Seems like we do pretty well keeping up with our garden till about mid-July. But by the end of July it is so consistently hot around here that we kinda give up on the weeds. So by September, here is what we end up with. Yeah, there are tomatoes somewhere in there. But we’ve...
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We got home just in time. The tomatoes are on. The corn is on. The cukes are on. For dinner this evening we had corn in the cob, cucumbers with Asian vinagerette dressing, and our favorite: thick slabs of tomato and melted cheese on toasted bread brushed with a dab of olive oil. Yum. ...
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Judging by last evening’s harvest, this may finally be the year when we actually have more zucchini than we need! For dinner I chopped zucchini into 3/4 inch chunks and tossed a couple cups into the spaghetti sauce right at the end of cooking. Yummy! Now on to zucchini bread! And be sure to check out Stephanie’s...
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…at losing weight — OK, this is pitiful–that a fond memory in my past is when I was fresh home from Africa, had giardia, and managed to lose 9 lbs in one month. Now, granted, I did not have a rip-roaring case of it. Mostly I was just nauseated and had no appetite and...
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I wanted to share part of the secret of our low grocery bills: our garden. Our main garden patch is about 50 x 100 feet, and produces cabbage, peppers, corn, cukes, squash, pumpkins, and tomatoes, tomatoes, tomatoes. This year we have 95 tomato plants (left, under a black plastic shade). Last year our garden...
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(Alternate Title: If You’re Feeling Bad About Your Housekeeping Skills) My hubby and I have a running joke about the lack of sanitation in our kitchen, and how we would SO fail if a restaurant inspector from the health department ever showed up at our door demanding a tour. Nobody’s died, or gotten food...
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