Do you know what vegetable this is? If you do, you could win a prize! Come into my post for a closer look.

This is a special vegetable! It's only available in the spring. It's a perennial vegetable. Most people know it for the fall harvest of a different part of this plant, not this spring harvest. But picking this spring vegetable is necessary for the fall crop to grow well.

Here's another picture of my early spring harvest.

The early spring crop is typically purple. But later in the spring, the plant turns green. It's still good to eat, but hardly looks like it's from the same plant!

How do I eat this vegetable? I'll show you at least 5 ways I eat it, in a future post. But for now, I'll show you one of my favorite ways to eat it -- grilled!

Mini-Contest! Two Chances to Win!

In the comments down below, let me know what you think this vegetable is. I'll pick a winner at random from all the correct answers - on Sunday, July 2, 5pm Pacific Daylight Time (midnight UTC). The winner will get $2 SBD.

And if you want to guess what the pink flowers are, do the same thing. And the winner will get $2 SBD, too.

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Winners Update! What are these plants? Hop shoots and redbud flowers! Here is more about How to Find, Harvest, and Use Redbud Flowers. And here is more about How to Harvest and Use Hop Shoots.

Two people had the right answer on the first plant: @michaelmcdermott and @wholesomefoods. I used a random number generator to choose the winner -- @michaelmcdermott!
	Three people had the right answer on the pink flowers: @michaelmcdermott, @wholesomefoods, and @ewkaw. That same random number generator gave me the winner -- @ewkaw!

I'm sending a $1 SBD consolation prize to @wholesomefoods. They got both answers right, but just didn't have the luck of the draw - this time!

Thanks to everyone who made a guess! I hope you had fun and will join me in a future mini-contest! And I hope you are enjoying the plants around you!

Plant List

Hops - Humulus lupulus
Radbud - Cercis canadensis

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Here's the link to the @barbara-orenya's #fruitsandveggies challenge, that inspired this post: https://steemit.com/challenge/@barbara-orenya/win-some-pennies-with-veggies--new-challenge-in-town-for-you

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Here are my other recent posts that you might like:

Milestone Party - I'm a Baby Dolphin!

Spruce Tree and Pine Pollen Cookies

Collard Flowers - How to Get an Extra Collard Crop

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