Southern Home Farming
The weather is getting hot, hot, hot and that is a great time to skip turning on the oven and just use veggies from the garden!
So many wonderful possibilities springing from a few seeds! Tonight, I want to tell you about a wonderful site set up by Triscuit. Yes, Triscuit! Those wonderfully, delicious wheat crackers. They are promoting something close to my heart – growing your own HOME FARM! Check out their great site at http://www.triscuit.com/homefarming for some great ideas and tips on how you can grow your own home farm! They are even including seeds with their promotional boxes of Triscuits. You know, even if you have already planted herbs, you can still plant more to extend your herb harvesting season!
Triscuit was so kind to let me know about this program so I could pass it on to you here. They sent me 2 boxes of Triscuits – both original and reduced fat. By the way, there is very little difference in the taste of the original and the reduced fat – gotta love that! They also sent a $20 gift card to help pay for some potting soil to plant the wonderful seeds that were included with the Tricuits! One card of dill seeds and one card of basil. I didn’t have dill already growing, so I am really looking forward to that. I did have basil growing so I will use those seeds to extend the season.
Growing herbs and veggies from seed is one of the most rewarding experiences you can have! Thank you Triscuit for encouraging this activity! Y’all enjoy your time in the garden – even if it is just a pot on your patio!
Today’s Lagniappe: Classic Caprese Toppers
Something else yummy from the Triscuit website!
Prep: 5 min Total: 5 min
8 TRISCUIT Cracked Pepper & Olive Oil Crackers
1 oz. POLLY-O Fresh Mozzarella Cheese, cut into 8 thin slices
4 grape tomatoes, halved
8 small fresh basil leaves
1/4 tsp. coarse black pepper
TOP crackers with remaining ingredients.
Makes 4 servings, two topped crackers each.
Information: 60 calories, 3g total fat, less than 5mg cholesterol, 75mg sodium, 7g carbohydrates, 1g dietary fiber, 0g sugars, 2g protein
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Tags: Southern Gardening
June 15th, 2010 at 7:14 pm
Garden looks great. We have only gotten lettuce so far but there will be plenty of other great veggies soon.
June 15th, 2010 at 9:25 pm
Your garden is really doing well. I have tomatoes that will be ready soon.
June 15th, 2010 at 9:38 pm
nothing better then fresh herbs!
June 15th, 2010 at 9:58 pm
Love some fresh herbs, especially basil for pesto 🙂
Tink *~*~*
June 15th, 2010 at 10:18 pm
I couldn’t agree more. Even a pot on a patio can be a personal garden.
June 15th, 2010 at 11:48 pm
You herbs look very healthy. Yummy recipe too. Thanks for sharing it.
Hope your Wednesday is fabulous!
Best wishes,
Natasha, Stacey and Holly.
June 15th, 2010 at 11:53 pm
Fresh herbs taste so much better in a recipe than dry.
Joyce M
June 16th, 2010 at 8:10 am
Great looking vegies-nothing better. In the summer I try to grill everything outdoors-grilled vegetables takes so yiummy. Happy Outdoor Wed.
June 16th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
Your veggies and herbs look great! I always prefer to use fresh herbs in my recipes, it really does make a difference.
June 16th, 2010 at 6:10 pm
Lovely garden with all the herbs. I see the basil and the marigold.
June 16th, 2010 at 7:51 pm
I love Triscuits. Sounds like a great recipe. basil is one of my fave herbs. My pots of herbs got some much needed rain today.
June 17th, 2010 at 8:58 am
Love the rock and the ‘so true’ quote. I have shared many times with my sweet Lord while digging in the dirt. Nothing like it!
Blessings 😉
June 17th, 2010 at 9:00 am
Love the rock and the ‘so true’ quote. I’ve shared many sweet moments with Lord while digging in the dirt.
Blessings 😉