i picked up some field peas at the farmers market this week. i tossed them with some olive oil, end of the season peppers, garlic, and onions. a perfect summer side.
Posts Tagged ‘southern food’
tiny farm
homes and habitats
i am always amazed…and inspired by how much food can be grown on a small plot of land. recently i visited my friends maggie an lacy out at their farm that they appropriately call tiny farm. they have 2 garden sized plots of land where they grow food for their 11 person CSA and local restaurants. every tuesday volunteers come out to help and be involved with the growing of their food. take a peek at what i saw!
visit thier blog here for farm news and recipes and be sure to check out the weekly comic by member eleanor davis.
farmburger
garden to table
our friends at farm 255 are always up to something new. this spring they opened up a new restaurant called farmburger in decatur, GA. with a similar concept as farm 255, they are serving up farm raised burgers (from their own farm) with toppings fresh from local farms.
we ordered a sampling from their menu. to start we had homemade pickles and boiled peanuts.
for our entree we ordered a no 1 burger and a quinoa veggie burger topped with some fresh arugula, heirloom tomatoes, farmburger sauce… and some pickled jalapenos on the side. delicious! we also ordered some farmburger fries which are tossed in parmesan cheese, garlic, and herbs…YUM!
fresh food just tastes better!
watermelon festival
homes and habitats
this past weekend we headed over to hickory hill in thomson, georgia. they were having a watermelon festival and i thought it would be a fun thing to do.
the festival was at the estate of the late thomas watson which will be another inspiring story sometime soon.
here are some details of our fun day at the festival.
there were a bunch of fun games for the kids!
they have a watermelon growing contest. each year people save the seeds from their melon and plant them the next year. the biggest melon wins!
each family got to take an heirloom watermelon home
this one didn’t make it to the car
muscadines. the grapes of the south
garden to table
the muscadines are finally ripe. we picked some up the other day at the farmers market in greensboro. muscadines are a little bigger than regular grapes and eating the seeds and skin is not recommended. i like to squeeze the grape and let the flesh pop into my mouth…then spit the seeds. another southern tasty treat!
from the garden
in the country
well the garden finally put out enough stuff for us to cook a whole dinner – just in time for mr. green jeans’ birthday. we had fried okra, creamed corn, sliced tomatoes, pole beans, and biscuits with country ham. yum!
summer supper at the idea shack
garden to table
thanks again to design*sponge for including us on friday.
here are some more images from the supper. hugh’s recipe for shrimp rolls follows…
enjoy!
rebecca standing in the door of her idea shack:
the light inside is insanely beautiful- dim, but glowing.
meanwhile, outside…
we all loved looking at the reisling gelee’, or as we called it that night, “Fancy jello shots”…
island farming
in the country
i’ve been going to edisto island for 20 years, and every year i go to george and pink’s produce stand. off the main road and down a long sandy road canopied by ancient live oaks dripping with spanish moss, pink sells locally grown everything . she always remembers us, and we look forward to visiting. now she’s expanded to homeade jams and pies. so much southern food to feast on!
