Sunday, August 24, 2014
Spirit
Spirit is our neighbor's dog. She lives down the street and we absolutely love her. She loves to visit us on the weekends. She loves to cannon ball our pond and raid our compost heap and chase frogs and chipmunks. She won't accept food and if we give her treats she proceeds to bury them in our herb garden and comes back to get them later. It's as if she wouldn't be as rude to let us know that she is there to beg but to just visit us for a couple hours instead. We adore her. We love to roll in the grass with her and smother her with affection. I love big, sloppy, kissy, dogs. She arrives and leaves without warning. Her name is so appropriate. She is so free and loving and adorable. She is part of our summer weekends and I hate to see it end.
Happy 80th Birthday
What a lovely weekend. Tim's parents are exceptional and it was his Dad's 80th birthday and we were so happy to host a party this weekend. Amazing food ( as usual), such lovely family, gardening, and great new surprises. We had our fern frenzy cocktails, delicious brown sugar chicken, amazing cake and ice cream sandwiches, new outdoor movie projector ( awesome!) and a great brunch!. Awesome weekend!
Monday, August 18, 2014
Shredder Awesomeness!!!
It took a couple trips to figure out the oil mix - who would have thought that there were so many oil combos? However, once we got started - what a blast. So excited to make our own mulch. The shredder is a little intimidating but so damn awesome! We had a pile of mulch in no time and with all our trees - it's totally sustainable and we can keep the beds fed all the time. It is so great!
Thursday, August 7, 2014
Memories of tomatoes past...
When I was a kid, no matter where we lived, my Dad would plant a small vegetable garden. Japan, Philippines, Montana, New York...there was always a little patch of at least tomato plants on our patio or backyard. I love tomatoes and I love that my Dad tried to be a gardener no matter where we lived and no matter how long we lived there. We lived a very transient life growing up. Life in the military is tough. This year, we have the best tomatoes we have ever had and all I can wish is that my Dad could see them and be able to make him a tomato sandwich. He would like that.
Sunday, August 3, 2014
New Toys!
We got a couple new toys this weekend to try. Tim had bought me a chipper-shredder for my birthday and it finally arrived! Woo-hoo! Not that we want to re-enact a scene from Fargo . However, we have so much tree debris on the property that it will be an eco friendly and sustainable use for mulch for the garden beds. The second toy - Tim got a gift from is boss of a vegetable shredder from William-Sonoma and he made zucchini pasta with zucchini, tomatoes and onions from our garden. Yum.
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