen waves of bloom in early spring as well, and it can continue to bloom until fall. Foliage is notably thin and grassy, habit is quite compact. rev 8/2006
Asteriffic!
This hot pink sedum from POW Nursery has been in the ground for a few years. It will likely turn to mush this winter and then spring miraculously from the ground in late winter or early spring. The Mexican bush sage (Salvia leucantha) behind the birdbath was also decimated last winter. I really didn’t think it would come back because I saw no signs of life well after other plants had rebounded. It surprised me and now I’m looking forward to its fuzzy purple fall flowers.
Finally, my attempt to conceal butt ugly irrigation valves was a success. I get to look at coleus instead of plastic and wires… till the coleus freezes, anyway.
Delicious.
Ingredients
4 medium size tomatoes
1 clove garlic
2 Anaheim peppers, seeds scraped
1 onion… oops, I’m out of onions
I’m making another batch today and will add lime juice (from my lime tree!).
Should I be adding salt? Hmmm….
I made use of a couple of slightly overgrown ‘Gold Rush’ yellow zucchini. Yum.
Ingredients
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup egg substitute
1/3 cup canola oil
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 large egg, lightly beaten
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 cups shredded zucchini (12 ounces)
1/4 cup coarsely chopped walnuts, toasted
Cooking spray
Preparation
Preheat oven to 350°.
Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour and next 4 ingredients (through baking soda) in a large bowl.
Combine egg substitute and next 4 ingredients (through egg) in a large bowl; add sugar, stirring until combined. Add zucchini; stir until well combined. Add flour mixture; stir just until combined. Stir in walnuts.
Divide batter evenly between 2 (8 x 4-inch) loaf pans coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pans on a wire rack; remove from pans. Cool completely on wire rack.
Yield
2 loaves, 12 servings per loaf (serving size: 1 slice)
Nutritional Information
CALORIES 150(26% from fat); FAT 4.3g (sat 0.4g,mono 2g,poly 1.6g); PROTEIN 2.7g; CHOLESTEROL 9mg; CALCIUM 21mg; SODIUM 96mg; FIBER 0.6g; IRON 1mg; CARBOHYDRATE 25.3g
1 slice (1/12 of loaf) = 3 Weight Watchers Points
Lorraine Warren , Cooking Light, JULY 2005
There’s also a great-looking recipe for Chocolate Zucchini Cake over at Kitchen Gardeners International.
‘Anaheim’ pepper, ‘Lemon Boy’, ‘Heatwave’ and ‘Early Girl’ tomatoes, and ‘Gold Rush’ Zucchini
Ok, I’ve printed a zucchini bread recipe for my next trip to Raley’s and need to check my blog archives for salsa recipes. It’s harvest time…
Oh, and I need to make pesto.
