july 11 update

jambaloney got the yard weedwhacked - no matter though - the grass and stuff will be up to our knees again tomorrow!!!

put a basket down for 5 seconds and a cat will get in it.

we've been on a bit of a meat-kick this week - it's because jambaloney spent the week working on his contract and building the greenhouse. here's some chicken thighs with a grilled mushroom, some radish kimchi, and 3 different sauces for dipping. the honey-mustard sauce turned out really well!

jambaloney weedwhacked the side yard too - we can now finally see Ted's bench!

a roasted tomatoe stuffed with quinoa, spinach and broccoli. with broccoli heart salsa on the side.

yum. bulgogi. left to marinate in the fridge for 3 days. then you thicken and cook the marinade sauce.

with snowpeas and mushrooms and kimchi - deevine!

even on a foggy morning it's beautiful out there!

here's what's happening in greenhouse#2 so far -

we transplanted corn, cucumbers, zucchinis and melons and put cages on them. that trough-looking thing to the left is where we are going to put all of the pots of tomatoes. it's looking like it's going to be a bumper year on a pile of things!

this year our rosebush is covered in roses! i need to make some sharab ward soon. you can learn more about lebanese rose water here. sooo delicious!

and then there's Monky and the Rat out hanging around.

and 2 very slanty-looking greenhouses??? we don't care - they work - and will give us a ton of room to grow things that don't like wind. one thing for sure is that we always have wind. we got the atlantic ocean on all sides of us!

which means the air is always salty and fresh. you can't ask for more than that!