Hi all, hope everyone is doing well. Been very very busy, and just have not had time to sit down and blog too much....Been doing the market almost every Saturday, plus i work a full-time job during the week....i must be crazy! LOL! It's raining in Marietta, GA today which gives me a chance to catch up on a lot of inside stuff....including sitting down and talking to everyone! Figs are coming in, my neighbor lets me snitch gallons....they don't eat too many of them....so i made Fresh Fig Cookies....yum! I had to make more, because i could not stop eating them as i was baking them...LOL....anyhow those went over really well yesterday at market!! Gonna try for fig cake this week, and apple cake too, a friend of mine has two apple trees and has given me some of the bounty! Anybody got a good recipe they'd like to share for either one of those? (fig or apple cake) I know i can find one online or in one of my many cookbooks....just thought someone might have an out of this world recipe! Email me if you do, or post it here.
I hope everyone is having a fabulous 2009 gardening season....i finally have a few good veggie plants going....my soil is not the best, due to the pecan trees, and i have to constantly amend....i think i finally amended enough this time...LOL. Well on to other things.....oh FYI all locals: The Marietta City Council recently voted to extend the Marietta Square farmer's market through December! Wowee!
Aug 2, 2009 | 4:31 PM PST
How wonderful to have the farmers market through December! My neighbor shares his figs too...isn't it wonderful to have great neighbors!
Aug 3, 2009 | 3:12 AM PST
Oh, please put your fig cookie receipe on the receipe forum. My neighbor lets me raid his fruit trees. I've made both fig jam, fig/strawberry jam, both with sugar or with splenda. I share with friends.I'm a diabetic & have a friend who is a diabetic. So she's getting treats too. Taking the grands swimming, then we are picking figs again.Apples, then pears is next.I have muskadines. So I'm jamming till the fall. Take care, Diane