The August Harvest : Garden

Thanks to Abby actually planting some seeds in a planter first, we have a few things growing. One the cucumber plants has done really well and we are going to get a handful of those. We have a watermelon starting. I can’t wait until this thing gets big enough to crack into. A couple small squash. Can we even do anything with these? One Small Radish and one HUGE radish....

Smoked Cheddar Cheese Bread : Food

I made some delicious bread last night. Here is the boule. I  used the basic recipe from Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day. Amazon video gives you a step by step of the recipe for free. To the dough I added smoked cheddar cheese that I shredded before hand. After a bit of folding, I loaded it on to the baking stones for 30 minutes. This was the best...

What we are planting this summer : Garden 2011

It is time to start planting. Here are our seeds for the summer. All of them were purchased from Baker Creek Heirloom. A fellow redditor suggested rareseeds.com (Baker Creek’s website) to me after talking about doing a seed gift exchange. What an awesome idea that would be! We got 5 varieties of vines that we hope climb up our pergola. They were chosen based on looks and what we enjoy...