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Hot Dog Eating Contest was delayed due to storms. It's now starting in 15 mins. Go Joey!

Dammit again. Mine will be here Thursday. Sigh.

This sounds delicious

Sure. Pile it on.

Gorgeous strawberries. I bet they taste heavenly. You are now an official member of the Sneak Zucchini To Your Neighbors club.

STOP. You're killing me. FIGS.

I love sour cherry pie. I buy the canned ones that are Oregon brand. They are SO expensive right now. Almost $8 a can! Anyway, we went to the Mennonite Market--they sell damaged packaged goods, fresh produce from farms around here, overstocked items that other stores want to get rid of etc. I was thrilled when I went to the freezer section. Bags of pitted sour cherries! $5.99 a lb. Each bag was about 2 lbs. I vac packed and froze. Trying to stop myself from going back to buy more.

Found more doves in the freezer 🙄I swear these are the last of them. Mac and cheese, green beans and Yukon potatoes to go with. Last night salad Pepperoni, onion and mushroom Cherry galette for dessert

Today's pick. First okra!

We have sand hill plums that we planted along the driveway. Some years they make, others they don't. This year they did. Ronnie wanted to pick some so I went and helped--he had visions of a pie, but that wasn't going to happen lol. There is very little fruit left in a plum after peeling and pitting which is why most people just make jelly. We aren't huge jelly eaters....soooooooo I was trying to think of something to do with them when I remembered shrubs! My mom has been making them for a long time--which is what put the idea in my head-- using rhubarb and then mixing in what ever fruit she has around. And ginger. She loves some ginger in there. Anyway, these plums are tart so I thought it would be a good start. No where online could I find anyone ever making a sand hill plum shrub but I found a site that had a recipe using regular plums. Plums after picking The recipe used equal parts fruit, brown sugar and apple cider vinegar. Put your fruit in the jar, then the sugar and muddle. Heat the vinegar to a simmer and then pour over. Took it out of the fridge after a week today Strain I had to test it--prosecco, ice and sand hill plum shrub I'm impressed. I'd like to experiment using different vinegars. I think I'd like a champagne vinegar with this. Thanks @blue_dolphin and others for the ideas and recipes in this thread. I have some strawberries that I need to use. So, I'm thinking those with some more plums (ugh I have to pick and clean and cut more plums lol)

Been harvesting a lot of onions. Best ones I've ever grown. First dig of Yukon Golds

A few quick meals: Brats, onions and peppers Lamb/venison gyros--a few tiny garden cherry tomatoes in there Fried some crappie up last night--Mac and cheese and squash to go with. Forgot to take a picture.

Thanks...it seems like folks just don't know what they've got and plow it under. It's sad.

Drooling! We used to have a blackberry patch not too far from us. SO good. Sadly, it's gone now. And, our mulberries didn't make this year so I will live vicariously through you. I can only imagine how fresh picked blueberries taste--must be heavenly.

Oh man, I'm so sorry. I'm glad it was early enough to replant. You're not alone. Not too many summers ago Ronnie had re-planted grass for the millionth time in some big bare spots. It was up and thriving. Then he drove across it all dragging a container of some kind of tree killer--had to get rid of some pesky ones growing in the field. The container was leaking and killed tons of grass. That was the last time he ever replanted so we live in bald spots lol.

OH that looks so good! Roasted chicken, garden asparagus and @Mmmpompsroasted potatoes Cherry galette for dessert Ham paninis with the first tomatoes from the garden @lindagmade me buy these: So we had breakfast to test them out. Worked great! Thank you Linda Poached eggs, boudin, potatoes and the last of this years asparagus The garden is much later than last year due to weather...this time a year ago I had already started a crock of pickles. This is our first cucumber that we were able to pick. Along with the first garden squash, spicy chicken and penne Last night was a huge salad. Lettuce from the garden. Sharp cheddar, ham, roasted chicken, garden onions, garden cucumbers, garden radishes, a few garden cherry tomatoes and broccoli.

Sounds good--I tried to follow your link but it sent me to Yahoo.....can you try to link again?

I hate to hear this, but so glad you're finally diagnosed--and no more penis soup!

I love dill added and I could have--there is some in the garden--I just plain forgot.

Best onions I've ever grown this year. Don't know why except possibly the weather. Starting to pick a few each day. I clean them and store them in the fridge--they last a long time that way.

Struggling to figure out dinner tonight so I thought I'd just sit down and post the latest meals in order to procrastinate more on what I should be doing. Ribs, stuffed peppers and the first new potatoes from the garden --I love creamed peas and potatoes Peach strawberry galette for dessert Hot wings, Mac and cheese, broccoli salad, more peppers Ham and cheese paninis Leftover Mac and cheese only baked with topping this time Chicken fried venison Last night was spaghetti night

There is such a thing as being too honest........

I am so proud of you. #teamnoskin

My cats walked across my keyboard and somehow magnified it 3X. It looks even worse now.

Ronnie and I have done all kinds of methods--he's totally happy with silicone egg cups. I'm always on the search for the next best thing.