Pork & Beans

At least I am not the only one who is hot!  Gloria Swinem and Ham Solo did not get up to much today in this heat.  They spent most of the day napping like this in the dirt or wallowing together in the mud.  It is nice to have a bestie to commiserate with.

Beans, beans, the magical fruit! Our beans are ripe and abundant. There were lots for our CSA baskets today.

Also in our baskets were: cabbage, swiss chard, onions, cucumbers, zucchini, tomatoes, eggplant, parsley, spinach, basil, dill, apple mint, kale, sweet peppers, nasturtium flowers, and carrots.

Don’t forget a dozen eggs, a loaf of maple multigrain bread made with red wheat flour from our local mill (Ottawa Valley Grain Products in Carp) and our homemade maple syrup, and a bottle of our home brewed sweet mead made with honey from our apiary.

The summer heat may be getting the best of us down but, on the bright side, there are about a million fresh vegetables ripe and ready for eating at this time of year.  Making healthy meals is as easy as walking the 50 steps from our kitchen gardens to our dinner table. Bon appetit!

Our chicken run garden.  From left to right: zucchini, squash, cucumbers, beans, nasturtium, chard, carrots, beets, potatoes, onions, beans, potatoes.

So much for a rainy day, huh?

All homegrown veggies: roasted cauliflower and broccoli with cheese, beet and feta salad,
mashed turnips with greek yogurt, and boiled yellow beans with lemon.

Yum!