Ok, I know it's been a while. Sorry.... Things have been very busy, and we've definitely been enjoying our local food of late. One of the highlights was definitely the fresh Dungeness crab pulled out of the ocean not an hour before it was cooked last week when we were over near Port Ludlow at the house of a good friend of Pam's parents. Soooo yummy! We also made pizza, which we've been wanting to do for a while now, and it turned out quite well for our first attempt! Homemade mint-basil-spinach pesto for the sauce, fresh spinach, sauteed onions and chicken, topped with pepper jack cheese - delicious!
Anywho, as you can tell, we're certainly not starving. And here's some fun news - we're finally getting to harvest from our garden! Well, I don't know if you can call it harvesting, but so far we've eaten about 20 of our peas, with other things on the way! Yay! Here's an update on the garden in pictures:
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| PEAS!!! YUM! |
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| The rhubarb transplants have taken quite well, much to Pam's delight! |
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| Pole beans starting to climb |
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| Can't wait to start eating beets... need to plant the next succession as well! |
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| Cucumbers finally sprouted! |
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| Them peas just keep right on growing |
Our garden is definitely bringing us great joy, and we can't wait to start sharing the bounties with everybody! But for now, we will hoard our 20 peas all to ourselves.
This has been an unusual summer for gardeners in the NW. We just haven't gotten the heat needed to move plants along. We are still harvesting peas in mid-August (usually a spring/early summer plant). The beans are only just getting past flowering. Tomatoes will probably be a lost cause this year. On the other hand the cooler days and nights make for easy living and great walking :-)
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