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The garden is starting to pay off

June 25th, 2014 at 01:19 am

My dear husband has a very small area for a garden, but what he does have, he makes good use of. He was delighted tonight to bring in 5 ripe cherry tomatoes. With the lettuce and radishes from his garden, it made a nice salad for our supper.

I tried a new recipe tonight called parsley potatoes. DH planted parsley and I wanted to use some of it. He liked the recipe. I found it on this site:

http://www.copykat.com/2011/09/27/parsley-potatoes/

I also made herb biscuits with some of the herbs he has planted. The biscuit recipe is simple -- 1 cup of flour, a teaspoon of baking powder, 3/4 cup milk, 2 tablepoons of may, 1/2 cup shredded cheese. Mix together and bake in a greased muffin tin. I have baked them at 400 degrees and today I baked them at 325...just extended the length of the time ... I had them with turkey tenderloins as well as green beans and it made a good meal and lots of leftovers.

We recently returned from vacation. We saved and paid cash for the entire thing. It was a bus trip with a church group and we have traveled with them before. We had a great time and some fabulous meals. We toured the Biltmore, Charleston, Savannah, and Chattanooga. It was nice trip, but I am so happy to be home. A dear friend watched over DH's garden and watered from our rain barrel and things look lush.

DH has planted green onions, carrots, and bell peppers too and we look forward to enjoying those in the future. We planted garlic last fall and hope we get a good crop of that as well. It's nice eating homegrown stuff. And eventually, it pays for itself.

4 Responses to “The garden is starting to pay off”

  1. NJDebbie Says:
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    All of it sounds so delicious; blessed are those who have a green thumb to grow some of their food. Enjoy your harvest!

  2. creditcardfree Says:
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    Yummy! I'm sure there was plenty of rain in those rain barrels. We have had a lot of rain here.

  3. CB in the City Says:
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    Nice itinerary! You visited some favorite areas of mine!

  4. rob62521 Says:
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    CB, we really like Savannah.

    NJDebbie, my husband is indeed talented and we are blessed he can grow so much in a small space.

    Creditcardfree -- no kidding...we received over 3 inches of rain Monday night/Tuesday morning. Just hope it doesn't suddenly stop and we have a drought.

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