Our hamster.

Our hamster is so sweet, we love to play with her and watch her eat.

 

In my Garden.

Every day we eat at least 5 cucumbers, the beans are drying out because the AC is blowing hot air at them but I picked a handful and used it in a stew, the garlic is ready for pulling and the potatoes will be out this weekend for a dinner, strawberries are done and I will put in new onions next week. 

 

Drying.

I dried mushrooms before, sliced in an oven and they were really good but time consuming. This time I decided to just hang hole mushrooms to air dry.

 

Weekend dinner.

This weekend I made again perogies this time with blueberries. We all love any kind but in summer fresh fruits are the main ingredient. 

 

Napkin Man.

Last two days we spend at kids festival organized by local TV station. There were lots of fun stuff to do, but the highlight for us was meeting Mr. Anthony from Napkin Man also known as Detective Murdoch.

 

From my Garden.

Lots of herbs to dry and some strawberries, beans and cucumbers.

 

Breakfast.

Organic eggs, home made bread, kale and cucumber from the garden = delicious breakfast. 

 

Pickles.

Its that time again, pickles are loved here so I make few jars every year.
I soak the cucumbers in a cod water for few hours so they become more crispy.

I add garlic, horseradish and dill.

Fill the jars with cold salty water( I boiled the water with salt ahead and let it cool).

 

Jams.

My last jams this season, just because I don't have any more room to store them. Blueberry and cherry.

 

In my Garden.

All I can say is that my balcony is my favorite place to sit down with a book. Every week I make personal notes about the garden, how thing grow or don't grow and what should I do next year. The beans created nice green wall and the cucumbers small roof. 

 

By the Lake.

Second trip to the lake this summer but first dip in the water, very short one because 5 minutes later rain came and it made us all wet.

Mushrooms.

I love this time of the year, all the preserving and eating delicious fresh fruits and veggies, it keeps me really busy. This year I am planning to try new things like making home ketchup and relish, pickling mushrooms and beets. I started with mushrooms, they look good and in few weeks we will see how they taste. If they are good (like I hope, because I love mushrooms), they will join my preserving list.  

 

Strawberries.

My weekend was full of strawberries, I froze few bags, made some perogies and we had smoothies. This weekend was sweet.