Pico de Gallo

There is only one thing to make when you have a ton of fresh tomatoes... pico de gallo!

Look at the fresh veggies from the garden! We picked two different kinds of tomatoes, some green onions, a green bell pepper, fresh parsley, a few basil leaves, and some green jalapeño peppers! The large onion at the top and the three larger bell peppers were given to us by our uncle.

 

Usually pico de gallo calls for cilantro but we substituted parsley in. We also have more onions than usual and the bell peppers were a nice addition. Notice that our ratio of tomatoes is less than normal just because we like all those other things more... to each their own!

Add some lime juice, salt, and pepper and you are done.

Looking forward to chowing down on this deliciousness!


- Dan

August Sunset

One of the most glorious sunsets I have seen this Summer!

 

 

- Dan

Weather Talk

The last few days have not been typical Oregon summer weather. As an Oregonian, born and raised, I pride myself on loving any weather that mother nature can throw at us, and often in one day! But if there is any kind of weather that I can't tolerate, it has to be muggy weather...

That feeling of constantly being hot, sweaty and sticky combined with no breeze and overcast skies is not fun... I would rather take a cool rainy day over a muggy forecast any day!

Here's to hoping it changes sooner than later! I got my mini rant out. Now I am going to go stand in front of the fan!


- Dan

Random Shot

Here's a random shot of one of our flowerbeds looking back towards the house...

I thought the roses looked beautiful in the late afternoon sun.


- Dan

Hollyhock

I have been gone rafting this past weekend but, I am trying hard not to fall off the wagon when it comes to posting updates!

Last night I did a tour of the yard. I was surprised to find that one of the hollyhocks I planted this spring is blooming!

They are considered biennials, completing their life cycle in two years. Apparently not true for this one?

- Dan

Garden Goodness

This is what our garden looks like right now!

- Dan

Garden Snapshots

Last night I had some fun doing some photography...

One of our rescued hop plants has finally reached the eaves of the barn! The rest are not even close... they are all pretty short and scraggly compared to the hops in the nearby fields. But I did see some buds starting to form!

The clematis we purchased this spring is having a second spurt of blooms!

I got some close-ups of the garden... This is a spiky sunflower stem!

Soon we'll have some glorious sunflowers!

Lovely patterns in the corn...

Another shot of the sunflowers...

 

 

- Dan