Off to MN!

Well folks, we are off to the beautiful land of MN!! As you know I am super excited to see our friends and family and to spend some quality time on the land of 10,000 lakes! I just checked the weather and looks like we will be enjoying temps during the day in the mid 80's and at night in the mid 60's. That means I need to pack my swimsuit and sweatshirt!

See ya'll later!!

CSA Week 13 & 14

I know I forgot to blog about last week's harvest but it was the same as the week before so nothing too exciting there. :) This week however, we got some new additions! Figs!! I had never tried fresh figs before so I was anxious to give them a try. And? I liked them! They have a small hint of plum flavor. Unfortunately, when I got home yesterday... Eric had ate them ALL! So I only got to try one bite. Oh well, I am sure we will be getting more!



Here is the complete list:

-Figs
-Melon
-Summer Squash
-Cucumbers
-Tomatoes
-Peppers (I liked these too!!)
-Basil
-Garlic
-Beans

Some of our peppers...

Peaches...Peaches....and more Peaches!

As I mentioned before, we bought some peaches on Friday from Thomas' Peach Farm. The last few days the peaches have ripened on our kitchen table so we could can, freeze, and bake them. Last night, Eric and I started processing some of our many peaches. We canned 4 large jars and 3 small jars of peaches using a recipe from Cooks.com. We will see if they turned out OK in a few days.



The rest of the peaches we pealed, sliced and froze on cookie sheets for smoothies and other fun drinks.



Tomorrow we plan on having peaches and ice cream and baking a peach pie!

A Great Weekend! Part 2

Friday we spent the morning hiking at Hard Labor Creek State Park. It was HOT HOT HOT outside! We hiked 4.4 miles on a horseback riding trail. It was a good hike with some elevation changes. While hiking we saw some wild boar. They ran away quickly so I didn't get a chance to snap a picture, but they were fun to see! Here is a picture of the four of us at the half way point.



After hiking we stopped at Thomas' Peaches in Watkinsville. We bought a large basket of peaches for canning and eating. Unfortunately they are not quite ripe so they are currently ripening on my kitchen table. :) I will let you know how the canning worked when I am done!


Saturday was graduation day! We got up early, got ready and drove to Demorest, Ga for my graduation from Piedmont College. I had to wear this ridiculous black polyester gown that had wings on the sleeves. Again, it was HOT outside so we took some quick pictures after the ceremony before running to the car to get in the AC.




Once we got home we took a few more pictures...it was MUCH more comfortable in the shade without the black polyester oven on me :)




Saturday night we had a little party with my parents and close friends at our favorite Pizza place. I had a great day celebrating my graduation! It was wonderful to have my parents here and to hang out with some good friends!

A Great Weekend!

This weekend was GREAT! Eric and I picked up my parents from the Airport on Thursday afternoon and we spent the afternoon in Atlanta at the Aquarium. (Thank you Bethany for the two free tickets!!) We probably spent 3-4 hours at the Aquarium. There are so many beautiful fish, whales, sharks and other things to look at! Here are some of my better pictures...







The best part of the Aquarium is the large tank with the Whale Sharks, Manta Rays, and a whole lot of other big fish! You start by walking under the tank through a tunnel before you get to the big viewing area. We were lucky enough to be there right when they did a fish feeding. It was VERY cool to watch!






More to come on the rest of our weekend later....

CSA Week 12

I am so behind!!! Last week Roots Farm CSA gave us:



-Blueberries
-Summer Squash
-Cucumbers
-Tomatoes
-Pepper
-Basil
-Garlic
-Beans
-Carrots
-Eggplant

Three weeks ago I forgot to take a picture of the purple pepper. I decided to go to the farmers market two Saturdays ago and I picked up a few more! So here are the purple peppers :) Cool hu?