This past Sunday we harvested our garlic patch (about 100 - both the number of garlic bulbs and the outside temperature) and planted in their place sweet peas, two more lettuce varieties, and a fifth patch of basil - all in just under one half hour. In that short thirty minutes or so, we drenched our clothing with sweat, several times over - all by 10am. All the while talking about how we'll install an outdoor garden shower next year! The tomato plants have become jungle-like, I keep expecting to find a lost dog or cat hidden within their tangled stems and leaves. The soil in the garlic bed was teaming with worms, every square inch I swear! And we've spotted a happy garter snake in the ground cherry patch. The deer have been eating all the wonderfully sweet cucumber blossoms, but left the rest of the garden alone for a while. We're holding our breath, I'm sure they'll strike just as we go out to harvest that first perfectly ripened tomato. Triplets and their protective mother live in our backyard - I just keep smiling and secretly calling them "Christmas Dinner 2011, '12, and '13" We've got the garlic and rosemary to go with them!
Monday, July 18, 2011
GARLIC HARVEST!
This past Sunday we harvested our garlic patch (about 100 - both the number of garlic bulbs and the outside temperature) and planted in their place sweet peas, two more lettuce varieties, and a fifth patch of basil - all in just under one half hour. In that short thirty minutes or so, we drenched our clothing with sweat, several times over - all by 10am. All the while talking about how we'll install an outdoor garden shower next year! The tomato plants have become jungle-like, I keep expecting to find a lost dog or cat hidden within their tangled stems and leaves. The soil in the garlic bed was teaming with worms, every square inch I swear! And we've spotted a happy garter snake in the ground cherry patch. The deer have been eating all the wonderfully sweet cucumber blossoms, but left the rest of the garden alone for a while. We're holding our breath, I'm sure they'll strike just as we go out to harvest that first perfectly ripened tomato. Triplets and their protective mother live in our backyard - I just keep smiling and secretly calling them "Christmas Dinner 2011, '12, and '13" We've got the garlic and rosemary to go with them!
Monday, July 11, 2011
TOTAL RELAXATION, COOL BEVERAGES, GREAT FOOD, and CHOCOLATE!!!
Just got back from three full days of total bliss on a beautiful lake in Wisconsin. Hard to come back to reality and laundry. Our good friends B & J truly delight in sharing their cabin home in the woods with their friends and family - year round. We are very grateful for their warm hospitality and their willingness to indulge Mike and I in a few dozen games of 500. We all like to cook and try new recipes - during this three-day bonanza we tried at least three new recipes: New-Postmodern Polynesian Grilled Chicken, Roll-Your-Own Fish Tacos with choice of grilled beef strips, grilled chicken strips, grilled shrimp, or grilled Halibut and all the makings, and last but not in the least bit least - HOLLY'S HOLYCOW THESE ARE SINFULLY DELICIOUS BROWNIES (made with a layer of Rolo caramel candies in the middle, plus butterscotch chips and brownie mix, did I mention the stick of melted butter? We could have stayed in that position, in that lake, with those friends for hours upon hours that day - but alas, the beer ran out. Beauty of drinking while floating in a very large lake - you don't have to excuse yourself for the restroom! Happy summer everyone!
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