I think I’ve found a recipe that makes zucchini delicious! It’s a Rick Bayless recipe for fish and zucchini in a mojo de ajo (garlic sauce). As usual I modified things, although this being my first time doing this recipe I didn’t mess with it too much. Mostly I just halved it and added broccoli [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Aha!
Posted in Food on June 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I think the garden’s watered
Posted in Gardening on June 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My rudbeckia has been looking pretty sad. It’s at the end of the soaker hose, so it probably gets the least water of anything in that bed. Wanting to make sure it got some water, I turned on the hose last night and planned to give the whole garden a good soak.
I woke up this [...]
I’d actually stopped worrying…
Posted in rat-bastard raccoons on June 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
And learned to love the raccoon. Ok, maybe coexist peacefully would be a better term. Especially since the vegetable beds and the pots had filled in enough that the raccoon would have to work awfully hard to get to the dirt. So he didn’t bother me, I didn’t bother him.
Until yesterday, when I was out [...]
Happy Dance!
Posted in Gardening on June 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yay! My broccoli is actually looking like broccoli! And since one of them’s getting to be a good sized head, I’ll have some nice fresh broccoli in the next couple days. And we have a magnolia blossom on the magnolia tree that hasn’t blossomed in years! And I have lots and lots of baby squash [...]
Why did I plant two?
Posted in Gardening on June 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I have my first zucchini. I haven’t harvested it yet because it’s only the size of a finger, but it appeared overnight. And with more water, I’m sure more zucchini will appear. But now I’m realizing how fast they grow and how few ways I know how to prepare them that I like. And I’m [...]
He’s back…
Posted in rat-bastard raccoons on June 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
After nearly a month, I thought my plants might actually be safe from the raccoon. Especially since he’d been by and would very nicely dig next to the plant, leaving them happily in their place in the dirt. I was wrong.
He came by last night and dug up half of one of my planters of [...]
Wait, That’s Not Right
Posted in Gardening, Roses on June 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
All the heat, sun and rain of the past few weeks has made everything in my garden go into overdrive. And a lot of my flowers are in bloom and looking pretty – actually it seems like everything is in bloom. I’m especially liking the coreopsis and salvia, and I’m looking forward to some of [...]
Adventures with T&A
Posted in Adventures with T&A on June 1, 2008 | 4 Comments »
The National Arboretum had an activity in the herb garden yesterday for making nosegays and other information about herbs. Being the plant geeks that we are, we decided to go. Except it was raining. But the sun kept peeking out and we kept hoping the rain was over… So we headed down the road, figuring [...]
