Ahhhhh. That’s the sound of a happy mom who’s getting a little bit of a break! My two daughters are away for the week spending time with their grandparents on the farm. They will be showing goats and exhibiting their culinary and artistic creations at the …
Adventures in landscaping part 1: discover that the former owners used a tarp-like building wrap under the mulch instead of proper landscape fabric. You know, this may seem like a resourceful, brilliant idea but I assure you, it is not. Building wrap (Tyvek style) is …
I am refusing to believe that summer is nearly done for another year. It seems that the summers are whizzing by faster each year. I took my kids out to the beach for the last splash in the lake before school starts tomorrow. Then, I’ll be left with a somewhat quieter house and looking forward to a few more camping trips before the end of September. By then, maybe, just maybe I’ll finally admit that Fall is really here. Honestly, Fall is my favorite season so I’m looking forward to it. The only catch with the season change is that all that delicious fresh produce from my garden (or my neighbor’s) will soon no longer be available.
Speaking of my neighbor, he has a wonderful little garden and has become my garden buddy. We share our extra produce or herbs or whatever we can’t get around to eating right away. It’s a great system, I think. Really, I probably benefit from this more than he does. The past few weeks I’ve been blessed with many, many cucumbers from his garden so thought I’d share one of the easy ways to use up a few cucumbers in one sitting. This summer cucumber salad is so fresh and is made with a lightly sweetened balsamic honey vinaigrette. I could probably drink the vinaigrette plain it’s that good!
