I know. I just can’t stop singing her praises! After pouring my first cup of coffee yesterday, I got dressed (long pants, tshirt, sunhat and Off slathered all over my body) and went down to find our sweet Juliets. It was another drying day for these beauties. I had no idea that I would end [...]
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It sure has been hot here!
I remember as a kid, we just loved to hear that guy peddling the bicycle with a refrigerated case on the front yelling, “Popsicle Man.” I’d run inside and ask mom for a few cents for my favorite treat. By the time I got back to the street, the popsicle [...]
Putting Up Our Harvest
Posted in Ramblings, Recipes, gardening, preserving, tomatoes on Jul 17th, 2010
I’ve been busy drying tomatoes and putting up our blackberries and blueberries. Before I write more about that, Kristina had asked what the tomatoes look like when they are dried. I’ve never looked at them side by side, and thought it would be neat to see how they compare.
Here is our favorite to dry – [...]
Well, it finally rained! I’ve never wanted rain so badly in my whole life (I may be exaggerating a bit). Dave and I harvested at the church garden yesterday morning instead of today. We thought it might be a tad less soupy then it would be today if we ended up with more rain.
Harvesting in [...]
Today I harvested the rest of the Provence and the second Grosso plant. Two more Grosso plants and I will be done with this year’s lavender harvest. I love the smell of lavender in the house. As I was getting the Provence ready to hang to try, Dave walked into the kitchen. “Sure smells good [...]
Sunday Morning Stroll
Posted in Photography, gardening on Jun 13th, 2010
I thought I’d take a stroll through the slope garden this morning. It was alive with buzzing – lots of bees and butterflies. The following picture brought this question to mind – why can’t we all get along? They do.
Lastly, wanted to show how large the Chandler blueberries can get. This is our first year [...]
Our Problem Child Grows Up
Posted in Photography, Ramblings, gardening on Jun 11th, 2010
I mentioned in an earlier post that we have a slope garden that has been a problem child. In the spring of 2008 we decided to make a garden on the slope just above the main veggie garden. Not only would Dave have less grass to mow, but this garden would slow down the rain [...]
First Lavender Harvest
Posted in Photography, crafts, gardening on Jun 8th, 2010
Sunday I harvested my first bunch of 2010 lavender. This particular lavender is Sharon Roberts, an old fashion English Lavender. This is our third year for her, but the first real harvest. Last year with everything going on here, I didn’t do real well at harvesting my lavender. I promised myself I would do much [...]
It’s cherry pickin’ time
Posted in Baking, Cooking, Photography, Recipes, gardening on May 31st, 2010
Yes, we have cherries! Yeah! I get so excited about these tart cherries. They’re pretty and so yummy!
So now that we have these cherries, what do we do? Make a cobbler, of course. I use the same recipe for the cherries as I do with my blackberries except I add a little vanilla. This recipe [...]
I’m just waiting on the cherries
Posted in Photography, gardening on May 26th, 2010
Well, we went out to check on the cherry tree and they are not quite ready. Looks like it will be tomorrow.
Meanwhile, the alliums are looking good. This is my first year to grow them. The Schubertii is not as tall as I thought it would be so looks like I’ll be moving them in [...]
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