Green Onions and Yellow Onions

I decided that I like to grow onions that I can store.  So for the summer I love green onions.  Did you know they freeze well? Great for mixing into your pico de gallo. Okay, my mouth is watering just thinking about it. I can hardly wait for my tomatoes to be ready.

And my yellow onions are Big Daddy.  If you have tried to start onions from seed but haven't had much luck, then this is the brand to try.  Super easy.  Almost too easy.  And they store well.  Just pull them when they are big enough and let them dry.  Then throw them in an old milk crate or wire basket and you're done. 

My nice row of Big Daddy Onions. The one next to it isn't so big.  huh? not sure why.

Trellising Lemon Cucumbers

I love trellising cucumbers.  Although I haven't much to trellis this year.  One of them has made it to the top.  Another on the way.  The rest ... taking their time! Isn't this lemon cucumber beautiful?

You can see the blossoms here.  I can hardly wait to eat the sliced lemon cucumbers with tomatoes - oh and just pour some Marukan Rice Vinegar over it.  You might add onion if you want a bit of a punch.  Red onion is the best but any yellow onion will do.  It's a quick and refreshing summer salad.  Chill for an hour or so,  Perfection!

So much for a DRIP system

You got to see a bunch of photos yesterday so here you go!  Just one.

Well, it looks like the drip line split open.  I better get out there tomorrow before the slugs take over the cabbage.  It's all so slow growing this year.  But you can see the dead leaves I left after harvest the first cabbage a week ago for my moo goo gai pan.

Chicken and snow peas

Lets start with the smallest head of cabbage from my garden EVER.  But it was tasty, I can say that. I will grow the Columbia River cabbage again except I will put it back between the rows of corn for better shade.

 And some of the green onions I've grown too.  I love the green bunching onions.

 Purple Kohlrabi, regular green kohlrabi, and a bit of garlic (it wasn't quite ready and I hadn't cured it so it wasn't very strong). I like the garlic tops to fall over and after you pull them up you let them dry in the hot sun for 2 weeks and this is what it takes to get great flavor. Learned about that from this show although the garlic feature is no longer there.

The last of the snow peas.  They were like candy.

 Here is the cabbage all chopped up and in the pan.

And here it is beginning to cook with a little olive oil.

And here are the snow peas with the sliced water chestnuts. The nice thing about snow peas is that by the time you get sick of them, they stop growing for the season.  I'll let you know how the fall crop goes.  I haven't wanted to grow one before but having my own Honda Mini-tiller really helps! Today I added 2 more rows of green beans and 1/2 row of lettuce.

I pulverized the chicken then cut it into small pieces. Very tender that way and super fast to cook. Here is the link to the recipe I sorta used. Moo Goo Gai Pan

Rocky Road Popcorn

Some good news first. It looks like my Grandpa is going to make it. Meanwhile my mom is in Texas with her parents and sister. Hope all continues to go well for them. Emergency surgery around the holidays is stressful enough, especially in your 80's.

I just wanted to share this recipe with all of you. I've taken it to the church Christmas Party and served it at our Polar Express movie party in our theater room. And it was a hit!!! After some fine tuning I think we've got it where we really like it. I don't put the almonds in mine because I am allergic to nuts so I just call it Triple Chocolate Popcorn for me. If you need a higher resolution copy let me know. And you might take some copies of the recipe with you to hand out because you just might get asked...


fonts: American Typewriter and CK Becky - I made the popcorn elements and the background paper too.

Have a Merry Christmas!