Turkeys!

Turkeys? Really? (you may ask) Yes! (I say) dressing poultry is work, and I would rather get more "bang for my buck" as it were. Moreover, heritage breed turkeys are well worth preserving. And I delight in the thought of providing the thanksgiving centerpiece for our family holiday shindigs. So we went right ahead a got ourselves a pair of Midget White turkeys. I built their coop entirely out of salvaged materials from our land (just incase we decide we don't like turkeys, we haven't lost too much). To tell the truth, turkeys are fantastically entertaining. Grotesque, yet intensely amorous. We're quite delighted to have them here.

Holy Zucchini!

I do try to stay on top of the summer squash. I pinky swear that a couple of days ago my plants were just flowering - this morning I harvested 9 lbs. Fortunately for me I love zucchini, and can eat them every day without getting sick of it. Mr. High Tech seems to eat them willingly day after day without even noticing. Also fortunate: 8 out of 9 of those pounds are romanesco (the big striped one on top), the best tasting summer squash in the whole wide world. In addition to my usual fresh summer squash recipes, this year I'll be dehydrating the surplus for later use in soups and casseroles - a technique I read about in Carol Deppe's book the resilient gardener