In My San Diego Garden and Kitchen

unseasonal
(ʌnˈsizənl)
ADJECTIVE
not characteristic or typical of a particular season; unseasonable

Our strawberry guavas are unseasonal but welcomed. Unlike the September crush of fruit experienced every year, we savor each of these extra large guavas. With only seventy or so on the tree now, the energy of the tree produces uniform, ping-pong ball-sized fruit with the characteristic sweet-tart flavor. A half dozen beckon on the kitchen counter most days.

Beets are in the same color harmony but are very seasonal. There’s a particular joy, maybe even an event to the harvest of the first beets. These are Baby Ball beets from Renee’s Garden which I’ve grown for over twenty years. They please the palate at any size from small to “oh my, that one got away from me.”

Usually I harvest just what’s needed for a salad or a meal but when there are garden gifts to share the take is larger. There’s a special delight in arranging the vegetables in a painterly way.

Typical late winter garden harvests continue to delight.

For the Palm Sunday church entry bouquet, I chose purple garden flowers in keeping with the liturgical colors of the season. Purple, the color of royalty and kings.

Check the What I’m Planting Now page as I transplant and sow seeds in the cool season garden and plan for the summer garden. Then head today to Harvest Monday, hosted by Dave at Happy Acres blog and see what garden bloggers around the world harvested last week.

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