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October in The Garden

A daily fig!

Rosa Bianca eggplants still filling out:

The annual garden burn pile. Oh how I love a burn pile! It amazes me how quickly large, uncompostable debris clean up with a good burn. I'd really love to have a chipper to make better use of the corn and sunflower stalks. We had such a funky summer with random bacterial and viral issues I decided to burn instead of saving them to use as light fencing or trellising.

I also went ahead and burned the tomato cages to burn up the old plants and sterilize the cages themselves.
Clean! (awesome!)

According to my 4 year old, burn days rock because he gets to roast marshmallows in the coals. We also lounged in the grass and watched the sky and thought about life.
This beauty turned into dinner for several nights.

I loosely followed this recipe for Squash soup with curried condiments on a recommendation from a friend and it was very delicious. I topped mine with home-cultured yogurt and spiced pumpkin seeds. This portion was for my 1 year old and he ... well... made a mess of it. :)

World Raw Food Day

Sunday was World Raw Food Day. We celebrated by attending a raw potluck lunch out at Garland Ranch Regional Park in Carmel Valley. Chef Kari hosted the event and brought so many beautiful and tasty raw desserts. I only had a few minutes to snap shots, they were easy shots to take! Everything was gorgeous.

:: Chocolate Coconut Pie::
::Cheesecake with Strawberry Coulis::

::Chia Pudding & Walnut Cookies::

::Brownies::

::Mini Flax Pizza Bites:: (as loosely adapted from here)

::Fruit Stew with Wild Rice::

::The Table of PLENTY!::

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GARDEN and HARVEST updates coming soon... I've taken a million photos lately but don't seem to find the time to post them. I'm still planning (read:NOT planting) the winter garden so ya... lagging!!