Febrrruary Marching out ;)

With february coming to a close this year is Marching on ;) ahhh ' but March is a wonderful month one of my favorites & you say why ... flowers start breaking through the cold damp dirt to show their pretty colors its like magic coming back year after year buds start forming on naked branches old friends coming back to greet us ... I tilled my garden last weekend on the one sunny day we had & she is ready to get down to business I've flowering sweet peas soaking in a pie plate on my kitchen counter between paper towels giving them alittle boost before being carefully planted around the pyramid tower their fragrance is one of my favorites when I was little many nights I went to sleep with a small bouquet on my night stand filling the darkness with the sweet smell of spring I still do that I couldn't imagine my garden without them as they carry on like troopers through the hottest heat of summer into the late fall when frost starts to grace the fence posts giving bloom after bloom ... love em ;) it always gets me planning !!! I've marked my garden books & have been ordering seeds ( they say there might be a shortage this year O' my ... lucky I'm a early bird ) & in-between rain showers this week I've been pruning my grapes in my small vineyard I've too much to do but I do have a handy man around here who's always ready to help. Oh' & I must mention that on monday I was at our great natural food store " Life Source " where they had Miss Maryann's sweet & sour on a sampling tray in the produce section they call it passive sampling she wasn't alone she had dressing they make at the deli there next to her " giving her alittle competition but she could take it cause one taste of her leads to another.

Sunshine & Dressing

Well ''' Here we are on a fine day a little blue sky & SUNSHINE it feels a lot like spring ;) & it's only february. I've been working this past week very hard on the next new salad dressing from Merrywoods & I've got it yea ! ... it was retro fitted from a recipe my Grandmother made so I can't take all the credit ;) from the Salem Senator Hotel restaurant as she was the salad Chef in the 1950's there .... it's been tried out on my four chosen taste testers & it's a big YES''' they loved it on shrimp & crab & spinach & just chopped up romaine Oh' & with grated hard boiled eggs on top it was like heaven in your mouth we roasted some almonds & walnuts together & had a salad with those tossed on , there wasn't one salad that we came up with that it didn't taste fabulous on. they said things like it's light & lemony & not too sweet " we don't want to infringe on miss sweet & sour " & they wanted to take home the recipe as they couldn't wait for it to be on store shelves well''' what's the old saying waiting makes the taste bud's sharper or was it waiting makes it taste all the better when you do taste it again ''' something like that ;) & heck' if I gave out the recipe why bottle it good thinking eh'. It won't be too long it was just deciding on the 2 , I had picked out & speaking of sunshine this one looks like sunshine in a bottle maybe that would be a good name for it that is what the next step is naming it ... It can keep a girl up at night with all the names rolling across the mind. But today I'm taking my mind off it to enjoy blue sky & sunshine. Just thought I'd let the word out it won't be too long till you can all taste it :)