June 26th, 2006 - Weekend update
My garden is looking quite lovely now. I hope that it does produce, not just turn green! (I do have some tomatoes already growing on one plant, so there will be that at least.) I had to thin my corn. I hate thinning because you think while doing it “I’m destroying half my crop!” I know that by thinning I’m more likely to have a larger crop on what remains, but that doesn’t make it any easier! (I keep thinking about taking some pix to put up, but I haven’t even gotten the 3-month-old pix of Maggie off the camera….)
The previous weekend, I bought some annuals to put in the bulb garden (since the tulips and allium have all faded long ago). Due to being sick, I didn’t get them planted for the week. But that garden is all cleaned up and looking pretty. I got lucky and the annuals were all on sale, too! It was 75% off, I think–$6 for a flat of 48 plants (although by Sat, 2 or 3 were dead). I got marigolds and impatiens primarily, as they are both pretty and edible. Also got some colorful plants for the corners–the two varieties are Dragons Blood and Wizard something. That goes so nicely with my Dragon’s Blood carrots and Dragon Tongue beans!
Speaking of edible flowers, one of the blogs I read linked to an eat local challenge–the challenge is to eat one or two local meals a week. My first one was Saturday. My neighbors gave me a bag of lettuce (mine is just barely getting tall enough to eat–and it would take it all for one salad) to which I added broccoli from the farmer’s market and flowers from the yard. I topped it with some cheese from Denmark. Denmark, Wisconsin that is! Without thinking, I tried balsamic vinegar as a dressing, but the challenge does allow for some seasonings such as salt and pepper, so I believe my vinegar was okay. It was so yummy I was going to have it Sunday but I wasn’t hungry for dinner so it’s on the menu for tonight. (Sunday, I had local cherries, however. I saw them at the market and asked the woman, “Where are those from?” “A tree in my yard” was her response. I had to have some! They are tart, but taste good paired with a banana.)
One thing I love about summer is that I actually get my 5+ fruits and veggies a day with hardly trying. It’s such a change from winter!
Hit a $1/bag church sale Saturday afternoon. Returned with some clothes for Maggie and for me, a dress-up dress for Maggie that she’s already worn twice, two ceramic jars for dried veggies/fruit, kitchen toys for her kitchen that I cleaned earlier in the day (but which still needs one minor fix so isn’t out yet), and a back massager. I was delighted in the take for only $2!
July 6th, 2006 at 5:53 am EDT
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