I actually could harvest something to eat from the garden right now:
A few warm days and I'm going to have a nice crop of Swiss chard and kale so I'll wait. I could also raid the lettuce that reseeded from last year and the chickweed I suppose. There is another weed in that mix as well, not sure what it is.
Spent a couple hours in the garden today, mostly pruning the large apple tree but also doing a bit of weeding. I decided to be brave and planted a few peas and some spinach in my little hoop house.
Dark Days Meal:
Some of my Dark Days meal for the week did come from the garden. I picked a handful of parsley, a bit of sage and a branch of rosemary. This is a spin on a recipe from The Italian Country Table by Lynne Rossetto Kasper. The recipe I based it on is "Farro Risotto." I left out the olive oil, garbanzo beans, orange zest, and Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese and added some butter, cauliflower, diced apple and local cheese instead. I should have added some hazelnuts too. 99.9% local, just used a bit of salt.