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happy trails
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pickin’
Before summer slips on by, were you hoping to visit a farm and pick some fruits and vegetables? This site – pickyourown.org – helps find places nearby where you can pick to your heart’s delight. And folks only pay for what they carry out. There’s also canning tips, pumpkin patches, corn mazes, Christmas tree farms and lots of other good stuff.
brunch ideas
Buckle – An old American term for a simple, single-layer cake made with blueberries or other berries. (Barron’s Food Lover’s Companion)
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Blueberry & Peach Buckle
Ingredients
1 3/4 cup all purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp fine sea salt or table salt
1 stick unsalted butter, soft
1 cup packed light brown sugar
1 large egg, room temperature
1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup low-fat sour cream
4 ripe, peeled peaches, cut up (about 4 cups)
2 cups blueberries
1/3 cup slivered almonds (optional)
Instructions
Heat oven to 350 degrees.
Lightly grease 8×8 glass baking dish.
Whisk together flour, baking powder and salt in medium bowl; set aside.
In large bowl, beat brown sugar and butter together until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
Beat in the egg and vanilla.
Add half of the flour mixture, then sour cream.
Add remaining flour.
Fold in peaches and blueberries and stir; batter will be thick and full of fruit.
Fold batter into baking dish and sprinkle with almonds.
Bake approx. 1 hr (depending on your oven) but test at 50 min. with toothpick or knife.
Let cool slightly.
Serve warm for a delicious breakfast cake!
Recipe adapted from Real Simple.
country life, illustrated
A wonderful little book for your farm – or house – written and illustrated by Julia Rothman, whose designs have been featured on Design*Sponge, by Kate Spade, Crate & Barrel, Anthropologie, Metropolitan Opera, and The New York Times Book Review, to name a few. Boy, is she talented. See more of her creations at JuliaRothman.com.
Farm Anatomy
The Curious Parts & Pieces of Country Life
garden report
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On a whim, Mike thought he’d try sunflowers in the garden this year and they’re doing better than anything else.
And the tiny apple trees we planted two years ago are starting to bear first fruit.
