~Garden Talk The good the bad and the ugly~

 

So I got up one day last week to find 80-90% of my started from seed tomato plants completely uprooted and left to die.Had we mot been home.I would not have seen them.In my pjs..replanted:( So far so good.Thank heavens.

I don't have a photo..shock and get to it overcame me..Not oh lets take a pic..

But I walked to the potting shed(she shed)..and discovered all the poppies along the side the heads bitten off:(

I did get my camera..

And look who showed up once I was back in the house..

Nope not cute to me at all..

Later..walked around checking the roses..

May I introduce you to rose chafers..next the japanese beetles will arrive.

It's a wonder I garden so much.

Against  the garage at the back once prolific clematis are either not showing up for summer or are wilting and just sad looking..

At the front and on arbors faring far better♥

C'est la vie as one of my signs says.

I bought a potted sunflower because it had eaten all my seedlings..

See that gorgeous bloom? the two flowers I had chewed up..and left..on the deck.

I have to say far less sorrow in baking..

See that Hershey pic?

FABULOUS dessert for a get together.Fabulous.

Ages 11-80.Loved.

Smores shortbread tart..from a great veteran blogger/ food developer..Chris 

You can find the recipe here.

The bread..s..again from T on IG..  Her fab recipe..

She is 2002KCMD on Instagram..type that n the search bar..and her posts will show up.

Excellent White Bread recipe.

She showed me that she had made horns to fill.

I jumped on that bandwagon in a breath.

I mean..♥

Started with egg..crab...faux crab therafter:)

She shares everything and encourages us to try.

Green zone as of Monday..here..

Got my second hot today.

Thank you science.

♥

A bit of this..a bit of that.. end of June~

My sweet friend Nancy sent me the first issue of Josée di Stasio's new magazine..it is all about Italy.
I love her..Jacques loves her..she is a QC treasure.

I leafed though it..and right away two things caught my eye..the home made ricotta..and her Lemon Cream  Ravioli dish:)

So I made the ricotta..no surprise..Jacques loves it..and honestly..on my no-knead bread w/ seeds that Terry kindly shared the recipe for..initially from Sally's Baking Addiction (I omitted the nuts and cranberries..I added sunflowers and cracked wheat)..topped w/ David L's cherry jam I made..it was delicious.

Jacques looked at the plate..and said..:"It's all home made..the bread..the ricotta..the jam"~
Home made ricotta is a cinch..recipes aabound all over the net.

It's no secret I love trying new things in the kitchen.

All this was so worth it!♥

The dinner was delicious..  Yes I bought the cheese Ravioli..but the rest home made..she said I could:)
Heavy cream..lemon..parm cheese..asparagus..green onions..pepper..oh so good.
I am not a creamy person..but..this worked for me.
I used my lemon verbena from the garden too:)

I love making small bouquets..
That rose..in the middle..I think it's Morden Blush.I can't find my records of my plantings here almost 18 yrs ago!

I have ripped out and moved things though and continue to do so..maybe I did throw the records away.
In a fit of cleaning up:(
See? Now I want them.

Ripped out my pink..bright pink beach roses..they seem to be magnets for the chafers..8 were pulled out..a lot easier planting than ripping out..the roots of these things..they travel..:(and start new bushes..invasive..

Got invited to the yacht club for  a few hrs on the weekend..cloudy day..but OMGEE I love the water!
It's a dream place for me.

Watched 3 of our Littles swim w/ friends..chatted w/ my daughter..what's not to love?

And I received a super excited call from Noah..he had just met Justin Trudeau at a local event and shook his hand..I have a pic..but a girl and her children are in it..so I am refraining..cute girl cute kids,but not mine.

I have gardened gardened and gardened and baked some and took pics some and painted some and made a new watercolor journal..

C'est ma vie.Ma p'tite vie.We're in for a super duper heat wave.

Bon weekend!