George Shirley wrote:

> Picked five more zukes this morning, one of which was huge, had another
> huge one on the counter so I shredded both. Ended up with eight cups of
> shredded zucchini in vacuum bags. Good for zucchini bread or fritters or
> casseroles. Goes good with the many other bags we've gotten this past month.
>
> The other four we picked will go to Miz Anne's church prayer group plus
> some yellow squash.

i have cut them up and eaten them uncooked with a
good dip, kinda like a wimpy cucumber.


> Picked some huge tomatoes but they will be turned into BLT's, burgers,
> etc. for the coming days, not to mention plain old lettuce, tomato, and
> mayo sandwiches on zucchini bread. <G>
>
> No green beans to pick and can so far, last picking cleaned them out but
> the vines are blooming again. Looks like the crowder peas are putting
> out runners so not long before peas are ready to pick, same with the red
> lima beans.
>
> Tomorrow we will cut herbs, oregano, basil, rosemary, dill weed, etc.
> and then dehydrate them for future use.
>
> If it stops raining we will go out to the U pick farm nearby and pick
> blueberries and, very soon, blackberries. Figs and pears will be a month
> away for figs and two or three for pears. I'm not sure how much rain
> we've gotten over the last month but a foot of rain fell on Houston in
> one day early this week, lots of flooding in the region and a number of
> folks drowned or lost their home or both. We got about a foot here but
> not all at once, over a three-week period if I remember correctly. Thank
> goodness we are a few feet higher than Houston and the property was
> built up five feet before homes were erected. Didn't help the highways
> and byways though, lots of water over the roads so we stayed home mostly.

yeah, it's my general rule too for when the weather gets
bad. if i don't have to go out then it's a good time to
read a book or do some project.


songbird