Possibly my favorite thing about summer is.....Fresh, ripened on the vine, in the intensely hot sun, TOMATOES! This year, however, I never really had those delicious summer-time tomatoes. I had a few mishaps with my seedlings in the spring. I replanted in the the garden a few times, but had rain issues. When I finally… Continue reading Simple Tomato Skin Removal
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Final Garden Harvest of the Summer
The very first piece of advice I recieved about life in Oklahoma was... If you don't like the weather, wait about 30 seconds. It'll change. I was standing in the administration office of the college I had hoped to attend. I thought the lady was joking, exaggerating. Weather changes happen all over the country, even… Continue reading Final Garden Harvest of the Summer
Marinated Cucumber Salad
Our cucumber vines are producing in abundance. Maybe excessive abundance. But who's judging?! Besides, it's not really a bad thing. Unless you run out of recipes.... Cucumbers are a bit prickly (really, actually!) since you can only eat them fresh, marinated(which is another name for pickled..), or pickled. Among the pickle recipes you have a… Continue reading Marinated Cucumber Salad
Uh, I’m A Cucumber
Hands down, the most quoted movie in our house is any of the VEGGIE TALES! You silly little pickle....You silly little pea....Playing with monkeys was the first thing you thought of?!?!Jump really high?? Dad! The robo-pogo!But Bob, they're going to laugh at me.... We have watched almost all of the movies, and a few on… Continue reading Uh, I’m A Cucumber
Garden Fresh Kale Chips
Over the years of learning to enjoy new foods and, especially new veggies, I found that my number one favorite vegetable is KALE! (It was even my Intsagram name for several years...) I've even learned to grow this delicious and healthy green in the garden during the spring and fall months. It really is a… Continue reading Garden Fresh Kale Chips