Reuse Recycle Repurpose > Garden Goodness

Mary Mary,
Quite contrary,
How does your garden grow?

With tongue depressors, and paint chip samples,
All in a pretty garden row.



Look what we made! These seed markers made from paint chip samples are some crafty goodness for your garden.

To make these babies, sashay (way more fun than walking btw) over to your local home improvement store and pick yourself out some great summer paint colors.

Let your inner child take over, or your actual real life children if you've got them handy, and cut out your veggie shapes. Glue them on top of another paint chip for a fun background, and then laminate the whole shebang (we used our Xyron). We added a large tongue depressor as a stake, but you can use anything you may have laying around. Wouldn't some vintage silverware be great?

Have fun, and make sure to send us some pics if you do!

~Angela

Feast Your Eyes > Summer's Goodies

I'm a garden mooch. There I said it.
Yes, I myself do not have a garden this year unlike everyone else in my family, even though I have 4 hungry man-ish boys in my house, and really should do one.
Yes, I do go around to said family member's gardens and pluck, pick, and gobble their garden's extra bounty.
Yes, I do find it lucky ducky that their little household's cannot keep up with their big garden's goodies.
Yes, I do run, not walk, over when I hear "Do you want some...", and I feel no shame about it!! It's really like veggie charity if you ask me.
So there.
Whew. I feel better getting that off my chest.
So... moving on to a great summer recipe straight from my garden, uh, a garden.

Glossy's Super Easy Salsa:

3-4 tomatoes (depending on how thin or thick you like it)
1-4 hot peppers (more peppers = more fire)

1/2 of an good sized onion

1 clove of garlic

cilantro (I used 5 sprigs)

1tsp sea salt

dash of pepper

Throw it all in the food processor or a blender

Oh. So. Good.

And please, feel free to come out of the closet you fellow Garden Moochers! Amazing recipes and salsas await you! We won't judge. :-)

~Angela
P.S. - for even yummier flavor try roasting the veggies in a cast iron pan for a couple minutes before blending.