With rain on the forecast for much of the week we've sidelined some of our scheduled plantings affording me a true day off. Chard, Tomatoes, Peppers, Eggplants, Melons, Squash, Cucumbers, Artichokes, and some herbs will have to hang on just a bit longer in their tiny, inch by inch cells.
So, today, while Tamara works, I'm baking and cooking up a nice dinner of Braised Rabbit atop homemade Pappardelle with a salad of spicy arugula and a crusty loaf of bread. For dessert, rhubarb pie with a mint-infused crust will have to do.
I can't help but feel guilty that I'm not outside preparing the beds, but really working the soil in this weather would probably lead to a good deal of detrimental compaction, so I suppose I can rest easy. Still I could be picking slugs off the mushroom logs or weeding. Which leads me to the ultimate conclusion that I can never rest easy this time of year. Alas, I hope to manage a little self-appeasement this evening through outrageous acts of gluttony. Who knows?
All that being said - the Skaneateles Farmer's Market starts this Thursday, May 19th back at the old hockey rink on the corner of Jordan and Austin. So get out and support your community and your health. We'll be joining the Market on Saturdays when it goes to its twice weekly schedule June 11th.
In the meantime, we'll be trying to help things grow so we don't look like fools on our first day. I think we'll be alright. I will be baking a few loaves of bread and hamburger and hot dog rolls to help fill out our stand and we got a really cool stamp in the mail today, so ...
Here are some pictures of recent meals we've enjoyed and some other daily happenings. If you visit this blog to enjoy my typical biting wit, you'll have to wait for another day. I'm too busy enjoying a much needed, relaxing day in the kitchen.
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| ALL WE ARE SAYING ... IS GIVE PEAS A CHANCE |
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| BEES busy collecting pollen |
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| Salad with a nice edible flower |
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| Fried DUCK egg with asparagus, truffled cornbread, and some cheese from the Northland Sheep Diary |
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| Homemade Veggie Burgers with black beans and ramps topped with kimchi |
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| Plum Blossoms |
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| Tamara watering our young blueberries |
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| Pork Steak with grilled Ramps (thanks the Pig) |
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| Soft Boiled Egg wrapped in bacon and fried (thanks Dan Barber and the Pig and some chicken) |
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| and again, but back in time |
