locovore living

Yesterday afternoon, we had the pleasure of spending the afternoon at the home of one of Andrew's coworkers. She is a big advocate of eating local food and supporting local agriculture, and writes a couple of great blogs accordingly...Locavore Chronicles, and Linna's Garden Journal.  In addition to working full time, she has a 9 month old, a 4 year old and speaks locally about gardening.  I don't know how she does it all! She gave Andrew tons of advice and ideas on getting our garden started last year.

They live in the country, about 30 minutes from us.  Her garden is incredible, and they have a great pool the kids played around all afternoon while we grilled.   She's a terrific cook and we had chard macaroni and cheese, fresh roasted beets and homemade bread, along with a fresh tart cherry and rhubard tart, all made with ingredients from the garden.

They also gave us a few fish for our new backyard pond.

They have an amazing cherry tree in full glory right now and Dylan and I got busy picking sour cherries.  Dylan had a great time picking and declared he was going to fill the whole bag. Aren't they beautiful?

 I can't wait to find a couple of recipes to turn these into some yummy treats this week.