The Great Eggplant Attack.....................

This is another plant that just hung out and taunted me over the summer. We did get a few random eggplant unlike the pepper plant. But all of a sudden.............................. Eggplant explosion. This picture doesn't even begin to show all the eggplants and blooms. I know there are at least 12 eggplants growing right now and by tomorrow morning many of those blooms could already be showing signs of new eggplants.

How many ways can you cook an eggplant, let me count the ways.

Surprise peppers...............

My garden is doing some weird things. It is messing with my mind! Isn't this the sorriest plant you have ever seen. It is a pepper plant that I planted in late February. Pepper plants are supposed to like heat. Well this little bugger sat around all summer just taunting me. Never flowering, never giving me a single pepper.

About a week ago I found this little pepper tucked away behind some leaves. It is a beautiful purple color on the outside and bright green inside.
And this morning I found another pepper tucked away behind some leaves. What in the world is up with this. I was ready to pull this plant out a few weeks ago and decided to wait only to get these little surprises.
Well that beautiful puple pepper made it into my breakfast this morning. A plate full of migas, very yummy. I have made this recipe before with just the eggs and corn tortillas and I never even knew there was a name for this dish. I came across this delicious recipe yesterday at http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2008/09/ree-drummond-migas/ Give it a try, you won't regret it.

Yummy...Chicken Salad

Just a simple chicken salad recipe I created one day and the kids loved it (always a good thing when kids love something). Oldest son has been asking for this lately so today was the day.

5 cups cooked diced chicken
¼ cup diced onion
¼ cup diced celery
¼ cup diced walnut pieces
1 cup mayo
1 tsp lemon pepper
1/2 tsp salt

Simply mix all ingredients together and serve your favorite way. My favorite is on a croissant but I didnt have any on this day.

Today's harvest......

Aren't these the cutest little eggplants. They are about the size of a golf ball. The eggplant plant shows signs of many, many more eggplants to come. Plenty of okra still coming from the garden, not enough to fill our tummies, just enough to make us wish for more.

We have spirit..... yes we do!!!!

My darling daughter wants to know why I don't have a picture of her on my blog. Well now I do.


This was the first home JV game of the season. The weather was pretty bad. A dust storm rolled in and the cheerleaders were facing directly towards the oncoming dust. They had to squint their eyes and as they chanted and cheered they got a mouthful of dust.


Hence this very glamorous picture. Do you think my other two kids will have the nerve to ask me to post their pics after they see this pic of their sis? I think not!

Okra? Orca? Who cares... It's good stuff!

This is my first attempt at growing okra. I started from seed very early in the season, probably February or March. For the longest time the plants were just spindling looking things. Late in the summer, when things really got HOT, the plants took off like crazy, and just a few weeks ago started producing okra, yum yum!

Darling daughter continuosly calls these Orca. I don't care what she calls them as long as they are on their way to our tummies. Our favorite way to eat okra?????? well fried of course, what could be tastier than that!

Lessons learned.... grow more plants next year so that I can freeze some okra, and make sure the plants are in a sunnier location.

And the 2008 Football Season Begins

First scrimmage game August 28th. Unfortunately the game didn't last long because of a storm that moved in too close.

Storm rolling in.

I wish I could have caught the amount of lightening in the sky. It was amazing! And scary! And probably not wise to be sitting on metal bleachers with the lightening moving closer.

Ooooooooh Gross!!!

This little fellow (and his buddies) were eating good in my neighborhood. Needless to say I had to put a stop to that!!

and an ahhhh HECK NO! moment

a gopher mound in my garden! I blasted the heck out of it with water and so far no new signs of the gopher. Thank goodness because they can cause some serious damage.

I would like to say though................ I would love to hire a couple gophers to turn up the soil at the end of my gardening season. They do an incredible job of sifting that dirt.

Mary, Mary Quite Contrary.......................

How does your garden grow? Mine is doing pretty awesome!!





ORANGES


LIMES



LEMONS



EGGPLANT.... I have never grown eggplant before, they are
pretty amazing.

SQUASH

POMEGRANATE

CUCUMBERS....... future sweet pickles.

AND SUNFLOWERS GALORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!