Neglected blog AKA a rapid post of works in progress…

It has been crazy busy around here, and, though I have planned a number of posts for the blog, and even taken a few illustrating pictures, I haven’t managed to write any of the individual posts. So here is a teaser of some upcoming projects:

These are fresh chocolate mint leaves soaking in condensed milk.  The homegrown mint leaves are planted in a container so they don’t take over an entire bed.  I like to run my hands through the plant — the aroma is lovely. I am also drying some leaves to be used in tea. I will be making some chocolates with this mint-infused milk, as soon as I get an undedicated moment in the kitchen.

Made with the last box of fresh BC blueberries I picked up from Granville Island, these are my blueberry cinnamon buns (seen here posed with a strawberry rhubarb smoothie — recipe by Michael). I have every intention of posting the recipe and no time to write it down.

I participated in Urban Grains’ CSA this year and just picked up my haul — 4 sacks!! — of red spring & winter, white winter and rye flour. I have not found the time to even dream about what I will be making with these flours, but you can guess there will be lots of cookies and breads and maybe even pasta recipes tested soon!

Lastly, a garden update.  This is our watermelon which never did grow out of it’s baby form… but it was still a sweet, though awfully seedy, treat!

So that is me for now… there are lots of knitting projects to finish and a bunch of loom projects to take pictures of, but right now I am researching and writing a new feature film script and, unfortunately, work trumps hobbies.

baby “sugar baby” watermelon

The last few days have not been kind to the garden–lots of rain and lower temperatures.  Powdery mildew is trying to take hold of the squash plants, and I am seriously worried that what was shaping up to be a bumper crop of tomatoes will now be a breeding ground for blight.

Despite that, this little one,  more sheltered on the south side of the house, is actually attempting to fruit, who knows if it will be at all edible by the end of season, but it sure is cute:

Plant: Sugar Baby Watermelon
Purchased (as a seedling) at Garden Works, Burnaby