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Sunday, July 27, 2008

Our garden and hot dog thing from Zion

Something's screwy when I try to insert a space above the photos in my posts! It erases all of the photos, but then when I go back into the post, the pictures are back. So, bear with me...Pictured above are homegrown Swiss Chard. My parents gave us 2 pots of chard and one pot of Collard Greens. Perfect for making Nillaga.

Here's our tomato patch. We got the plants free from Bert's co-worker. They are supposed to be Beefsteak tomatoes. That's a tiny cherry tomato plant in between the middle and last tomato plants.
Baby beefsteak tomatoes. Too bad I'm not too fond of these tomatoes. I prefer cherry or grape tomatoes.
We also got some corn from Bert's friend, as well as Sunflowers. The corn is in the back row, the sunflowers in the front. I've also planted a few green onions in between the flowers and a lone bell pepper plants, which, unfortunately isn't getting enough sunlight (big sunflower leaves).
Hibiscus about to blossom.
My dad planted one of the potted swiss chards in our vegetable bed. Can't wait to use these for some soup. Maybe I'll make bulalo (Filipino soup, made with boiled beef shank and vegetables).

One of my favorite treats to eat at the bakery in Zion...the sliced hot dog thing! It's only $1.75 and it already has ketchup on it! MMMMM!

I saved the best picture for last...my mom's salmon head soup!
Nice fish eyes looking at you. Actually, I'm not a fan of this soup, but my dad sure likes it.

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