Harvest, Bake, Harvest

On Saturday we had a few people come over to plant some seeds in our vegetable garden. Our vegetable plot is currently taken up by 8 rhubarb plants. There are a few tendrils of lettuce coming out of the dirt and rampant scallions growing everywhere in patches, including the flower garden. There are these huge leaves on the rhubarb stalks, which I learned are toxic! That factoid makes the rhubarb slightly mysterious and dangerous in my eyes.






After chopping off the huge fans of leaves and rinsing of the dirt, I was left with beautiful stalks of pink-tinged green. After much chopping and copious amounts of sugar and butter, there was the most beautiful and satisfying rhubarb crumble (thinking of you, L).




I have a friend who will not allow her son to play in dirt - in the meantime, the Noo is constantly dirty and dusty from crawling and rolling. In the beginning I tried harder, but now I just make sure I get the little rocks and tree barks out of his mouth and that he doesn't pull the plants or flowers.

Speaking of plants - the most fragrant and beautiful lilac bushes are on the side of the house. They make me so happy. These and the peonies that will bloom any day now . . . . Friends, please come visit!