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| I'm writing this at night but I know what's happening in the dark garden. The beans have caught Olympic fever and having noted the outrageous zucchini performances, are vying for garden Gold. We have never had such beans. They're going to the podium for a medal! |
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| That's home for the beans. Two rows planted on either side of a six-foot support system. |
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| Eight pounds of beans in one picking. Should I rejoice or hide in the closet? |
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| The beans were just part of that day's harvest. The bowls on the left are filled with basil leaves awaiting pesto production. There there's garlic for the pesto and strawberries for the hell of it. They just keep on making more berries. |
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| The makings for dilly green beans with garlic and hot peppers. The dried cayennes are from last year's garden. The dill grows weed-like all around the garden. |
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| The finished product—great for gifts and parties. |
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| This is the BEST fresh green bean recipe and includes pesto and cherry tomatoes. Recipe below |
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| I realize that most of our dinner's look the same. Dark and green. But this one is especially good because it includes BACON and PESTO. The menu: marinated cukes and sweet onions; pickled beets; pesto green beans; and a great big stir fry of new potatoes, zucchini, chard, and onions, sauteed in bacon fat then topped with crumbled bacon and a bit of shaved Parmesan. I love summer. |
