**Please insert here my usual array of excuses for utterly abandoning my garden/food blog**
There, that’s better. Even though I haven’t been talking about it, we’re still cooking of course. Twitter has been my medium of choice lately, being both fast and succinct, so all the pics are winding up there. There’s been turtles and a gorgeous pot roast. Thanksgiving saw an amazing cherry-brined/cherrywood-smoked turkey, and a made-from-scratch Boston Creme pie. Before that there was cashew chicken, my new favorite bread (recipe here), applewood-smoked chicken, and a rustic peach tart.
Likewise the garden is not completely fallow. I started the very last of my tomato seeds (I’m completely out of tomato seeds…that’s never happened to me before!) a little too late in the season for a fall crop, and am now babying the plants along, trying to prevent these crazy December frosts from completely spoiling my freezer-restocking ambitions. Global warming, hey? *snort*
On the agenda in the next few weeks:
- Clean out planting boxes, dammit! Restock with fresh dirt and get the winter things started (greens and snow peas).
- Completely re-work the irrigation setup out back. It’s CRAZY, I say!
- Post more recipes! This week will see Joe Froggers, homemade tootsie rolls and salted caramels.
There, I think that’s enough for now. Wouldn’t want to strain myself, ya?