We did manage to squeeze a few more things out of our garden. Although small, the eggplants actually did OK in the poor conditions, and the peppers faithfully produced in their pots on the deck:
They quickly became this tasty stir fry --
Our leeks should have been in the ground quite a bit longer, but they were wilting so badly and had ceased any growing. So we put them out of their misery. Seven leeks gave us only 2-3 cups; they look more like scallions here:
No matter. They were still delicious in our potato leek soup:
I know, soup in 99F heat. But sometimes the 82F air conditioning seems downright chilly!
One surprise in our garden has been our "crabapple" trees. We ordered these from Arbor Day, so one would assume they would have the variety correct. These are the biggest crabapples I've ever seen:
Apparently the only difference between an apple and a crabapple is just the diameter of the fruit. We hope these are edible but I'm not holding my breath. Lisa always said she wanted an apple orchard...
Our lone persimmon is still hanging in there, but it will be a few months still before it is ripe. I do hope we get to eat it.
Had to share the delicious chocolate chip scones Lisa made last weekend:
And Caretta has claimed her new favorite napping spot. I call this her Maru "more small box" impression:
Don't know Maru? Watch this: Many too small boxes and Maru
(it's a little long, but watch the whole thing. "Slim box" is the best.
And finally, Lisa had a really cool find a few weeks back:
A dried leaf? No...look closer:
It's a moth! How cool is this guy? We think he's some kind of sphinx moth, but we are not quite sure. This other blog, At Altitutude, called it a blind sphinx, but I don't know. They have some cool pictures of it, though!
