what happened to summer? (& 2 winners!)

hi!

i never thought i would be gone this long!

sorry!

i had a few people over for labor day weekend and...



i couldn't get anywhere near the kitchen or the garden

or the blogging.

and even though tigresses are nocturnal i had to

sleep eventually. but here i am and i hope you

missed me as much as i missed you.


after a mere two weeks away i arrived back to the berkshires and this is what i found:

my garden has become a tangled web of food and brittle leaves. bruised sungolds are lolling around the ground dazed and confused in the aftermath of suicidal bounds. overripe autumn-hued heirlooms are smiling toothless jack-o-lantern grins, and the melons are shivering in their peels.

summer it seems, spread it's wings and flew south, while i was doing other things.

please check back soon, 'cause i'll be scurrying away this summer's bounty, madly putting things in jars, freezers, et. al. in the coming weeks. and i'll be on here and here roaring about it.

but first some unfinished business: the two lucky winners of the wonderful new book put 'em up! a comprehensive home preserving guide for the creative cook by sherri brooks vinton are julie from booga j blog and kate from hip girl's guide to homemaking. congratulations girls! the books will be going right out to you.

now i gotta lotta work to do!

see ya very soon!

*all photos by bennett sell-kline