What's New with You?

Hi again! It's been awhile since I wrote, and I really have a good excuse. In fact, I've got tons of them! It's one of my faults/talents. Let's see, it's the busy season at work, we've been doing some heavy garden work, I've been working to change my eating style, school has started, ... I could go on and on. All of the above are true, but somehow they don't seem adequate to have kept me from taking a few minutes here.

Let's talk about the garden. Pappy and I seem to have hit on the right combination this year. We had so many tomatoes we were having to give them away. Our peppers put out enough (and aren't finished yet!) that we have bags and bags frozen. Then we went on vacation. Our glow after a lovely week of camping in the beautiful Smoky Mountains came to a crashing halt when we saw our garden after a week of neglect! The deer had discovered it and had a field day, or should I say a buffet. Since then, we have decided 1) we'll call it quits for the year and start over next year, 2) well maybe we can let the tomatoes go, and salvage a few more peppers, 3) or what if we trashed what was there and planted a fall garden?, and 4) let's keep the tomatoes, fence out the deer, and plant a fall garden. Hence the heavy garden work mentioned above. So the fence is up, with an electric current running through it, the tomatoes are propped up and weeded (they really are monster plants!), more basil is planted amongst the tomatoes (and they are also becoming monsters), and the ground is ready to be tilled for spinach, kale, lettuce, and maybe a few other things.

There really has been a lot going on here, but I don't have time to tell it all now. I'll keep you up to date on the garden saga, as well as telling you all the neat "foodie" things I am learning, when next we meet.

Enjoy life!
Mimi