Playing catch up...

These photos were taken over the past couple of weeks, as I haven't updated the blog in a while.

Melons and more...

Cucumber harvest already?

Picked 4 cucs, gave the first one to my neighbor. Picked a few green belle peppers and an ivory belle. Chopped off a few big banana peppers and even a small jalapeno.

Same cucumber from 2 days ago!

These things grow so fast!

Broccoli harvest and eggplant parm.

Ida made this really delicious eggplant parm that included the eggplant and some fresh basil and oregano from the garden.

• 3 tablespoons olive
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 eggplant, peeled and cut into 1/4 inch slices
• 1 tablespoon fresh basil chopped
• 1 teaspoon fresh oregano chopped
• 1 tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese
• 1 medium tomato, thinly sliced
• 1/2 cup shredded reduced fat mozzarella cheese
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• Directions

  1. Slice eggplant, sprinkle both sides with salt, place in colander for one hour. Rinse well with cool water, pat dry.
  2. Combine olive oil and garlic- brush over both sides of eggplant slices.
  3. Place on a greased baking sheet. Bake at 425 degrees F for 15 minutes. Turn over eggplant slices and bake another 5-8 minutes longer or until golden brown.
  4. Cool on a wire rack.
  5. Place half of the eggplant in a greased 1-qt. baking dish.
  6. Sprinkle with half of the basil and Parmesan cheese.
  7. Arrange tomato slices over top; sprinkle with remaining basil and Parmesan and layer with half of the mozzarella cheese and the remaining eggplant; top with remaining mozzarella.
  8. Cover and bake at 350 degrees F for 20 minutes.
  9. Uncover and bake 5-8 minutes longer or until the cheese is melted.

Though not what I would call bountiful, we topped our first broccoli:

First zucchini and a few jalapenos...

The moon and more..

Though we're not growing it in the garden, I did get a lot of mosquito bites trying to photograph the moon, and that has to do with nature and all that jazz...

Cucumbers are doing well. I handled this one and knocked off some of the spikes.