The Myogas are Flowering!

 

This farm has many plants growing that one doesn't usually find on a farm in the U.S., particularly one on an island in the Pacific Northwest. One of the unusual plants growing here is Zingerber Mioga or Myoga ginger. 

Myogas are deciduous perennials native to Japan, China, and the southern part of Korea. Only the edible flower buds and shoots are used in cooking. 

I haven't tasted them but the flowers smell sweet, spicy, and gingery. The plants are amazing as they die completely back in the winter and then grow rapidly over the spring and summer to about 5 feet or so and then they flower at the base of the plant. 

Early this past spring, we ordered a Thai variety of Myoga and planted it with the others. It also flowered this year and I love the color of this one. 

The rice continues to flower. The one below is a rice called Titanio, originally from Italy. In the background are finger millet plants that are also flowering and setting seed. 

I am continuing to work on my trailer in addition to harvesting, preserving, and working on the farm. The trailer will be moved and I will be gutting it to convert it to an office and studio. I will finally get it properly insulated and fixed so working in the winter will be a bit more pleasant. It will be an interesting project and an opportunity to learn more skills. 

I will finish up this post with a picture of Sage, one of the rabbits of the farm, and is now retired from the Rabbitry and lives in one of the hutches I built near the herb garden. 

Sage as the sun rises

Yours in Truth and Beauty, 

-Renee