Garden fresh

Most of you know that Adam has become quite the gardener around here, complete with crazy compost teas brewing daily in our garage, a compost bin, worm composting, and a beautiful garden. Infact it is Saturday morning at 8:36 and he has already been out in the garden for over an hour with Charlie planting more chard. Yes, that is right my husband woke up with us at 6:45 am and was out in the gardening working by 7:30. I pick em well, I tell ya!

 

so here is a shot of our garden, you can see beans, carrots, cucumbers, lettuce and adam's amazing pea patch

After nap we came out in backyard and when Charlie saw the garden he had a look of shock on his face. Where my tatoes go? is what he said. after getting over the disappointment that daddy picked the potatoes without him, he realized this dirt pit was so much fun. 

Kate took a header in the dirt patch after tripping over adam's booby trap, and then was not happy about getting the boot from the garden. Don't tell Adam but in the 5 minutes she was in the garden she managed to pick off a long flower stem from adam's succulent patch. ouch! 

This is one bowl of our harvested potatoes. We don't eat potatoes that much, other than the occasional stew or potpie so I wasn't sure what to do with them...

But then I remembered a delicious dish from veganomicon (best cookbook ever) and whipped them up while the kids napped. Lemony roasted potatoes. A big hit among my parents, adam, and the baby. Charlie stated, "I don't like tatoes"---maybe he is still holding a grudge since he didn't get to help daddy harvest.

 

 

And this is a picture of our nightly salad. We actually had gotten in the habit of eating this after the kids are asleep for dessert. All the lettuce is from our garden, as are the beets. Even the feta goat cheese is local

Eating fresh, local, organic, and seasonal food is the best for our earth, farmers, and families. At times it can be more expensive, but some things like health and harmony are worth the extra few dollars.