Shelby

Beautiful Kay! I'm jealous of your squash. Craving it and it will be a while before we get any. We got over 5 inches of rain over the last two days. Garden is wet to say the least. One cucumber plant died on me. sigh.

The white (I think they are called icicles???)ones are spicy. I just ate one. I have cooked the greens and I do like them. I like roasted radishes too....need to make those soon.

@weinooRusset potatoes? Those look awesome. @Kim ShookI used this recipe for the cake. Easy and good. I really would have liked to make your angel food cake, but....I didn't get off my duff early enough lol. The last of the potstickers with an Asian chicken salad Ronnie smoked a small pork roast and then I SV'd it for BBQ pork sandwiches and potato salad I'm like @kayband enjoy my potato salad room temp or warm. This was a particularly good batch for some reason. Breakfast again. Made a ton so Ronnie would have something to eat before he went fishing the next morning. Another good catch. One keeper walleye. Had enough to give some to my cleaning angel. First radishes from the garden Salad Fried fish again--it's just so good lol. Next day was @JAZ's chicken piperade again with some asparagus Last night was venison cheeseburger pizza The last of the peony flowers for this year

Before we moved to Colorado when I was in first grade, the school I went to had a mulberry tree on the edge of the playground. That's where I had my first ones. So very good. I'm sure the teacher wondered why I came back from recess with purple all over me lol.

No merguez available for me today. Nor did they have anything but Tommy Adkins mangos.

Thanks so much for doing that. Hopefully it helps save some steam boys and girls 😁

I forget. Can you buy them in markets over there? Here I've never seen them sold but I don't get out much. We have to compete with raccoons and bugs lol.

Drooling. That looks so good. Our mulberry trees look to maybe have a good year. Fingers crossed we will have some in a month.

I keep it bookmarked for myself in case I forget how I did it lol.

Happy Anniversary!!!! Thank you for taking us with you

My shopping window opens tomorrow so I'll look for the sausages. I think we'd like them. I got some lamb chops from them yesterday. I'm saving them for Mem. Day weekend. Ronnie loves lamb...I'm kind of iffy at times. We will see if I like this lol.

Exactly. I quickly looked on Amazon and they are $58.00 for 12 of them--$4.83 a piece! I got 4 of them on Misfits for a total of $3.79.

I don't normally buy iced coffee but this just sounded good. 4 cans for 3.79. These were good. Exactly what I wanted after working in the hot garden. Tried to get some more for this week but they weren't available. Will have to try to find them elsewhere.

@KennethTYour cod salad looks so good. I really need to branch out and try some new things like this. You've inspired me to order some mangos if they have them from Misfits this week. @HonkmanI would love to have your caponata dish tonight. I'm craving pasta (well, to be fair, I'm always craving pasta lol). I try not to make Ronnie eat my spaghetti sauce too often because I could eat it every other day --but sometimes I just need it. Salad from a kit that isn't too bad. I have had @curls' gyro meat on my brain for a long time and I finally got around to making it. Lamb and venison. Thanks to her for sharing her recipe. It's exactly what I wanted! The tzatziki sauce A greek-ish pasta salad The Campari tomatoes weren't half bad So good. Ronnie wanted fried chicken on Sunday Turkey sandwiches with the tiniest pickles ever lol. Found some doves in the freezer from last fall. Thought we didn't have anymore but boom. There they were lol. Salad and some asparagus pasta to go with. Gyros again--this time with some shishitos My cleaning angel friend brought me this huge bowl of berries from her garden yesterday. I am a lucky person. SO sweet and good. Then, Ronnie went fishing and for the first time in YEARS he caught some keeper Walleye. Oh, I had forgotten how good those are. 3 is the limit. The rest are white bass. So, yesterday was quite a fun feast. Asparagus from the garden Fried walleye Mac and cheese and spinach too And, since the beautiful berries were here, I made a little shortcake and had fresh cream with strawberries. Then I rolled myself off to bed. And I had more cake and berries for breakfast 😁

I believe they are crappie. We have eaten sunfish before though--really good if they are big enough.

DROOLING. My favorite next to walleye. We--maybe just Ronnie, but I'm going to try--are going tomorrow. Hopefully coming home with walleye. The length limits have changed and we might have a chance to catch a keeper.

Oh for sure!!! Ronnie loves it with both beans and meat. I just really love the cheese and pepper so mine is vegetarian usually lol.

That looks heavenly.

I suppose this means I'll have to share my room 🙄

It's embarrassingly easy lol. You could make it more elaborate if you wanted. If you have homemade enchilada sauce then, of course, use that but I find I'm happy with a doctored up can of it from the store--I usually crush up a beef bouillon cube in a skillet, add the sauce and then add more spices and then heat up. Broil the peppers (I do it in the CSO on steam broil--500F for 10 mins on each side). Cool and peel. Cut a slit. Stuff with sharp cheddar and beans. Cover with sauce. Heat at 350F until bubbly.

I grew tried to grow peas for a lot of years. I love 'em too. SO good just raw out of the garden, but they didn't do well here, either. I was lucky to get a handful out of the whole thing lol.

Before I scrolled down I picked what I would have had--belly clams and oysters to start and then the dish your husband picked YUM.

Thank you! Yes, straw hopefully helps with moisture--it's been so freaking windy that I hope it stays. Also, it helps deter weeds somewhat. We used to do newspaper under the straw, but we don't get newspapers anymore..... I don't do any fertilizer at all. Haven't in all the years I've had them. I think I planted a couple years after we moved here so they are probably 20 years old??? I had a lot more that died off within the first couple years. I had planted them in some very root filled soil and they couldn't compete. My mom used to work at a peony farm so I guess it's just instilled in me to love them . She would go sucker bud (dead head) and it would take a reallllly long time in that field. Anyway, yes, I pick off all of the buds except the main one--I go out every day to get any strays that I've missed. Makes for beautiful big flowers. That sucks. I didn't cover mine earlier this spring and I was scared but they made it ok.

Thank you so much! Hopefully it grows lol. Got the straw put down around the tomato plants today. I'm so stiff I can hardly move. I need a shower, I stink lol. One of my peony bushes finally bloomed. I don't think I've ever gotten so many from one plant.

Behind on posting...been in the garden a lot. Volunteer cilantro is really pretty right now. Have to enjoy it before it gets hot and bolts. Also wanted to use my cute cat dishes again So, Asian salad, potstickers and egg rolls Asparagus, fries and turkey sandwiches Shrimp Alfredo with salad and spinach Fruit salad and breakfast for dinner Tacos, beans and stuffed peppers last night