Life in the Backyard

Last year's potatoes (the few we must have missed), are showing themselves in various places around the garden. Here's the lettuce that is not quite big enough yet. My fierce desire for green things these days make me feel like a goat. Even the grass looks tasty.

As we were stringing the hops today, we found this cute little bat hanging out on the south side of the garage.

Food Roots Thursday...
what did we eat today?
We ate our very local eggs, foccacia from the River Street bakery, and salad greens from the Tuesday farmer's market that were topped with fresh, local goat cheese. Later we ate tortilla chips and salsa from Hamtramck, with locally made cottage cheese and sour cream.

I am anxiously waiting for our pipsqueak plants to get large enough to eat from, tho I know that time will be here soon enough. The basement shelves are full of the ever-growing population of canning jars of all sizes-- all but 12 or so are empty. The jars that still contain something are there for a reason. They hold the things we'll probably not make again. So if any of you want some "Chow Chow Relish" ala the Ball canning book (like a picalilly, if you know what that is) and a few jars of "Summer Salsa", from the same book, just let me know. The summer salsa is your typical tomato, onion, garlic, cilantro deal, but with mint, pears, and peaches thrown in. It would've been fine except for the mint. I like the fruit with the salsa, but the mint over-powers it all. Live and learn, right?