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CSA: Week 15

Wow 15 weeks of my CSA program are already over. I can't believe how fast the summer has flown by. Not too much longer until it starts to feel like fall outside. That will be nice.This week in my CSA I received:1 cucumber2 banana peppers1 jalapeno pepper1 green bell pepper3 small-ish big tomatoesa handful of… Continue reading CSA: Week 15

Garden

Garden: Welcome Broccoli

Finally some pictures of the garden. A lot has happened in the past month. I've been picking TONS of vegetables - tomatoes, zucchini, beans, okra, watermelon, eggplant. I have been writing down everything I've picked and I want to go through and add it all up to see just how much the garden has yielded… Continue reading Garden: Welcome Broccoli

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CSA: Week 14

In week 14 I received:8 ears of corn (sheesh!)6 tomatoes1 butternut squash2 green onions3 ears dried strawberry cornI was really surprised that I received so many ears of corn. They said it was the last of the corn though so I'll have to make sure to enjoy it. I was really excited to get a… Continue reading CSA: Week 14

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CSA: Week 13

In week thirteen I received:3 ears corn3 tomatoes1 cucumbergreen beansThe corn was great but the tomatoes were fair. They were kind of banged up by the time I got them home but I'm not sure if they were like that before or if they got knocked around too much in my bag on the way… Continue reading CSA: Week 13

Baking

Bridal Shower 2

Bridal shower round two. Actually this is round four for 2008, but only the second round of bridal shower cupcake pictures I am posting. The first bridal shower of the year was for SIL2 (I'm going to number them according to age from now on) who got married in Vegas in February. That was such… Continue reading Bridal Shower 2

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CSA: Week 12

Wow I can't believe how the last week got away from me. The garden is keeping me very, very busy. I've also been shopping for a deep freezer because our freezer in the kitchen is almost full. We can't decide what size to get though so that is holding us up. We need to get… Continue reading CSA: Week 12

Garden

The Truthful Watermelon

About a week ago I posted about how I picked a watermelon a little bit too early. Well also about a week ago I decided to go ahead and pick another one despite my fears of getting another unripe melon. I took my clippers out to the garden and picked out the biggest melon in… Continue reading The Truthful Watermelon

Cooking

Summer Stew-licious

Isn't it funny how you can put -licious on the end of pretty much any word these days? I actually just googled "licious" and these websites came up: candle-licious, mama-licious, cycle-licious, picklelicious, vegan-licious, madonna-licious; I could go on and on. Google it yourself and see. Anyway I found this recipe for a summer stew and… Continue reading Summer Stew-licious

Cooking

Green Beans and Feta

I found this receipe on the inside of the lid to my Athenos feta cheese. The instant I saw it I knew I would make it. Greens beans and feta together? What a fantastic idea. Feta is good on lots of things but I had never really thought about putting it on green beans before.… Continue reading Green Beans and Feta