Memorial Day Dinner

On Memorial Day we had our first homegrown chickens for dinner the other night with our friends who helped us with the butchering. Heather roasted a rooster and a hen. The hen was juicier, but they were both very tasty. We had salad and a yummy corn dish that Dori prepared with frozen corn from last year’s Olathe sweet corn festival, plus some wonderful pickled beets that Ernie made.

I think some of the best meals are those prepared with natural, homegrown ingredients, and even better when shared with friends. I’m looking forward to more homegrown meals this summer and fall especially if we are blessed with a harvest from our soon-to-be planted garden.

We are finally experiencing warmer days and the evening temps are staying above freezing now, so we should be able to get some root crops going at least. We started some lettuce indoors and it has sprouted and looks ready to get in the ground.

Let the field be joyful, and all that is in it. Then all the trees of the woods will rejoice before the LORD. Psalm 96:12