Eating from the garden

It is always fun when you have all the ingredients fresh from your garden for a favorite summer salad.  Here is one for cabbage.  This is great for hot weather because there is no mayonnaise in it.

Stay Crisp Slaw

8 c. shredded cabbage (cut with a knife)
2 c. shredded carrots
1 green or red pepper cut in thin strips
1/2 c. chopped onion
Mix and sprinkle with 1/2 c. cold water

Dressing-
Soften 1 envelope unflavored gelatin in 1/4 c. cold water
2/3 c. sugar
2/3 c. vinegar
2 t. celery seed
1/4 t. pepper
1  1/2 t. salt
Mix all ingredients together except gelatin and bring to a boil. Stir in softened gelatin.  Cool until slightly thickened.  Beat well and gradually add 2/3 c. salad oil. 

Drain vegetables then add dressing tossingly lightly until all vegetables are coated.

Flowers

Fresh flowers are one of the best parts of summer.

Living Wreath of impatiens

Part of my cutting garden -

Summer Pictures

I apologize for not posting sooner.  Life gets busy.  I have been dealing with a major case of bacterial leaf spot.  I think that it came in on a pepper plant that I purchased.  I have been spraying with copper fungicide and it appears that I won't loose my pepper plants.  We also had a ground hog that got into the garden one night and dug three holes and ate the top leaves off the bean plants.  They will survive, he didn't. 

Corn

Lima Beans

Black Krim Tomato

Carrots

First Red Pepper

Potatoes