Time Flies When You're Havin' Fun!!

Can't believe how long it has been since I posted! I have been very busy taking and editing pictures so I'd better get some posted!! I have also been busy with garden stuff....we really eat our veggies this time of year...everything from zucchini to beets, kale to chard, cabbage and even some turnips!! We had our first sweet corn last night and we have a had a few tomatoes and cucumbers. The eggplant and okra aren't far off. I love the all the veggies and could just live on them, but some other family members aren't quite so happy about it!

Last night, used this recipe to use up some swiss chard. It was fast and easy and just used one pan. I liked it!

Swiss Chard and Bacon

15 lg stalks of swiss chard with tough stems removed
1 small onion diced
1 tsp balsamic vinegar
3 or 4 slices of bacon
black pepper to taste

Chop bacon into small pieces and fry until nearly crisp in a large skillet, add onion and fry until onion is tender and bacon is crisp. Drain off excess grease. Cut chard into 1/2" strips and add to skillet. Cook until tender. Add vinegar and toss. Serve hot.

*I used more vinegar...more like 2 tsp or more.

Garden Bounty

I love having fresh garden produce! I could just live on veggies anyway so having them fresh is the best part of summer.

I can't believe how that temperature is dropping! It is down to 49 degrees already from a high of 69 this morning. The wind is blowing hard too and that makes it feel even colder. Doesn't feel springy at all right now. Bryden brought these plant home for me to take care of so I will have to bring them into the house so they don't get too chilly tonight.

The pot of succulents is one he planted last year and kept over, as well as the hibiscus. The pepper and tomato plants are babies that got dropped on the floor by the machine that does the transplanting. Bryden always rescues them, plants them and brings them home to me....That is partly how I ended up with 100 tomato plants last year!!

Plants are up.......

I planted short rows of radishes, spinach, mixed lettuce and tangy and mild mesclun mix Wednesday night, the 16th. I took these pictures yesterday. I was afraid the ground would be too cold but they came up fairly quickly. Needless to say, they have enough moisture!

Spring is Here??

Wow, it got up to 68 degrees this afternoon! Problem with that was the wind was blowing 40 miles per hour (resulting in a wind advisory) so it wasn't very nice to be outside. On the plus side, the wind does really help to dry things up. I am hoping that it will dry the ground out enough to get some early garden planted before long! Unfortunately, it sounds like rain is in the forecast starting Wednesday evening thru Friday.......

I went outside to see how my spring flowers were coming. I have some dafodills with fat buds. One even appeared to have tried to open a bit but looked like the frost had damaged it. We had a really heavy frost yesterday morning. The wind was blowing so much that the little purple flowers were about impossible to get still enough for a picture. There is some blur in this one, but it was the best of the lot!