Garden Gab-Garden Oddities, Week 10
No sweeping look at the garden this week.
I thought I’d show you some of my garden oddities.
Have you ever watched the show Oddities on the science/discovery channel?
My husband and I love it. Love it.
In honor of our love of Obscura and Oddities….I give you oddities, garden style.
Squash twins.
Acorn Squash twins, but only one is really thriving.
Twin Tomatoes
I love the oddities that nature creates.
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Oh, what a day.
I hope you all had a fun filled Memorial Day.
I thought I’d give you a peek into how my family spent Memorial Day.
My Mother was returning from a dog show in Oklahoma. She made it to just outside of the DFW area and then this happened.
No one was hurt.
The RV was totaled.
RVs don’t stop quickly, so when the vehicle in front of her slammed on their brakes she did what she could to stop. She began to fish tale and slide. The RV flipped, but the truck she was driving did not.
The highway was shut down for about 3 hours.
My Job was to take care of the dog and 6 puppies she had with her.
Puppies play hard, then they nap hard.
Lather, rinse, repeat.
Everyone is safe and home now.
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Slow Cooker Pulled Pork
Memorial Day is an important holiday to me. It’s about more than just a day off and great food. My Grandfather’s funeral was on Memorial Day.
My Grandfather was very important to me. He and my Grandmother lived within walking distance of my teenage home. I spent many hours with my Grandparents. My Grandfather took me for my driving test at 16 and spent hours in his station wagon with me teaching me how to parallel park.
My Grandfather served in World War II. He was a brave Air Force Navigator.
I honor and remember the sacrifices of our Military everyday.
Pulled pork says Summer to me.
Using the Slow Cooker says easy to me.
Paper plates are fancy, if the food on them is tasty.
Slow Cooker Pulled Pork, lightly adapted from a Fox4 Good Day recipe segment.
- 1 bone in pork butt, fat trimmed, approximately 4-6 pounds
- 1 can of Chipotle peppers in Adobo sauce
- 2 tablespoons paprika
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 2 tablespoons of mustard
- 1 teaspoon of turmeric
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- pinch of black pepper
- 4 garlic cloves, peeled
- 1 yellow onion, peeled
Place all the ingredients except the pork into a food processor and pulse them into a paste.
Place the pork into your slow cooker. It goes without saying that you need to remove the meats packaging right? 
Place the spice mixture on top of the roast.
Cook on Low for 8-10 hours.
Drain any fatty bits and most of the juice. The meat will be fall off the bone tender.
shredded heaven…..
Return the meat to the slow cooker and use the “Warm” setting to keep it sandwich ready for hours.
Enjoy!
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Garden Fresh Zucchini Bread
From this…..
To this….
To this…..
To Nom-ed.
Recipe to post separately.
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Garden Gab, Week 9
This week my garden is in major production mode. Zucchini, yellow squash, cucumbers…we got em.
Beans and peas are booming!
My onion has a flower.
Cucumber and squash.
The tomatoes are ripening….finally!
The baby watermelons are growing well. I just found another this morning, so now we have 4. The 3 bigger ones are pictured below.
The newly planted spaghetti squash and butternut squash are growing well.
The peach tree my husband bought me for my birthday is planted and doing well so far.
How is your garden growing?
I have Phun with iPhone Photos!
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Slow Cooker Monday
Last week I did very little cooking.
We grilled some.
My grill master takes his grilling seriously.
We went out to dinner some.
And….I used the slow cooker some.
When we want baked potatoes with our grilled meats, I don’t turn on the oven. That would heat up my whole kitchen.
I don’t use the microwave to nuke my spuds.
I break out my slow cooker and allow it to slow bake my potatoes.
It’s super easy.
1. Wash and pierce the potatoes you want to bake.
2. Place them into the slow cooker.
3. Cook on high for about 4 hours.
4. I turn the potatoes halfway through the cooking process.
5. When the potatoes are soft they are done.
Mine usually take 4 to 4 & a half hours.
6. Enjoy.
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What is Sexy…
My dearest friend Lane is being featured as one of the Sexy Mamas for Nickelodeon Parents Connect Sexy Mama Boot Camp.
She’s been featuring people, projects and companies she thinks are sexy leading up to her May 22 Nickelodeon debut.
To read about what I think makes me sexy (totally PG people) click here.
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