Garden Update
I usually go out to the garden every day to water and see how it’s doing. Because I see it so often, it’s hard to notice when things grow – you don’t see a big difference day to day, but you do week...
View ArticleWhat’s Growing in my Garden
My garden is looking pretty good these days. With all the sun and heat we’ve had lately I’ve been having to water every day. The plants seem to be loving it. I’ve had a couple salads already. The...
View ArticleFun Facts Friday
This huge container of blueberries came home from the grocery store with me. They looked so good I couldn’t resist them. They didn’t disappoint, they were really tasty. This week the first peas from...
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I’m still loving how bright the red flowers are on the beans. I’m still eagerly waiting on the first bean to appear. The tomatoes continue to flower. I think this year’s tomato crop is going to be a...
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While I was at school this week I was sitting by some windows eating lunch. I looked across the alley and saw a door to nowhere. Umm, who builds a door to a 25 foot drop? It doesn’t make a whole lot...
View ArticleHow the Garden is Doing
The garden is slowly but surely chugging along. We’ve had lots of hot weather lately, so that’s meant watering just about every day to make sure nothing gets too dry. I’ve come to the conclusion we’re...
View ArticleMy Weekend in Food
I found some incredibly delicious things at the farmer’s market this week. My first find was this guacamole. It’s incredibly thick and fresh tasting – so good! I tried some Thai peanut satay sauce. I...
View ArticleGarden Update
I’ve come to the conclusion that this year’s garden is going to be a bust. We’re not going to get any zucchini’s or squash. The lettuce isn’t nearly as big as it was last year. None of the tomatoes...
View ArticleA Change of Plans
My plan was to do an update of the garden today. I thought I’d have a ripened tomato to show off and some more beans. That’s not what mother nature had in store though. It’s been snowing here since...
View ArticleWhat I Ate Wednesday
Thanks once again to Jen for hosting What I Ate Wednesday. Although this is a recycled photo, this is essentially what I had for breakfast. I decided on a toasted sesame seed bagel with peanut butter,...
View ArticleNew Seeds for 2015
I have to admit that I meant to write this post when my seeds arrived back in January. Whoops. Later is better than never though, right? I figure if you live somewhere warm where the danger of frost...
View ArticleSeedlings Spring 2015
Since I started my seedlings a month and a half ago, I thought I’d share an update on how they’re doing. We’ve had pretty nice weather lately, so I’m itching to get out into the garden. It’s pretty...
View ArticleFun Facts Friday
How is it already Friday? This week has seriously flown by. And add that it’s already June, I can’t believe how fast time is going. To be honest this has been a tough week. I had a dentist appointment...
View ArticlePlanting the Garden
Now that I’ve finally gotten the garden planted (I finished it yesterday), I thought I’d share how I did it this year. Since we added another section to it I did it a bit differently than I have in...
View ArticleGarden Update
Since it’s been a couple weeks since I planted the vegetables in the garden, I thought I’d share an update. Since there’s so many pretty flowers blooming as well right now I wanted to add those too....
View ArticleGarden Update
It’s hard to believe it’s only been two weeks since I last shared how my garden was doing. I feel like everything has gotten so big! We’ve had a bunch of really nice weather lately, so I’m sure that’s...
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It’s time for another garden update. I feel like the garden has been going like crazy lately. We’ve been having lots of hot weather with rain/thunderstorms in the afternoons or evenings, so it’s been...
View ArticlePhotos From my Phone
I had a bunch of photos on my phone that I’ve been meaning to share on the blog. Unfortunately it’s sometimes hard to fit them into posts, so I thought today I’d share some of them all together in one...
View ArticleGarden Update
It’s official: this year’s garden is the best I’ve ever grown. The beans and peas are both taller than I am. I’ve never had peas get that big before. Some of the tomatoes are shoulder height. I...
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Can you believe that it’s already been two weeks since my last garden update? It feels like August is flying by way too fast. We’ve had a ton of hot and dry weather lately, which has meant high...
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