Fresh Pesto

It was so amazing. I used California Walnuts instead of pine nuts and Kessera cheese. YUM! It was so good I wanted to smear it all over my face. But I did not, we ate it instead.

Can it Sista!

I'm not sure how long my brother and his wife have been canning beans and pickles (okra next year please) but their batches get better every year. Oooo, now that I start thinking about it they made this spicy pear compote that was awesome and another time they made apple chutney, it is apple season. Can you grow asparagus in Portland? Hint-hint.

Anyway, I am finally getting into the game. Brother helped me pick out the Ball canning kit and I feel pretty good about it. It came with a cook book but I couldn't help but to also buy Well Preserved, Evan told me to. I just love her.






So my first lesson was that you cannot can pesto. So after all this excitement and hoopla I will still be freezing the huge batch I am going to make this weekend.

Perhaps apple chutney is in my future.

Now what?

Do we grow passion fruit vine? Cup and saucer? California grapes? WHAT?

Gardens Of Gratitude

Its not Long Beach but its super cool...

http://www.gardensofgratitude.org/howitworks.html

The Fence

Amazing how much difference a wall makes. No more barking dogs, no more worrying about creepy people watching me pull weeds. None of that no more. I can officially go outside in the middle of the night and kill snails in private.

This is MY Yard

We don't need no education
We don't need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave them kids alone
Hey! Teachers! Leave them kids alone!
All in all it's just another brick in the wall.
All in all you're just another brick in the wall.

Its not bricks but it sure is a wall....

Thank you Husband and Craig!

Sneak peak

A little sneak peak into the disaster that is looming around the corner...it involves tile AND mold. Good times ahead!