We had such a wonderful 4th of July holiday, even with it being in the middle of the week. In the morning we surfed by our house for a bit, then headed up to Oceanside to spend the afternoon with our good friend Greg, his friend Tom and Greg’s nephew and his nephew’s girlfriend. It [...]
Archive for July, 2007
Chocolate Coma Cookies
Posted in Baking, Dessert, Food, Recipes on July 6, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Outdoor Feast
Posted in Food, Outdoors, Recipes, Summer, Vegetarian, dinner, picnic on July 3, 2007 | No Comments »
After flipping on the oven and stove to prepare last night’s meal and dessert, I knew that drastic measures needed to be taken - namely, we needed to vacate the hot sticky premises. A quick search of the property yielded some serving tables, and we were all set for a summer meal outdoors.
This meal is [...]
Garden Progress
Posted in Food Not Lawns, Gardening, Outdoors, Vegetables, garden on July 2, 2007 | No Comments »
It’s been a while since I’ve shown off the front yard - this is what it looked like in front of our house just a couple of weeks ago. Even though this picture doesn’t show scale very well (the tomato plants are getting huge!), this is what it looks like now, chock full of tomatoes, peppers, [...]
The Worms Crawl In, the Worms Crawl Out
Posted in Food Not Lawns, Gardening, Outdoors, compost, worms on July 2, 2007 | 4 Comments »
People, the purple beast has been tamed. I hit a bit of a snag the other day when I realized that, even though the dresser is made up of sturdy, worm appropriate wood, the bottom of the dresser drawers are made of particle board. Argh.
The worms thrive in a moist, dark, damp atmosphere, and those conditions [...]
