"Patty pan squash, tomatoes, yard long beans, purple beans, burgandy beans, and green beans" were all harvested on Aug. 8! Good job, guys! Linda and her team are always so helpful at the food pantry. Miss B.'s had two families who were recipients of our vegetables also.
http://www.seedsavers.org/
Check out this site! I find their goals very admirable.
Since 1975, Seed Savers Exchange members have passed on approximately one million samples of rare garden seeds to other gardeners. They are a non-profit organization of gardeners dedicated to saving and sharing heirloom seeds.
With apples ready (and others almost ready, depending on your tree) here's a recipe for you to try. I thought about it as I was writing a new set of "ag related" nursery rhymes.. I recently picked lots of apples for my mom to take home to Dickinson and make applesauce. She shared them with friends and relatives who are the masters of making apple pie.
Nursery Rhyme: Hush A Bye Baby
Hush a bye baby, on the tree top
Look at those apples
It’s quite a good crop They’ll grow each day, like you They’ll get red and round The sauce, good and tasty With apples all around.
Homemade Applesauce Ingredients 4 apples - peeled, cored and chopped 3/4 cup water 1/4 cup white sugar 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon Directions: 1.In a saucepan, combine apples, water, sugar, and cinnamon. Cover, and cook over medium heat for 15 to 20 minutes, or until apples are soft. Allow to cool, then mash with a fork or potato masher.
We met some kids down the block when they stopped by to ask for some apples. I can tell they must be raised by good parents if they were willing to ring the door bell and ask. Nice to meet you Gunnar and Benson.
A trip to the food pantry was made on both August 4th and 5th. As you can see in the newpaper above, beans, squash, and cucumbers were donated. (some big ones too).
