The other day, there was a little package in mine, and it came from a reader. (Hi, Donna!) Donna reads this blog and the troubles I've had with my bean crop. In fact, an almost total bean failure (at least at the cottage--the third planting (with different seeds) seems to have taken at home). So, Donna sent me some pole bean seeds from California. Yee-ha! How cool is that?
First of all, I think it's only the second present a reader has sent me. (Ohhh, I LIKE getting prezzies!) And second, I'm sure hoping these seeds will grow in our cottage's bean patch. Of course, planting at the end of June is a bit late, but hey, I'm more than willing to give these little guys a chance. (I also popped some in a container on my patio.)
The snow peas crop has been exceptionally good. In fact, we can't seem to shut them off. We've been eating sauteed mushrooms with pea pods for about two weeks now. Hubby is getting sick of them, but I don't think I ever will. In fact, I seem to enjoy beans (in any form) more every day.
This past year or so, I've been experimenting more and more with beans--particularly dried beans. Until about a month ago, I'D never had black bean soup. Now I've made it twice (and enough for an army. Luckily it freezes well), and can't get enough of it. I bought a package of mixed beans and am looking for the right recipe to use them in. (Okay, I haven't yet tried hard enough. Gotta eat all that black bean soup, first.)
(That picture on the right is of a smidgen of my out-of-control rosebush. This year it's putting on quite a show.)
So what do you see out of your favorite window?
Lorna, my 'favorite window' is the one above the kitchen sink. It looks out on a maple tree with humming bird feeders in summer andfeeders for other winged friends in winter, also my antique Seven sisters rose climbs a piece of fence there. It too was covered with blooms a week or so ago. If that isn't enough, I can see the plums, peaches, blackberries and blueberries getting ready to ripen for canning, freezing and jelly making.
ReplyDeleteDown toward our road are my 'stolen flowers', iris, lilacs, day lilies, gladiola,mums, hibiscus and turk's cap lilies, liberataed from abandoned homes.
Year round, a good view!
I have a wildflower garden just outside my kitchen and family room windows and they're going really wild this year. As for the pea pods, we love them and water chestnuts in a stir fry but it's become kind of hard to find good pea pods in our supermarket. Guess there isn't much call for them here. My wok gets quite a workout when I do find them.
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