Hello, friends. With all the recent rains, the chanterelles have been popping. I harvested some one day, to add to the fried potatoes and peppers we were having for dinner. The basil has begun to want to flower. I cut it back, and what wasn't used in pasta sauce, was frozen in cubes, to use in future sauces. The first blueberries have begun ripening, and are being gathered, along with some blackberries and mulberries. The shade bed was cleaned up, and areas of the garden were weeded.
In the garden, I harvested yellow squash, zucchini, cabbage, cucumbers and broccoli. A new broccoli salad was tried, and the remaining broccoli was frozen. Some of the cabbage was used to make a new to us slaw. J has been brainstorming some new garden ideas. If any of it comes to pass, I'll let you know. A young couple moved into the community a year or two ago. They've set up a farm, which uses lots of permaculture principles. After the fact, two weekends ago, I noticed they had set up at the local bakery, which the wife opened. This weekend, when I saw that they were set up again, J & I went to check out their farm stand. I bought beautiful salad greens and some beets. We're happy to support them. The bakery goods look amazing; not just sweets, but beautiful quiches, breakfast biscuits and other delights. I'd be supporting the bakery too, if I wasn't gluten-free and vegan these days.
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For several weeks, we've been enjoying organic strawberries from Aldi, and cherries for $3.99# from Food Lion. It's really nice to have them both available and reasonably priced. Late spring and summer fruits are one of the pleasures of seasonal eating. The pups were bathed in the outdoor shower. They were both such good, cooperative boys. I'm sure the treats helped. My main concern was a wasp that was staring me down the whole time. Thankfully, it left us alone. I repotted a geranium, and fed it and a number of other plants with liquid seaweed. Like a lot of the country, we're experiencing the heat dome this week. Take good care, and stay cool out there.
4 comments:
So much coming out of your garden! Well done! What a gift to have a couple of permaculture farmers in the area. I wish them well.
No doubt the pups didn't mind the outdoor bath, with the temps rising. Look after yourselves during this blistering week.
Everything is growing so well for you. So neat about your new neighbor and nice of you to shop at their stand. Sounds really nice! andrea
The man running the farm stand invited us to stop by if we see him. We're rarely on that road, but it'd be great to see what they're doing. Sweet Guinness runs around like a crazy boy, after a bath, he feels so good.
I'm pretty excited they're selling their produce. I knew they were setting up a farm last year, but didn't know they'd have a farmstand this year. Very happy!
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