What did you do in the garden today?

[EmmaDonovan]

Only one tiny rosemary sprout came up in the entire herb garden. Hm. Ordered more seeds from a different company and some more soil. Will try to get things started again next week.

We have several moringa seedlings, though! They've got at least a month to grow before our first frost and moringa grow fast. We'll fence them in and cover them with burlap to get them through their first winter.

I'm so excited. I've been wanting to plant moringas for a while. They do really well here. They can grow very tall but if you trim them back they get bushy. They're going to fill in a big gap at our fence line. In two years they should look like this:

Moringas are also a superfood. You can eat every part of them. They'll provide food for us, the chickens, and the dogs.

 

[Molpet]

Only one tiny rosemary sprout came up in the entire herb garden. Hm. Ordered more seeds from a different company and some more soil. Will try to get things started again next week.

We have several moringa seedlings, though! They've got at least a month to grow before our first frost and moringa grow fast. We'll fence them in and cover them with burlap to get them through their first winter.

I'm so excited. I've been wanting to plant moringas for a while. They do really well here. They can grow very tall but if you trim them back they get bushy. They're going to fill in a big gap at our fence line. In two years they should look like this:

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Moringas are also a superfood. You can eat every part of them. They'll provide food for us, the chickens, and the dogs.

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What does it taste like?

 

[Sally PB]

What does it taste like?

I'm curious too. I've never heard of moringa, but I doubt it would grow here in Michigan.

 

[Sally PB]

"Easy to grow as an annual in the north."

Well.... might have to try it! Has anyone grown moringa in zone 5 or 6 as an annual?

 

[EmmaDonovan]

What does it taste like?

The leaves have a very mild taste similar to spinach with a slightly peppery undertone. You can eat them raw in salads or cook them in stir-fries and omelets. Around here they're mostly they're eaten as a powder in smoothies.

Moringas also have long seed pods called drumsticks although they do not taste like chicken, haha. They taste like green beans.

I don't know what the bark, roots, or seeds taste like but you can eat those, too.

The trees have been a miracle in impoverished and drought-stricken regions because they grow quickly on almost nothing and are drought-resistant. They have saved entire communities and their livestock from malnutrition and even starvation. The seeds can even be used to purify water. That's an impressive tree!

 

[TJAnonymous]

Finally got a few inches of rain. Pond rose about 2 ft but still under normal for this time of the year. At least they lifted the burn ban though. DH was going to vote against the county judge if he didn't...

My fall veggies are thankful for the rain, along with the new Ozark Witch Hazel seedling I planted in the ground.

Potentially for tornados tomorrow though.... Oh, and possibly more rain from the next hurricane headed for New Orleans this weekend.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Just wet here will head to the garden later see if we have zucchini big enough looks a bit dismal right now very wet.

 

[cj2024]

I'm curious too. I've never heard of moringa, but I doubt it would grow here in Michigan.

It probably would, but not in snow, maybe pot. It grows like a weed in my yard. I pushed and bent a 7-foot tree down to the ground and the branches grow up in a row. The branches are hollow and fibrous. It's easy to cut and decompose.

 

[cj2024]

What does it taste like?

Locals where I live use the leaves in chicken soup with squash and or green papaya.

 

[EmmaDonovan]

Locals where I live use the leaves in chicken soup with squash and or green papaya.

Do your chickens eat the leaves?