Praise for Tin Foil

Praise for Tin Foil

My wife always makes wonderful meals; but last night she really did it. She wrapped Tilapia in tin foil with squash, onions, carrots, green peppers, mushrooms and a lot of fantastic seasonings. It was good enough to make your tongue slap your brains out. My mother used to cook with tin foil; but she usually used it to cover a roast or something. These little packets do a fantastic job of holding and mixing all of the different flavors.

The tomatoes are really blooming hard now. It looks like they are trying to make up for the time they lost from being “pruned” by the deer. The cucumbers are almost ready to pick. There is still some mesclun and chard that hasn’t bolted. We may really get a garden salad this year. The kale is especially delicious now. It is a little stronger than it was; but is still not bitter. The turnip greens are pretty ratty looking; but the bulbs are delicious. The mustard is bolting; but we are still picking a little bit.

The cleaning of the green house is going really slow. Even with the door open it is really hot in there. The few plants that are still there are really enjoying it. The compost is profiting from the hot wet weather. People are putting grass on the curb in plastic bags. It goes in my compost bins along with weeds from the garden and grass clippings from our yard and scraps from the kitchen. The real heroes of the compost bin are coffee grounds and egg shells. They make a very rich fertilizer. The egg shells need to be crushed very small as they are slow to deteriorate.

David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://www.segrestrealty.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/.