I've been so busy this last week I haven't taken any photos of what I've been eating from preserved food. I swear I was going to, but the food was all eaten before I got a chance. The last of the potatoes was used up on New England Clam Chowder. I also made a chickpea soup. My onion stores are really low now. I can make just a couple of more dishes then I'm stuck with supermarket onions.
The big downfall was my birthday party. My hubby and I always throw large birthday parties where we play mostly European board games (which are better than American parlor games) and chat with friends. I bought a premade veggie platter from Costco and a huge container of grapes. I should have made some coleslaw since I still have plenty of cabbage, but my son and I spent our time making lime rum balls and rum cake. Yum. Much fun was had by all and I even got to play Perquacky which is my favorite word game. But nothing from my stores was used. Not one little bit.
I hope you are all doing better than me with eating from the garden this week. My garden is still buried in snow and the kale is nowhere to be seen. I'm thinking it is still there to be harvested.
If you would like to help me believe that harvests still exist, put your name and URL into Mr. Linky below. It doesn't matter how big or small your harvest is. If you have had a harvest this last week, show us and join in!
Board games are the best. I refer to them as a frugal night of fun. I've never played European board games before. Our favorite board game is bananagrams...very fun!
ReplyDeleteThomas, my group of friends really loves to play games. It is hard to get a couple of families together without a game coming out.
ReplyDeleteHmm, I'd love to hear more about European board games. We love games here at Henbogle. Like Thomas, we enjoy Bananagrams, but a big favorite is Snatch, a terrific word tile game.
ReplyDeleteHope the snow melts a bit so you can find your kale!
Not a huge amount of harvesting going on this week - some carrots and parsnips. We used stored food items for virtually every meal prepared in the past week - which is pretty normal for us at this time of year. I am getting down to the bottom of the bag on my stored onions as well - but I have green onions growing in the garden and greenhouse that will be leaned on once the storage onions are all used up.
ReplyDeletePlaying games with friends is a great way to spend time together. Glad you have had such a pleasant week with family and friends.
I managed to cut some lettuce under the hoops and dug up some Egyptian Walking Onions to grill with out grass-fed steak! It was yummy good.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I was gonna link to my sprout harvest but I don't think it counts...thanks for giving the motivation to learn how to sprout Daphne!
ReplyDeleteI’m linking my first this years harvest. I hope to link them more soon!
ReplyDeleteDaphne,
ReplyDeleteI have been reading your blog for a while and thought it was time to introduce myself. You have inspired me to start my own blog. http://briggsgarden.blogspot.com/
I would love to add my site to your Harvest Monday's when the time comes. This will be my first garden ever so I am sure I will have lots of questions for you and the garden blogging community! Thanks for keeping me entertained and inspired.
Happy Birthday! It sounds like you know how to put on a good party. There's still a few veggies coming out of my garden that you can take a gander at. We've actually had a run of nice weather the past week which I hope will get things growing a little more quickly.
ReplyDeleteHau'oli La Hanau Daphne!!!
ReplyDelete(Happy Birthday!!!)
That will be cool if your kale survives under the snow! My dino kale plants have grown v e r y slowly in the warm Maui climate. I doubt the plants will reach a normal size before the weather heats up again. Since they grow so slow here I've been adding kale seeds when I plant mesclun salad mixes and that's working well. Have a great week!!
Ali, oh they are just fabulous. They do have one problem though. The rules usually take 1/2-1 hour to learn. The quintessential one is probably Settlers of Catan. We got it before it was published in English so ours is all in German. I usually ease people into such games by teaching them Cartagena, which I describe as an adult Candyland. The rules are very simple (and has picture cards and you jump to the pictures), but you have to think to play it. Kids can play since the rules are easy, but it isn't a luck game. One of the best things about the games is the boards are works of art. They are always beautiful. I was really sad when the published the American version of Settlers and they redid the artwork. Ick! The German versions are beautiful, but not the ones you find in the US.
ReplyDeletekitsapFG, I left a few green onions in the garden hoping they would overwinter. I know if they do I'll be so happy to eat them.
Diane, that sounds delicious
Thomas, it counts for us in the winter. I'm not counting it in my pounds, but hey its pretty good for times when the ground is frozen solid.
vrlarica, you had just beautiful green onions. I really miss mine.
Lauren, good luck with your first garden.
Michelle, it won't be long for your spring to start. I won't be planting until the second half of March, but I'm guessing you start a lot earlier.
A Kitchen Garden in Kihei, everyone keeps telling me the kale is very hardy. I'll find out soon enough I guess. If it doesn't I'll be kicking myself that I didn't pick it in December.
Sometimes rum balls have to win out over coleslaw. They just have to. Your party sounds like a blast.
ReplyDeleteI hope your party was a blast. We know dedicated board gamers, but I usually just watched them play Settlers of Catan and ate. . . Seriously, though, the choice between rum balls and cole slaw sounds pretty easy.
ReplyDeleteLate to the party, but I made it with my tiny harvest!
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday! I hope you had a fabulous day.
Happy Birthday! It sounds like you are having a nice time with your kids home too.
ReplyDeleteTo all: I was noticing that several of the links didn't go to the right page. I think I have that fixed now (maybe).
ReplyDeleteChristina, my son would say always. I was eating coleslaw yesterday for a snack and he couldn't stand the smell. He just hates cabbage. Rum balls he loves.
Granny, and a pretty one it was. Thanks it was a wonderful day. I was a bad hostess though. I let the soda run out when I had plenty in the basement. I just forgot to check the cooler. Since I don't drink soda I didn't even notice.
GrafixMuse, I'm having a great time with the kids home. I'm not getting my blog writing in, but soon they will be gone.
Never played board games other than Risk and Trivial Pursuit back in the day, but my spouse and I do occasionally play Crokinole (which he royally whomps me at!). As for harvests, I sadly have none to report, other than what I harvested from one of the local farm markets this week! Apples and pears and carrots and turnip and cabbage and parsnips...I simply hate when the pantry or fridge get low on produce.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, Daphne. No harvest this week, though I did sow a few of your seeds and blogged about it. I'm eating from a garden or farm; just not my own.
ReplyDeleteI tried for a harvest last monday but everything was way to frozen and laying on the ground. They are still calling for a warm up though so I am hopeful for one next monday.... darn winter!
ReplyDeletecollards. mustards. that's it that's fresh but we're still eating garlic and dry beans from the garden...
ReplyDeleteJodi, I wouldn't mind a local farm market in the winter. The farmers markets shut down at the end of October and the farms usually shut down then or after Thanksgiving.
ReplyDeleteSally, Good luck on the seed. I'm going to have to get my set up started soon.
Dan, I wish it would stay cold this winter. My snow blanket would stay and the few plants I'm overwintering would live better.
Milkweed, I'm eating dried beans and garlic too. I seem to have saved enough garlic, but my other things like onions, potatoes, and carrots are fast running out.
Ahead of our three day record-breaking freeze I picked all the mesclun because we were warned it wouldn't survive temperatures in the teens. My fall garden got off to a very slow start because the leaves don't fall until late December and the garden is too shaded before that.
ReplyDeleteThe mesclun had just gotten big enough to do some cut-and-come-again harvesting. But since I thought t was lost and it was already very cold, I just hurriedly yanked it out. I shouldn't have done that as what I missed seems to have survived the freeze just fine (under row covers).
Don't worry about forgetting to take pictures! I do it all the time :) It's most difficult to remember when you are hungry and dinner is on the table!
ReplyDeletemss, it looks like you had a nice little harvest of greens. My salads are all coleslaw right now.
ReplyDeleteJackie, my problems is I say to myself I'll take the photo at the next meal (soup usually lasts a couple days at least), but the next day I forget. I really ought to just take it right away.