Landscape

Nothing special here.

Just a trail camera picture of the woods.

Must have been triggered by an insect.

Move-along...

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Wildflowers

Wildflowers are beginning to bloom.

First the milkweed...

Followed by the penstemon...

And the false sunflower...

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Mama and the Twins

Who doesn't like to see mama and the twins...

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Gardening

The 2015 Garden is coming-on strong.

 Everything is growing on-time and the harvest has been coming-in.  I switched it up this year and planted my lettuces, spinach, beets, carrots, green beans and radishes at two week intervals.  Stretching the planting over a month and a half is already showing evidence of a steady and continuous harvest without everything coming due all at once and all out of control.

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Been pruning and training tomatoes and nurturing the broccoli, cabbages, cukes, pumpkins and sweet peppers. 

New Recruit

A pic featuring a member of their year's graduating class of fawns...

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Heal-All

Prunella vulgaris – Heal-All.

A member of the mint family this plant figures prominently in folk medicine.

We found this on our morning walk.  I wonder if it might work on a sore throat?

Greek Crisis

In recognition of the on-going and seemingly never ending Greek economic tragedy The Frau and I made something particularly yummy.

The garden is pumping-out a really nice and regular crop of spinach which was the foundation of the yumminess.

Take a pound of spinach, saute in water and drain in a colander.  

Chop coarsely and mix with a beaten egg, cottage cheese, feta and Parmigiano Reggiano cheese, nutmeg, dill weed, salt and pepper.

Take fillo dough and fabricate these triangles brushed with lots of melted butter.

Bake.

Use the remainder of the fillo dough sheets and spinach blend to fabricate a pie.

Bake.

A very putzy and busy recipe but worth the trouble.  Had the triangles for dinner and the pie for breakfast.

Yum!