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Breakfast: Fresh Tomato and Basil egg scramble
Lunch: bacon, Lettuce, and Tomato sandwich
Dinner: Steamed Swiss Chard, Green Beans, and Herb coated chicken wings on the grill

The garden is a burden of deliciousness.

Nate's Chops

• 5 leaves Parsley
• 10 twigs of Thyme
• 5 twigs of Oregano
• 5 twigs of Tarragon
  
• 2 tsp salt
• zest of a lemon
• 2 tbls olive oil
• 2 pork chops or 4 lamb chops

Grind the parsley, thyme, oregano, and tarragon in the food processor. Add the salt, lemon zest, and olive oil to the herbs, mix well. Apply thick coating to either side of chops. Cook on grill, high heat, six minutes per side. Let rest 5 minutes before devouring. Goes well on a bed of rice.

Remainder of the lemon goes well in a salad. Just coat the lemon slices in a heavy dose of sugar. Let sugar absorb for 10-20 minutes. Toss into salad.

Serves 2.

Seed Saving

One of the beauties of buying heirloom seeds is the ability to reseed the next year from the very same seeds that grew, flowered, and turned to seed once more the previous year. The hybrid seeds delivered by Burpee typically have the 'sex' gene bred out of them. They say this done is to preserve the plants characteristics, but of course what this really means for them is sustainable profit year after year as consumers have no choice but to buy seed the next year.

The unmodified seed varieties we've purchased this year from Seed Savers and Baker Creek are producing wonderful flowers, and in some time we will be collecting the seeds to regrow next year. The broccoli, lettuce, and bok choy are in bloom, and the onions and chives (bi-annuals) are already done flowering. Here's a photo of my work earlier today in collecting some onion seeds: