black-eyed peas and hoppin john

black eyed peas drying up




drying in the greenhouse


sorting blackeyed peas


these are the discards. discolored ones may rot and spoil the whole bunch. the teeny tiny ones are no good either.



making hoppin john.
parcook some black eyed peas (cook for half the time), drain and rinse.


cook up the sausage, garlic, and onions (i used sweet onion, thats why theres so much onion)


drain and set aside


oops, i should have started you with cooking the rice first, since that takes longest


add the rice to the peas and the sausage. add some raw veggies. add can of broth. cook for the other half of the time for the black eyed peas.


enjoy!


my hoppin john recipe:
2 cups brown rice
half a bag of frozen black eyed peas
1 pound sausage
1 onion
tablespoon chopped garlic
1 can of beef broth
vegetables of your choice

hoppin john is really any dish made with black eyed peas, rice, and pork of some kind. there are a million different versions out there.

at long last, a garden update!

my garden, 15'x25' for the fenced in section, 12'x4' for the raised bed


the raised bed my dad helped me build last fall




rutabaga is enormous!


a single head of escarole lettuce. those blocks are 16" long! (and puppy!)


monster sweet onions, over 22" tall!


amish paste tomatoes


cabbage, brussels sprouts, and kohlrabi


pineapple tomatillos, pole green beans, and a lot of weeding needing to be done


in back from left, green beans, ground cherries, black eyed peas, tomatoes, in front, celeriac, zucchini, watermelon, cantelope (hidden under the lettuce), and marigolds


garlic


yukon gold potatoes on the right, onions and tomatoes on the left. clover garden paths, raised bed and strawberry patch in the background


pineapple mint plant that smells nifty


potted potato experiment, from the red potatoes i grew last year that sprouted in the cabinet over winter. (wilted from the heat)


strawberry patch (and molly!)


the old raspberry patch, now almost fully in the shade. the red line indicates the area i dug out and transplanted to a sunny location this spring.


transplanted raspberries