Mountain Roots Garden broccoli sadly got eaten by the deer. :( However, we did not let the plant go to waste! We broke off all the leaves of the plants and made broccoli leaf chips. Super YUM!!! some groups got a LITTLE crazy with their spices or salt, but overall, they were good. One group added a bit of hot sauce on top of the done chips and BAM it was good!
This is duke stirring olive oil and spices
Broccoli chips are GOOD! and a big bowl of fava beans.
this peaceful caterpillar may look friendly but in
a garden, it could destroy plants
We also made Fava Bean Guacamole which was loved by almost everything. Fava beans are over 6000 years old and are high in protein and carbohydrates. They are also very easy to grow in many altitudes and climates. Another amazing skill of these beans is Fava Bean plants pull nitrogen from the air and store the nitrogen in the soil helping replenish the soil. When you pull up the roots of the plant, you can see tumor type looking things that are nitrogen clusters. Because of this, Fava Beans make for a good Cover Crop to replenish nutrients in the soil and to also keep erosion down during fall, winter, and spring. The only 'problem' with fava beans is they can be a PAIN to process because one has to remove the beans from the pod and then, unless the beans are rather young, remove the bean from another layer of protective coating. See below to see part of the process:
Pods after removing beans:
Outer bean protective shell after removing bean:
Dipping into the Fava Bean Guac - YUMMY!!!
Guac in Making mode:
Votes on the Fava Guac -
Some say thumbs up.
Some say Thumbs down.
Some say Thumbs in the middle.C
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