Muffins with local blackberry jelly were my breakfast and lunch. Dinner was shrimp and oyster po'boys on homemade bread with local tomatoes, fried okra, baked sweet potato chips, and Abita beer. Aaaaah.
In the garden, I've FINALLY got some beet sprouts. The arugula is doing well and I'll be able to start trimming leaves to accent our meals. All the brassicas are thriving. Our jalapenos are still producing. The green onions are hanging in there. The chard is growing slowly. The beans, sadly, have suffered from the bean leaf rollers that Bill Finch mentioned in his Friday column. I don't know if we'll see anything from them. I bought parsley at the farmers market and put that in the ground, and divided my thyme and chives. The satsumas are just starting to show a hint of color. Our pathetic little Meyer lemon tree has one gigantic lemon that's beginning to ripen, and I look forward to using it this month during the Eat Local Challenge.
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