Fresh Three Bean Salad ~ OK, it's got 4 beans, but who's counting! :)

Fresh Three Bean Salad ~ (OK, I guess I made it into a Four Bean Salad, but who's counting anyway...) The green/wax beans, red bell peppers & onions were picked fresh from the garden.  I followed ~ this  recipe ~ & added both kidney & garbanzo beans, so my salad went from being a 3 to a 4 bean salad.  The more the merrier, I always say!

We are lucky to have a community garden in our little town.  A local church plants a HUGE garden on their property & welcomes everyone to harvest whatever they like, whenever they like ~ it's their way of giving back to the community.  It's such a kind & gracious thing for them to do.  Sadly, hardly anyone takes them up on their generous offer.  I go by there when I take my walk & I often come home with goodies.  I've gathered many baskets of produce over the years & I always take pictures to show what wonderful things I bring home. 

J enjoys coming along some evenings & helps me search for the veggies that are ready to pick.

The Community Garden Corn Field was hard hit by the drought this year, but, we were still able to find a half dozen ears to bring home & enjoy.  Lucky for us, our neighbors also have a sweet corn field that was planted later than other local fields & it's producing well, so we will still be able to get local sweet corn.  :)   (and I mean REALLY local corn ~ I can see the corn field out my back window!)  I'll be posting pictures & recipes using their corn soon.

 Just a little ~ slice 'o' country life ~ in our semi-rural, Midwestern town.  :)