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[clarentine]

Back from three days in Lynchburg VA for a garden tour - as is our apparent curse, we brought record heat and humidity with us, which promptly broke not half an hour after the tour concluded. The couple of days afterward have been a real joy, however, our reward for enduring. I've got a few photos up on my Flickr page (here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/8556491@N07/).

I can tell the point at which the heat got to me. The photo shooting really tails off. >:-)

How hot was it? These guys can tell you:




Arriving back home, I discovered this:



Baaaaaaby watermelon! As with the zucchini, the plants apparently have reached their magic tipping point and are popping out tiny watermelons left and right. The vines are getting so long I'm having to wind them back on themselves so they don't get stepped on in between the rows.

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[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

I do not doubt it. I hope the next "big present" I get is an ice cream maker, a good one. I miss ice cream, but my palate has evolved beyond what you can get at the grocery store. I can't stand to eat that any more...

Ginger-plum jam, however, I could make. (I just might be able to pick enough worm-free plums.) Did you make yours? Wanna share your recipe?

[clarentine]

The page is being a pain today, but this is where I got the recipe: http://andreasrecipes.com/2009/10/03/ginger-plum-jam/. Highly recommended.

I totally agree re ice cream; I spent the past 15 years living within ten minutes of the best homemade ice cream in the city, and I was not an infrequent customer. *g* I'll take the store-bought stuff only if that's all I can get.

And hey - today's National Ice Cream Day! I need to go make some more. Maybe chocolate this time.

[clarentine]

Oh - my ice cream maker is an older model Donvier I picked up at a garage sale for a song and dance. No chemicals, no rock salt, no noise. Just fabulous ice cream.

http://www.amazon.com/Donvier-837409W-1-Quart-Cream-Maker/dp/B00006484E