Posted on May 17, 2022May 17, 202205/16/2022 south of the river An update from the Texas home garden this past week! Pink brandywine tomato flowering in Mom and Dad’s container planter garden last week. White currant tomato flower buds. The red rubin basil has appreciated an increased watering regime. First marigold bloom! The ones up here in Norman in my garden are just getting their first and second sets of true leaves. Last Wednesday, note the size of mustard greens. They sure grew over just a few days! In fact, they grew enough that Mom harvested some. Mom sauteed them in butter, oil, and white vinegar with salt, pepper, and a lemon juice top off at the end. Sources say it was good.
Posted on May 12, 2022May 12, 202205/12/2022 all the not dramatic regular stuff Walking onions from garden, assorted farm share veggies, with glass noodles and chicken. Pulled a lot more Maximilian sunflower this evening. I put it in a tub with some potting soil to keep until they can go to new homes. I found a baby spittlebug on one sunflower stem! I took it over to the sunflowers we’re keeping so it can keep eating. In the front yard, a few winecup seedlings are coming up in the ground cover orchard area. More baby winecup! I pulled up two more native black walnut seedlings and potted them. Hopefully this one can make it with only half its remaining food. Anyways, this makes a total of four. I have found good homes for most or all of them now. Our lot is too small for another big tree.
Posted on May 7, 2022May 7, 202205/06/2022 emergency strawberry eating party Fruit processing is a social endeavor among vaccinated friends. The Chef’s magic strawberry sauce recipe… Strawberries and powdered sugar! The angel food cake meringue. Angel food cake must be cooled upside down for fluffiness. Since they’re tiny angel food cakes I call them cherub cakes. The Chef made everything look pretty. Dog awaits her guests. She likes guests. Paula had the excellent idea to use our garden cart stools as more seating. Farm to table eating!
Posted on April 24, 2022April 24, 2022Farm share dinner Our household has subscribed to a farm share program. The asparagus, green pepper, and green onion are all part of this week’s delivery.
Posted on April 23, 2022April 23, 2022Late night probiotics Garden strawberries on Greek yogurt with honey from Paula’s parents’ bees.
Posted on April 10, 2022April 10, 2022Starving and alone The Chef reports he is eating package ramen for dinner… I see some additions there including walking onions.
Posted on April 3, 2022April 3, 2022Redbud flowers are edible Paula has put them on our salad. The salad also contains the chijimisai greens.
Posted on March 25, 2022March 25, 2022Indoor tomato, outdoor dinner Wes put the indoor Dwarf Audrey’s Love tomato in slices on this sandwich. “hello I am sandwich” During clean up, I saw one daffodil blooming by the compost. It came with the house.
Posted on January 22, 2022January 22, 2022Frozen summer tomatoes become winter tasty foods Pasta sauce over The Chef’s homemade pasta contains white currant tomatoes from freezer. Paula’s focaccia bread (in front of pasta) is also topped with white currant tomatoes cut in half. Note the cranberry-crabapple wine in the background.