the bounty...

what a blessing having a garden is!

i posted during the prep part of what it looked like before

here.

 

now???

 

 

 amazing , huh?
my hubby is a rock star gardener!
my favorite are the pole beans climbing up, almost magical.
and there is a ton you can't see from these pictures, the perimeter beds for one.


and then of course,
what to do with all this bounty?!

zuchinni muffins:  {with the cutest mixers to boot}

 

tomatoes:

 

dinner!:

this is a tomato tart.

and YUM!

i don't even like tomatoes but this was sooo good.

i made the recipe up as i went 

 

 

 tomato tart:

phyllo dough, about 8 sheets, brushed with melted butter and crushed garlic each layer

 

once the phyllo is stacked,

put sliced tomatoes and sliced zucchini haphazardly on.

add fresh basil and rosemary.

and some kosher salt and pepper.

sprinkle with parm cheese and smoked gouda {i really think the gouda sent it up 5 notches}.

sprinkle with evoo and bake til brown and melty!

 

{i tried to get this pic without showing my nasty pan.  but now i am pointing it out and telling you!  that's so me!}

 

and this next one is one of my easy peasy go-to meals on a hard day!

 

 

pasta-sausage:

sausage {i like adielle's chicken with sun dried tomato and mozzarella}

cooked bow tie pasta

cut up zucchini {or mushrooms}

 

stir fry meat and veggies with a little butter,

add in pasta and herbs

sprinkle with fresh tomatoes or parm.

 

 

i used fresh garden bounty in 2 dishes!

well, the phyllo wasn't garden fresh.

or the pasta.

or the cheese.

and i didn't churn the butter.

whatever-

an almost garden meal.

 

how does my garden grow?

through my husband's hours upon hours of hard work mainly.

excuse the pictures, as this is a major work in progress...

our starts are in this window,

right behind my couch.

which is not quite as annoying as i had not-so optimistically expected;).

we do all our veggies from seeds.

by we i mostly mean my hubby.

left side of the front yard:

big flower box, border flower boxes,

unfinished picket fence,

basket ball,

and the 2 herb boxes are the smaller ones

{can you believe how huge last years herbs are already?!}

i grow peppermint,

rosemary, sage, lemon thyme, thyme, oregano and will put  basil and chammomile in this year.

 we are putting in crushed granite in the pathways later this week.

view from road:

ignore all construction junk on porch ,

hubs has been working on all the border boxes.

strawberries, last year we had a major earwig issue in our strawberries,

ewwwwwwww.

right side of the yard are our veggie/fruit boxes.

view from front walk

view from porch

{there is another big one you can't see behind that hideous ponderosa pine tree}

there will be tomatoes, cilantro {i know that's an herb},

yellow squash, zucchini, bell pepper, jalapenos,

watermelon, pole beans,

cabbage,

etc.

i can't wait until everything is fruitful and multiplying!

i will show you then!

playing along with alicia!

come play too:)

how does your garden grow?

blessings,

mandy