Category Archives: gardening Well, lovelies…I’m back. After 8 days in sunny, sweaty, sticky Belize…I am back in the grand state of Colorado. How do you do? Highlights of the trip: * Cooking with my boyfriend’s sister. Although, I think I may have frightened her. I am notorious for being a Nazi in the kitchen. Sorry? Control freaks are...  A fine little side salad to complement tonight’s dinner. I am proud to say that everything in this dish came from our lovely little garden: lettuce, basil, spearmint, and green peppers! If nothing else grows for the rest of the season, at least I got this small and delicious amount. I am SO happy! Share  FINALLY…it is summer. Jesus H-Christoball! It has been so cold and rainy here the past month, I was beginning to wonder if it would ever stop. This weekend we headed on down to Berry Patch Farms to pick ourselves some strawberries. We picked two pints for about 5 bucks. What a deal! They are so...  Last weekend we went to The Denver Botanic Gardens. The moisture this season has made me feel like I have been transported back home to Virginia. The peonies were hardy and beautiful, the poppies were spunky and the irises just like my grandmother’s. It made me really homesick but it also inspired me to work...  Last week I started some seedlings. I have a bad feeling about them though, because I have never been able to start ANYTHING from seeds. But, this year I am determined to have a legitimate vegetable garden, dammit. Today Evan and I hacked at the Earth, determined to clear some little plots in our overrun... |
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