Pfeiffer Nature Center & Foundation » Food http://pfeiffernaturecenter.org/nature-blog Pfeiffer Nature Center Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:08:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Reviving My Senses – Taste http://pfeiffernaturecenter.org/nature-blog/2009/06/reviving-my-senses-taste/ http://pfeiffernaturecenter.org/nature-blog/2009/06/reviving-my-senses-taste/#comments Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:11:13 +0000 Peg Cherre http://pfeiffernaturecenter.org/nature-blog/?p=185 Spring offers so many local delicacies, from wild food foraging to garden bounty.

Lettuce

Lettuce


A BEAUTIFUL head of organic lettuce from my weekly share at Canticle Farm. If you’re not already a shareholder, consider it. The veggies are amazing!

Farm fresh eggs

Farm fresh eggs


Our own Susan Avery recently got some laying hens. She’s enjoying their chicken-y antics, and has graciously shared their eggs with me.

Fresh-picked asparagus

Fresh-picked asparagus


Every spring for about six weeks I pick the tenderest, most delectable asparagus from my garden almost daily.

Edible weeds

Edible weeds


When I’m weeding my asparagus, I can pick chickweed for salad or lamb’s quarters for the saute pan. Fresh free food!

Lemon balm

Lemon balm


Lemon balm makes a great tea, and it’s good for you.

Apple Mint

Apple Mint


My favorite mint is Apple Mint. Like all mints, it can take over a garden patch, so I have two strategies. I have one patch planted out by itself, and a small patch in the kitchen garden that I keep contained by growing it in a sunken coffee can with the bottom cut out.

I admit it. I ate all the fresh Finger Lakes strawberries before I could snap the photo. They were DELICIOUS!

It’s your turn – what’s tickling YOUR tastebuds this spring?

by Peg Cherre, Executive Director

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