July 31: MOVING HOME!

The square foot garden worked PRETTY well.  There were some things to learn the hard way, but it is clear we can garden here with our square foot frames.  So I harvested the last of the stuff from frame #1 and moved it home.

 There were plenty of tomatoes, onions and anaheim peppers, so I pulled the stuff and made grilled chili.
1) Core tomatoes and grill until well-marked, turning once (about 8 mins)
2) slice the onions into 1/2" thick cookies.  Pray onions peppers and celery with oil (like PAM) and grill both sides until well marked.
3) Puree the tomatoes, chop the other veggies and put them in a pot with a small can of tomato paste and a can of beef broth.
4) Season and Grill 3 pounds of meat (two pork chops and the rest hamburger works well).
5) Put everything in a big pot and simmer for about an hour until the meat is pretty tender.  Add 4 cans of pinto beans and simmer 15 minutes more.    It's great and everything is grilled except the beans!

Frame #1 in my backyard!  Planting Fall lettuce today.