an heirloom roma.
a cool typographic exhibit at the Henry Ford.
a yummy mint + cilantro (both from garden) + lime sauce with smashed red potatoes and fish.
we are having hard rain and these were knocked down this morning — not ripe yet. they are called yellow girl.
pretty wee pink and white blooms on the joiner cat mint. the bumble bees like it, so a few more days and i will trim it back low. the stem is square!
my new favorite garden tool. a rubber snake to protect the tomatoes! i have two and i move them around. i have lots of pigweed in this tomato bed. I bought the closest to resemble a corn snake. they didn’t have any snakes that looked like garters. found at the detroit zoo gift shop!
first lettuce of the summer!
garlic scapes. we grilled a quarter of them then made pesto from the rest.
first blackberries of the season. the boys wore gloves to pick these.
anyone know what this is? It smells like skunk. I thought it was greek oregano. I’m letting it go to flower so I can see what color it is. I have so many new weeds this year. I think our mulch from last year had lots of weed seedlings in it. No more delivered mulch!
my youngest son wanted to make his own juice (kompot) so we did this today with fresh strawberries, blueberries, and cherries.
driving back from the west side of the state with stormy weather all around us.
The Avett Brothers in Kalamazoo, MI!
this sweetness will be 9 years old in August!
we went on a garden tour at Cranbrook Gardens. built in 1917 over the weekend. This circular tile facade on the boat house intrigued me. The artist is unknown.
I have lots of parsley and mint, so I made tabouli tonight. I have never added radish before but it added a nice crunch. P.S. If you don’t have a lemon and have lemon infused vinegar – that works great!
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finished this yesterday. so interesting if you like to learn about coastlines.