A Modest Two Days' Harvest

Hey, everyone! Here's a picture of everything we've picked the last few days, minus what we've already thrown on pizzas or the basil we've turned into fresh pesto. In this picture, you will see cucumbers, zucchini, and summer squash along with freshly picked Dragon (burgundy) and Scarlet Nantes (orange) carrots, red potatoes, and the first of the All-Blue potatoes we've picked from the four boxes up front! We got them from Seed Savers' Exchange. Did you know there are over 4,000 types of potatoes?

Garden Cooking

I got an email from a visitor that had helped out in the garden this past week which happened to include a picture and a recipe of what she had made from the produce picked straight out of the garden earlier that day!  So, if you are wondering what to do with all of that squash, zucchini and chard that is up there right now, take a look at the email recipe below, and feel free to email in your own creations as well:

Started with melting my butter, added diced onions until it smells good in the kitchen, then added the squash.  Let that brown a bit, while chopping the chard up in bite sized pieces.  I added that and let them saute, and added a clove of crushed garlic.  After I took it off the heat, I added just a smidge of balsamic vinaigrette to it and tossed it in and added a bit of pepper.  Muah.  Amazing.

Community Gardening

I was having a conversation about community gardening with the city commissioner of Frankfort (Sellus Wilder) last night and thought it a good idea to share a video he has on his website with all of you.  It has some great info about how a community garden helps with lowering energy cost / consumption as well as bringing folks together!