1 Another gift from our lovely neighbour was a Kohlrabi which we had never eaten before. What a beautiful, purple sputnik of a vegetable – and it tasted good too! The name literally translates as ‘cabbage turnip’! I steamed it in small chunks and served it in a Béchamel sauce with some medallions of pork tenderloin (from a friend’s happy pigs) and mushrooms.
Kohlrabi
2 Our blue Agapanthus are getting ready to open. We just need some more sunshine….
Agapanthus bud
3 In the middle border we now have red Lucifer Crocosmia, Gerbe D’Or, the pale golden one and Verbena Bonariensis, light purple – and I just love the possibly crazy colour combination.
Summer colour
greenbenchramblings
August 9, 2013 at 10:10 am
Kohl Rabi are doing well this year.
Heidi @ lightlycrunchy
August 6, 2013 at 2:05 pm
The kohlrabi does look like a sputnik, doesn’t it? We grew some for the first time last year – but forgot about them this year.
Jim in IA
August 6, 2013 at 3:00 am
The kohlrabi and pork was tasty, no doubt. And the summer flowers are quite cheery.