Gardening Update

The garden appears to be ramping up into high gear-- just in time for when we are going to be gone on vacation.  Tomatoes are turning red, summer squash and zucchini are taking over, and the peppers are ripening.  Over the past week we have been trying to keep up with eating all the produce.  I have only picked 1 zucchini and 1 squash but they made multiple meals.  I made lemon basil pasta primavera with basil, squash, and zucchini.  My next dish was a pesto cavatappi with fresh basil.  We then had Arthur's famous sauteed squash and zucchini (one of the first dishes he ever made for me).  Our Friday night pizza was even topped with mushrooms, squash, zucchini, and pepperoni.  That was a huge step for me.  If asked what kind of pizza I would like my response is anything without vegetables. I am willing to embrace any pizza as long as it is meat and cheese-- veggies go in a salad and not on my pizza.  Arthur finally wore me down by requesting mushrooms on pizza.  I figured if I caved in to mushrooms I ought to go all out and dump a boat load of veggies on.  I would say that one of the major transformational life changes that have occurred this past year is the amount of strange veggies (this includes anything outside of potatoes, carrots, corn, peas, and lettuce) I am cooking with and eating.  What is happening to me?

Our other exciting news in the gardening realm is that we had our first compost harvest. We took our worm bin out to the backyard and dumped it onto a shower curtain to short out the worms from the compost.  It was probably a good thing our neighbors weren't around to see what curious activities we were up to.  It took some time to sort the worms our but it was also good for us to get more one on one interaction with Dennis.  I was very pleased with the amount of compost we have to mix in with our soil for next year.  The other plus of our compost party was that while we were in the backyard a Jehovah's Witness must of stopped by but since we didn't answer the door they just left a pamphlet.  Worm ownership has so many benefits of which we were unaware.  Omnia Vincit Amor.