June Garden and Other Outdoor Photos

Peas please! These grew beautifully for awhile, then hot weather hit and the vines turned brown almost overnight. Meg loved hunting for the little treasure pods and generally ate a portion of them before they made it inside. We didn't even harvest half a pound of these sweet snaps, but they were fun while they lasted! 

 The little larkspur patch bloomed lovingly all month long. These purple and white flowers added a nice cheery pop of color to the green vegetable plants.

 Blackberries blooming and fruiting.

Red raspberries grew very well but produced just a few handfuls.

 Dill in front, sunflowers behind.

 Spaghetti squash

 Crimson Sweet Watermelon

 The comfrey plant bushing out amongst the green beans.

 Evening rainbow and strange clouds

16 pounds of green beans were picked and eaten in June. We sautéed them alone, with potatoes, with squash, and with chard. A little garlic, salt, and coconut oil in a cast iron skillet made them scrumptious!

 Neighbor playmates came over for an afternoon swim and canoeing fun.

 More pretty sky pictures

 Another group over for canoe races and other games; teenagers this time.

 Success with my $1.00 lily bulb pack from Aldi!

June Garden Harvest: 40 pounds of green beans, mulberries, turnips & greens, Swiss chard, lettuce, snap peas, radish, dill, horseradish, and banana peppers.

The Month of May's Homestead Harvest

1 of 3 patches of turnips. The tops are tasting yummy at this tender stage.

1 of 2 spinach patches. It came up really well this year, but has went to seed quickly.

Sugar snap peas

lettuce blend

green bean rows

Raspberry brambles. Maybe next year we will transplant to nice rows and trellis.

Easter Egg and French Breakfast radishes. The Easter Egg have outperformed this year. The seeds were both saved from last year's crops that went to seed.

cut lettuce and spinach

In May we harvested 9 1/4 pounds of produce, counting mulberries picked off the tree.
Radishes, spinach, lettuce, chard, turnip greens, and cilantro were our fresh goodies.

And Riley shot a couple turkeys that filled 10 quart jars of meat and 18 quarts of broth.

A Food Post

Because food is so pretty and good and delightful.

I took these photos over several months time and am not even sure what each is a picture of! But since I have them, I'd like to share them. Cooking and baking is rewarding, especially when it looks attractive and tastes good.

Broiled Southwest Turkey Sandwiches

Marigold Rolls

I clipped this recipe from a magazine many many years ago and now I have marigold plants springing up like weeds in the garden and even out by the pond with plenty of petals to spare.

Goodies from our family Christmas snack supper.

Our version of Huevo Rancheros. With garden fresh cilantro.

Annie's baking day before Farmer's Market season began.

She tried Porridge Bread, a recipe given by another market friend. The Raspberry Danish Braid and Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Sweet Bread recipes were from Pinterest. The Honey Oat Yeast Bread was from one of our cookbooks. So far the braids have been the best seller. She hasn't even taken the oat or chocolate chip breads, though everyone that has sampled them thinks they are tasty.