We've got one member of this community who grow grapes, makes wine, and has a large garden filled with many wonders. I can't remember her name since she hasn't posted in a long while. I'd love to tag her to come back and post some photos of her garden, if I could just remember her name.
So I posted this yesterday and then yesterday evening, her name popped into the forefront of my mind. @Frank! And then just now I saw that Frank posted a message to Natalie in another thread. Hello, Frank! It is nice to have you back. I have never forgotten the images you posted of your garden several years ago. (We had to delete them sadly when the site was slowing down, but I never forgot. You can post them again if you can reduce the file size to below 1 mb before posting.)
Thanks @jeanne-mayell. I'm still around... I read the forum often, however, really only post when I feel "called" to do so. ? Also, fyi, I'm definitely a him not a her, haha. ? Below are the photos of the garden. I've just linked them from my flikr account so they don't overload the server here...
@frank Thank you, Frank. Love your garden photos. I've never been good at gender. People are just people with their many textures. But I got it into my head that Frank was from Frances and that's what threw me off. Your grape plants fascinate me. I have never grown grapes. I don't drink, but I remember when you wrote "wine is food," so I figured you made wine too and that was very wondrous to imagine.
All of the garden posts are so wonderful! I can't wait until it is cooler and we can work on our garden and yard again. Summers are just...well not very fun for plants in AZ. Unless you are a desert plant and still, even then the heat can be a bit much.
Last night I made chicken soup.
Really, it was more like "whatever I had in the freezer, fridge and pantry chicken soup" meaning I did not allow myself to run out and buy any "missing" ingredients. haha. So I used a large frozen chicken breast, chicken stock, celery, carrots, the last third of a large zucchini, half an onion, 4 chopped garlic cloves, the last small bit of quinoa remaining in a bag, about 1/3-1/2 a cup of whole wheat orzo, fresh rosemary from my garden and some seasoning. Not bad actually though I missed having a lemon to squeeze for added flavor but I am out of my frozen garden lemon cubes I use during the summer. I have enough for 4 more servings which is really nice.
I am doing a small grocery run later today and will buy a lemon for leftovers. Maybe for lemonade too.
@lovendures YUMMY!!! I made Southern style poutine for lunch. Leftover sausage and gravy over homefries with Velveeta ? It actually tastes much better than it sounds!
As soon as I haul my lazy rear out of bed (overcast today), a chicken is going in the Crock-Pot.
De-boned when done, Stubbs Sweet B-B-Q sauce added, spoon bread, mashed sweet potatoes, and homemade chocolate chip cake.