Snow in July!

I figured out a good reason to clean out your freezer .... to make it snow in July! Last night David brought home a new mixer for me and we needed to make room for it. So out went the freezer to the garage. I had spent the day vacuum sealing berries in the freezer, so it was organized and easy to unpack. Once we had it in the garage we decided to scrape the ice that had built up over the last few years, with a small hammer and an ice scrapper. It wasn't a lot or a very tedious job, but we felt like we should scrape what little was there while it was empty. We ended up with a mop bucket half full of "snow"! We had a very funny moment when Jessica came out to the garage and put her hand in the bucket, David said "DON'T EAT IT!!" in a very panicked tone. We both looked at him like he was crazy and laughed and I said "DON'T EAT IT??? what would make you think of eating it?" He said "Well, that's the first thing I would have done when I was little..." I laughed a little and went back to wiping down the freezer. A few minutes later, Ryan bounded out to the garage and saw the "snow" and the next second I turned around he had a huge piece of snow in his mouth! David and I both yelled at the same time "DON'T EAT IT!" David turned to me and said "SEE?!!! I guess it's a boy thing", and we all laughed so hard , I thought I would cry. It was one of my favorite moments of our family. I'll remember that story when I'm 99 and telling our great grand children.

Luckily Ryan didn't get sick and we decided to save the "snow" in the freezer for a really hot summer afternoon to have a snowball fight!

Summer's Bounty

We spent the first part of the day today working out in the garden. We've been having some problems with crows sharing our blueberries, so we put bird netting over our bushes to help discourage them. After finishing up we decided to dig up some of our potatoes to enjoy tonight for dinner. This is our bounty, our beautiful Easter egg colored potatoes and some small onions that we will saute. We also picked some big fluffy leaves of kale to have with our potatoes. A few weeks ago a friend from church gave me a great recipe for salt potatoes ...Put potatoes (any kind or color, I like a variety!) in a pot and cover with water. Add 1 cup of salt and boil until fork tender, then drain. Place on a plate and slice. Dip in fresh melted garlic butter and enjoy!!

We love this recipe... give it a try for a fresh way to enjoy those summer potatoes. This is really fun with the tiny new potatoes that you can dip and eat whole!