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Monday, April 12, 2010
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Our Garden...
Inquiring minds have wanted to know what we're up to with our garden this year, so here's the run-down! Since it's gotten so hot so early, we've already gotten a lot of it in the ground! Fingers crossed we don't get another frost! Our frost date is April 15th, so I think we'll be okay.
Here Jeff is watering the cauliflower, cabbage, and broccoli. Jeff said if all the cabbage grows in, we'll have about 70 lbs of it. Recipes to share, anyone??? In the round part he's planted carrots (new this year). Along the fence on that side are snow peas (yum!) and flat green beans (also new this year). Also in the foreground is romaine lettuce (the plant) and we've planted leaf lettuce & spinach seeds. (By the way, Jeff was unhappy I got him in the picture!)
Last year we planted asparagus. It takes asparagus several years before it produces, so we bought "old" plants. This year we've already gotten about 6 or 7 spears!
Did I mention we have 60 square feet of strawberries??? We didn't get any from it last year, but we've got quite a few flowers on it so far this year... good thing we bought a freezer this winter! And the cylinders you see in the back are potatoes.
All of the pots I used for my herbs on the patio cracked over this ridiculously cold winter. So this year, I've claimed part of the garden for them. Today I planted cilantro and italian flat leaf parsley. We'll get some basil seeds soon to plant, but we won't plant nearly as much as we did last year! Still lots of pesto in the freezer! To the right of the herbs (out of the photo) are our two blueberry bushes that have TONS of buds on them. Last year the birds got all of the blueberries, so we'll have to cover them earlier this time!
And the rest of the garden is still living in cups... zucchini, cucumbers, and tomatoes! Actually he planted the zucchini today (I took the picture of the cups yesterday!). We have what we think are cucumbers growing in the garden from the compost we put in it last year. We'll let it grow and see what it is. I'm sure we'll have a few "volunteer" tomatoes too! Plus, we'll buy a jalapeno plant and green bell pepper plant (just one of each this year!) in a couple weeks to plant... assuming we still have room at that point.
I also got to plant some petunias in my big flower pot out front today. I love having a little color out there. I need help figuring out how else to do that. White house, black shutters, and green shrubs can be boring. Fortunately, our azaleas are about to bloom, so we'll have some bright pink for about a week.
Here Jeff is watering the cauliflower, cabbage, and broccoli. Jeff said if all the cabbage grows in, we'll have about 70 lbs of it. Recipes to share, anyone??? In the round part he's planted carrots (new this year). Along the fence on that side are snow peas (yum!) and flat green beans (also new this year). Also in the foreground is romaine lettuce (the plant) and we've planted leaf lettuce & spinach seeds. (By the way, Jeff was unhappy I got him in the picture!)
Last year we planted asparagus. It takes asparagus several years before it produces, so we bought "old" plants. This year we've already gotten about 6 or 7 spears!
Did I mention we have 60 square feet of strawberries??? We didn't get any from it last year, but we've got quite a few flowers on it so far this year... good thing we bought a freezer this winter! And the cylinders you see in the back are potatoes.
All of the pots I used for my herbs on the patio cracked over this ridiculously cold winter. So this year, I've claimed part of the garden for them. Today I planted cilantro and italian flat leaf parsley. We'll get some basil seeds soon to plant, but we won't plant nearly as much as we did last year! Still lots of pesto in the freezer! To the right of the herbs (out of the photo) are our two blueberry bushes that have TONS of buds on them. Last year the birds got all of the blueberries, so we'll have to cover them earlier this time!
And the rest of the garden is still living in cups... zucchini, cucumbers, and tomatoes! Actually he planted the zucchini today (I took the picture of the cups yesterday!). We have what we think are cucumbers growing in the garden from the compost we put in it last year. We'll let it grow and see what it is. I'm sure we'll have a few "volunteer" tomatoes too! Plus, we'll buy a jalapeno plant and green bell pepper plant (just one of each this year!) in a couple weeks to plant... assuming we still have room at that point.
I also got to plant some petunias in my big flower pot out front today. I love having a little color out there. I need help figuring out how else to do that. White house, black shutters, and green shrubs can be boring. Fortunately, our azaleas are about to bloom, so we'll have some bright pink for about a week.
Friday, April 2, 2010
The "Birthiversary"
Yesterday we celebrated my 33rd birthday and our 4th wedding anniversary! I could not have asked for a more beautiful day to celebrate... 80 degrees and sunny! Too bad I had to work! We went to Cheddar's for dinner. I've never had a bad experience there, but after an hour of waiting for our food, the manager noticed and offered to comp our meal. Done.
When they find out we celebrate two things in one day, most people ask if I make Jeff by a separate anniversary gift and birthday gift. The answer... technically no. He buys me a birthday gift (we always have a $50 spending limit) and we buy one thing we both want for our anniversary. This year it was a Keurig coffee maker! Yum! We've had fun today figuring it out. And as you can see, I had to go buy a K-Cup organizer today to go with it!
We're looking forward to many, many more years together... and now well-caffeinated years together!
When they find out we celebrate two things in one day, most people ask if I make Jeff by a separate anniversary gift and birthday gift. The answer... technically no. He buys me a birthday gift (we always have a $50 spending limit) and we buy one thing we both want for our anniversary. This year it was a Keurig coffee maker! Yum! We've had fun today figuring it out. And as you can see, I had to go buy a K-Cup organizer today to go with it!
We're looking forward to many, many more years together... and now well-caffeinated years together!
Girl's Weekend in DC
Last weekend was our annual girls trip! This year we went to visit Becky B in DC... something that we've never done in nine years of getting together. Becky just bought a condo, so we were super excited to see that and the sights in our nation's capital!
We did do the tourist thing on Saturday and went to the Tidal Basin to see the Cherry Blossoms. Not at full peak, but close! It was a pretty nice day to be out and about. After that they fulfilled my request to go to The Container Store. I've only ever been able to shop there online and was dying to see the inside of one! The closest store to me is in Atlanta!
As usual we laughed a lot and played a lot of cards... Nerts to be exact! Next year is 10 years of Girls Weekend! Any suggestions on how to celebrate?!
We did do the tourist thing on Saturday and went to the Tidal Basin to see the Cherry Blossoms. Not at full peak, but close! It was a pretty nice day to be out and about. After that they fulfilled my request to go to The Container Store. I've only ever been able to shop there online and was dying to see the inside of one! The closest store to me is in Atlanta!
As usual we laughed a lot and played a lot of cards... Nerts to be exact! Next year is 10 years of Girls Weekend! Any suggestions on how to celebrate?!
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