Homegrown watermelon with a surprise
While taking a stroll in our garden this evening, Mama and I discovered about a half dozen watermelon growing! This was news to us because they’d been well hidden under […]
Farmers market bounty
Today’s #OneGoodThing was a bountiful trip the farmer’s market with Mama! We brought home fragrant garden roses, juicy peaches and crunchy, sweet pluots, freshly baked croissants and olive bread, goat cheese, salmon […]
Gorging on sweet green pluots
We returned to our local farmers’ market this morning, and discovered our favorite farmers there with sweet green pluots, smiles and hugs! Of course, we got a big bag of […]
Dancing around the house
Angelcots arrived at our local Trader Joe’s today. These magical white apricots first wowed our taste buds a few years ago, and we became obsessed. The pale, juicy fruit seems […]
Wealth of summer fruit
Today’s #OneGoodThing was going to the farmers’ market and bringing home this beautiful, tasty sampling of apricots, apri-plums, and cherries. Mama and I adore summer fruit, and today’s bounty was heavenly! Plus, […]
Our first watermelon harvest
After months of growing and carefully watching, Mama and I finally harvested our very first watermelon today! The melon started out super tiny — about the same size as Mama’s […]
Crazy for Emerald Beauts
It’s finally time — those magical three weeks of the year that are Emerald Beaut season. We wait all summer long for this pluot variety. They’re green, crispy, crunchy, juicy […]
4 melons and counting
Our watermelons are getting bigger and bigger, and one of them is nearly ready to harvest! Remember this tiny, thumbnail-sized melon? And then when it got exponentially bigger in a […]
Creative zucchini suggestions
Since we are now drowning in giant zucchini, I begged friends on Facebook for recipes today and I was pleased to get tons of suggestions! Even after giving away loads […]
Homemade pizza with garden fresh toppings
Tonight Mama and I enjoyed homemade pizza! I made two kinds — one with fresh basil and fresh tomatoes from our garden topped with mozzarella di bufala, and the other […]
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