I love my job and one reason is because of SUMMER. And August is farm market time. This basil plant is outside my own front door though and this year I tried making blender basil pesto.
My deluxe 33 year old blender did a fine job. I know it is this old because it was a wedding gift we received 33 years ago! Gold was obviously an 'in' color back in '78.
I poured it into this jar and then froze it. Isn't it a beautiful green? When it thaws I can add the parmesan and romano cheese and use it over pasta. The basil plant has already grown almost as big in 2 weeks, so I'm going to make another batch tomorrow.
This is the biggest and greenest caterpillar I've ever seen. It was crawling close to my basil plant. No idea what it will be.
Last Thursday I walked the farm market and found what I thought were the best beans and the best price to make dilly beans. This is my first batch of 7 jars. I may have time to make another batch, but I also want to make regular pickles, pickled hot peppers and pepper jelly and August is already flying by.
Oh, here's a cute couple I saw when I was in Cambridge in July. Don't they look happy and expectant?
