July is getting hot

The heat is building up.  The air conditioner is running full time now.  Yesterday it was 91.  Today it only got up to 88, because we had a thunderstorm and that lowered the temperature. 

I've been working on the garden, to get all those darn weeds pulled.  I want to be able to see what's growing.  We had so much rain we couldn't get out there and work.  Now, I'm pulling grass after it rains.  It's the only time it's cool enough.  And the ground is softer and the grass will come up.

I got all the vining plants cleaned up (squash, melons, zucchini), I'll get the tomatoes cleared up tomorrow.  We have melons blooming and a few fruits growing.  There are squash blooming too.  The tomatoes are putting on flowers.  The cucumbers are doing very well.  Josh has been bringing 2 - 5 in each morning.

Ariel and I have been doing a lot of baking.  Yesterday we made Red Velvet Cherry Whoopie pies.  Yummy!  I made a nice pork and rice casserole.  Today Ariel made beef pot pie for lunch.  That was yummy too.

Lunch on a cold clear day

So today, I decided to make some casserole in the crock pot.  What did I want to make???

I started looking in the freezer and here's what I found.

Tater tots

Venison

 

 
I also got out these....



And what do you  get???



DINNER!!!


Seriously, we love eating a nice hearty casserole on a day like today.  It's cold outside.  We don't want to fuss much...  We just want to eat well.