Since photographing the garden is providing me with a lot of shots, and I don't have a great way of organizing each "section", I'm adding a Flickr slideshow that will take you from the beginning to current. Things are going fairly well.  We've been blessed with a lot of rain and sunshine, so we haven't needed to water - that may change this week, though.  Likewise, we've been "blessed" with bugs, so the other day, we sprayed everything down with Sevin.  Hey - I never claimed I was going to be an organic gardener!  A couple days after that application, we did a MiracleGro application - and will continue to do so with the maximum amount.  Our soil is still in need of nutrients, so this was the best way for us to go.  If, by chance, in the Fall we can afford a couple loads of poop, we will do that. Tomatoes: They are growing like crazy, except two plants that had a black spotty, wilty leaf thing going on - they are both stunted compared to the other 5 of the same … [Read more...]

Summer is a great time for fresh veggies, don't you think?  There is a recipe that I just have to share with you. Last summer, while in Missouri, my mom made this, and I fell in love.   I just recently made it again for a Father's Day BBQ, but left the leftovers.  So, of course I had to make my own batch, and let me tell you something... you will thank me later. Now, generally speaking, I don't really follow a bulleted recipe, well, sometimes I do, but when I share something, I don't give exact measurements, and it usually works out good. Cowboy Cavier Take some tomatoes - I used about 5 this time, and dice them up - I took most of the membrane and seeds out, but you don't have to be OCD about it. (You can also use a couple cans if you like). Cut up an onion - 1/2 of a ginormous one, or a full small one.  It can be white, sweet, red - whatever makes you happy. Dice up one sweet pepper - I used green this time, red the time before.  Yellow would be nice, too.  … [Read more...]