Posted on October 2, 2022October 2, 202210/02/2022 complex dinner Tomato basil soup (basil, onion, and garlic from garden; celery from farm share), fried farm share potatoes, chicken with garden onions, and farm share peppers on the salad.
Posted on September 27, 2022September 27, 202209/27/2022 moon and stars salad again Briar examines the food table which is covered with a mesh cover with fancy lace edges. The outdoor plague safety dining experience! You will note it protects a new version of the watermelon and feta salad. The main innovation here is that I suggested we use the melon as the bowl. Paula assembled the salad as before. I believe Judy gave me the fancy salad tongs long ago. They worked well and looked lovely.
Posted on August 24, 2022August 24, 202208/24/2022 giant squash time and other things I thought I saw something in a firewood piece. It was a mason wasp! The Chef made a delicious dinner. BLT with farm share tomatoes and Paula’s sourdough bread. The okra and peppers side was breaded and pan fried, with both farm share and garden okra, topped with cholula hot sauce. These corrientes cowpea leaves seemed maybe diseased because they were covered in light yellow speckles, so I removed them. Some sort of fungus maybe on the basil? It is the round dark spot I’m pointing to with my snippers. I have been removing them. If anyone knows otherwise, I’d let a leaf miner live. Trimmed all the basil this evening for the Chef to do a pesto batch. This corrientes cowpea stem is flat like a ribbon. Side view of flat stem of cowpea. A mystery. Last but definitely not least, the giant green-striped cushaw squash. I’m not sure if Briar was concerned or unimpressed. We got out the bathroom scale for this magnificent beast. The squash weighed 14.5 lbs. Last year’s big squash was barely 7 lbs.
Posted on August 3, 2022August 3, 202208/02/2022 fall and winter greens starting now Seeds, but you can’t see them. Basil you can see. New root extending from plant window.
Posted on July 27, 2022July 27, 202207/27/2022 pesto pasta All other veggies from the farm share. The Chef made the pasta.
Posted on July 27, 2022July 27, 202207/27/2022 pesto progress A blender full of garden basil, olive oil, garlic, parmesan, and pine nuts.
Posted on July 27, 2022July 27, 202207/27/2022 All the basil, five varieties. The Chef has committed to pesto tonight. The green striped cushaw squash just gets noticeably bigger every day!
Posted on July 19, 2022July 19, 202207/18/2022 The Missouri fluttermill primroses just keep going! I’m wondering if it’s that I’m giving the new Justicia pilosella behind them water? It’s usually just a cup or two. A mystery squash has emerged. The green basils are getting sunscald on their leaves, I think. The amethyst basil are shaded a bit by the mealy blue sage and look better, but also wilt more often between watering.
Posted on July 7, 2022July 7, 202207/07/2022 dinner by Paula Garden radishes with farm share and grocery store veggies Uncooked pizza with toppings more visible – garden basil as both a topping and as part of pesto that the Chef made a while back, as well as slices of Dwarf Audrey’s Love tomatoes. Cooked pizza. Yum!!
Posted on July 2, 2022July 2, 202207/02/2022 pasta dish Pasta sauce contains garden garlic and garden onions and the pesto on top is with our basil.