Lazy Sunday

After a nice bike ride this morning, we made breakfast - my favorite meal - using some food we got yesterday at the market. I fried up some pullet eggs from Elihu Farm and some ground sausage from the pig we had slaughtered a few months back and plated it with New Minglewood's spicy radish sprouts, and a few slices of Sweet Spring Farm's Carriage House cheese - which for those interested is a hard, aged goat cheese, with a slightly sharp taste to die for and well worth the price tag. A small slice of left over olive oil cake that I made Friday, topped with tomato jam from Anna Mae's stand finished it off.

The next order of business was to add a few bars to Tamara's beehives in the backyard. We went down to Germantown Community Farm and picked up two top-bar hives from Sam of Anarchy Apiaries last weekend. We had to borrow a friend's station wagon and drive down in the evening when all the little ladies were asleep, and compliant for travel. Fortunately it all went well and we got them to their new home in Saratoga. The bees have been increasingly active so we are giving them a little room for expansion.

For the time being we are keeping them at our house in town, but only until we get the chance to take them out to the farm - at least that's one tentative plan. They may also be headed to Skaneateles where my parents have some land and some fruit trees in need of pollination. I'm antsy to rob some honey for my pies, but Tamara thinks we are a good month or two away yet. There is nothing like a fresh pie sweetened with honey - rhubarb, raspberry, apple, it doesn't much matter. In the next few days I will try to get a pie done with some pictures and my pastry recipe - meanwhile, the rhubarb in the fridge is calling my name.