Farmers Market Tomorrow

Temps are still a little low for summer but I'll take 'em!  Our corn is over 7' tall and throwing tassels.  Toms, cucs and peppers are forming fruit, and potatoes are about ready to dig.  Best of all, 13 garlic varieties are dug, hung, cured, cleaned and stored in big wire baskets so I'm looking forward to selling tomorrow at the Hood River Thursday Night Farmers Market.  Hope to see you there!  I haven't decided on our recipe of the week as I've collected a number of unusual and yummy recipes over the winter.  The first week is usually a basic roasted garlic and I'll probably start there with tomato garlic chutney slated for the second week.


Sunday was my birthday and a turkey hen presented us with 6 new chicks, all still doing well.  She's a young mama and not upset at all about us taking her babies.  The turkey hen "queen" is doing her part to teach the young ones, clucking a warning cluck when we come around and announcing when the young mama let the babies come out from the nest into the sun.  Turkeys have such interesting personalities.  The young mama was very ready to join the rest of the flock after 28 days of sitting but the flock had to re-establish their pecking order the minute she entered the yard.  Such fighting and puffing up and submitting for a few minutes; then, the coop was quiet again.  Sounds like most households with kids ;o)  Happy Summer!