The journey continues...

Brian Bilbrey June 21, 2011

When there are no tomatoes

When the tomatoes are still two or three weeks away, eat what's coming out of the garden. So, some potatoes and zucchini, a couple of small serrano peppers, and an over-grown green onion (all that out of the garden) with a chunk of garlic and a bit of left over pork, all simmered together ... well, that makes supper and two lunches. Yow, and those peppers are HOT! What? No, I used just two of the smaller zucchini, and about 1/3 of the potatoes. Going to have to think of more stuff, because unlike salsa, I don't see zucchini as…

Brian Bilbrey June 19, 2011

Eleven more

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Brian Bilbrey June 17, 2011

Zucchini

The zucchini - the smallest is 3/4" diameter by about 5" long, and the cup measure partly visible in the upper right corner yields more scale for your eyes. Good to harvest out so that the plant keeps working at new veg, rather than making monsters (which we've done in the past). Not much else to say - school work this evening after spending some of yesterday at work, and the balance of the day helping the folks from Cottonseed Glory set up Marcia's new Handi Quilter machine into the evening. Marcia == v.v.happy! Ciao!

Brian Bilbrey June 15, 2011

Save Ferris

Yeah, there's crappy news from around the world, but I'll just keep trying to make lemonade. Or at least a really good cup of coffee. The bright spot in visiting CNN today was seeing a picture of the young Matthew Broderick, and thinking to myself, "SAVE FERRIS!" On the coffee front, there's Sweet Maria's to help me with that. Tonight I roasted a pound of Panama Las Flores de Boquete using my Behmor 1600 roaster, profile P4, D mod. I let it run the full 23 minute roast cycle, and it took the coffee about a minute past first crack,…

Brian Bilbrey June 14, 2011

June weather visits for a bit

When I go out into the back garden after work, it's a good time to let Lexi roam back there for a bit. We're concerned that she'll discover and widen a rabbit gap, and make her great escape. So she doesn't get unmonitored play time in the back yard. I suppose I should do something about that one of these days. Not today, but maybe in the fall. Meantime, the garden is becoming productive. Frankly, those potatoes look yummy. Red potatoes have always been more visually appealing, but fresh out of the ground is a world of difference compared to…