This Week at Ramsey Farms

For the week ending June 14, 2014~

hail storm

This week was the official kick-start to summer as schools let out and a new routine is (somewhat) in place. The week was full of sleeping-in, summer sports workouts, the pool, playing outside, afternoon thunderstorms (even a big hail storm Tuesday), baking breads, cooking dinners, mom's taxi cab service, and the continuous painting in my great room. No house showings this week. Ready for the next new owner to come find this place and make their offer!!

I delivered a big order of rosemary bread and buttery white bread (I cannot come up with a good name for it) to a customer this week. I collected my earnings from my retail display of strawberry jams (all sold out) and set up a little display to take bread orders and jams. I spent a nice hot sunshiny couple hours one afternoon picking raspberries and made a batch of jam the next day. Fresh raspberries are so good in a glass of wine or just a glass of ice water with a sprig of organic chocolate mint!

We enjoyed an awesome stir fry of fresh squash, onions, carrots, garlic, & basil with our dinner one night this week. We grew everything in it but the squash, but that came from around the corner so the entire dish was grown right here in our neighborhood! It went deliciously with baked pork chops, brown rice, and homemade bread. The garden is producing plenty of green beans, sweet peas, onions, carrots, and beets right now and the potatoes will soon be ready for harvesting and eating!

There is nothing better than sitting in the shade of a southern June afternoon with a big ol' glass of sweet iced tea garnished with a sprig of mint and fresh raspberries while you sleepily chat with friends, family, and neighbors and enjoy the birdsong. I love my lovely spot next to the herb garden for that, but I am looking forward to having a bigger backyard in the deeper south to enjoy...