Fruits of fishing, gathering, and growing

Summer is a busy time around here.  Chinook salmon have not been as abundant as in recent years, but coho salmon seem to be everywhere.  The ocean season for coho is now closed, but Bori caught 4 coho in July.  He fileted them before coming home, but he brought me two heads, to make stock.

My wild foraging has yielded a bounty of chanterelle mushrooms (5.5 pounds one day).

And wild huckleberries seem to be really abundant this year, and seem to be ripening earlier than usual.  I've been gathering them every once in a while, to toss into a fruit salad.

My garden boxes are  producing snow peas, lots of kale and arugula, and several artichokes right now.

On our south-facing deck, I am growing a couple of pots of sun gold cherry tomatoes.  They have flowered abundantly for weeks, and have recently started ripening.  Tasty little morsels.

I've been gathering mussels as well.  And when salmon fishing hasn't seemed too productive, Bori has thrown in a couple of crab pots, and been able to bring home dinner.

That's what we've been eating.