The seeds have arrived. It was a nice relaxing afternoon as I weeded the high tunnel. To my surprise the seeds arrived today! I limed the beds to reduce the ph levels and I was on my way. Today I planted the squash, zucchini, pole beans and bush beans. Tonight when it cools I will plant the pumpkins. All of these seeds are overdue for planting since our shipment was late, so hopefully if the weather cooperates, they will harvest! The pumpkins will definately be post halloween so we will miss out on that sell at market.
I finished canning the figs! I hope I never talk about figs again while I am here. The fig chutney did not turn out to my liking. For some reason the vinegar taste did not boil off or mix in and I feel that taste overpowers the rest. The fig preserves on the other hand are superb. I'm not really sure that I cooked them right. I don't think I got the jelling point correct. So I will have to reference mom on that one since she is the jelly expert. Picture is cannning mid-process. It is 98 outside and 93 in my apt with the A/C and two fans on. Ahhh!I picked a humungo, if that is a word, cucumber today and filled it with a recipe from Mollie Katzen. Contents: feta, garlic, parsley, walnuts, milk
We are headed over to the Walker farm today to pick corn!!!
Figs, schmigs. At least we discovered a new word along the way. I don't know if in your enthusiasm you planted ALL the seeds. IF not, our farmer friend in VA, Andy, discovered that 2-3 week intervals between plantings are best because "plants catch up *#@*^@!" during the heat of summer. That last word was a curse word which Andy utters very frequently especially when "it is hotter than four hells" (another Andy-ism. Sorry, but I had to include that one for effect).
ReplyDeleteIf its 88 in your A/C, its (1) time to contact the landlord and (2) time to eat those cukes cold. There are some good chilled recipes in this week's WSJ. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304058404577494753760800874.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
The cold soup sounds just right. I had a cucumber melon soup last week and it was beyond refreshing.
After my market purchases this week ill be sure to make a lot of soup
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