Yesterday, my parents and I went to the annual Wasatch Community Gardens Plant Sale. Mom grows a lot of our vegetables; unfortunately, due to the unusually cold spring this year, everything is delayed--many of the seedlings are stunted, some of the fruit trees were late in blooming, and the hummingbirds are nowhere to be seen. She wanted to see if there were any eggplant seedlings at the plant sale.
There was a HUGE selection of heirloom tomato varieties! There were a lot of plants on sale, from Utah native wild plants to gooseberries. Mom found what she had been looking for...alas, the seedlings were indeed, quite small. Looks like everyone else is having trouble with their veggies this year.
A smoothie stand operated by a guy on wheels. Very healthy, both for the environment and the person operating the bike. His stationary bike is hooked up to a generator that supplies power to the blender. The guy in red was making the smoothie for a customer. Their conversation went like:
Guy on Wheels: "How's the smoothie looking?"
Guy in Red: "Not quite smooth enough. Can you go a little faster?"
Guy on Wheels: "...a smoothie sounds good right about now..."
There were other venders there too. We got a taste of sheep's milk cheese (Fontina style and Blue Brie) from a local creamery.
Then we went to the Salt Lake Green Festival...
That's a solar-powered DJ turntable in the background. Pretty cool.
Local Uinta beer, which is brewed with 100% renewable energy source--solar-powered brewery??
Tracy, the Trasheratops, made from crushed soda cans. Such a cool, innovative way to use garbage! I want one in my backyard.
By this time, it was close to noon, and we were getting a little hungry. So we stopped by for some gelato (again). It's funny how our favorite 'restaurant' is a frozen treat place instead of an actual diner.
Got the Sundae Duetto, which comes with 4 flavors. We got strawberry sorbetto, amaretto, espresso, and elderflower cordial. The elderflower gelato tasted just like lychee! It was refreshing and delicious. And Dad made an interesting discovery that neither mom or I didn't think of--combining the different gelato flavors. Surprisingly, the combination of elderflower and amaretto was really good! Now that I think about it, it made sense--elderflower gelato tastes like lychee, and lychee goes well with almond flavors, which is exactly what amaretto is.
I love this place already! I especially love their (almost) endless flavor selections!
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