Year Two of the Garden

I have a solid year under my belt now in terms of vegetable gardening and things are looking much better this spring. I have a few items still in the ground from the winter: two broccoli plants, one brussel sprout and a few rows of Red Russian garlic. The winter was so cold here, I had to rip out a good bit of the cold weather crops like the cabbage since they bolted as soon as it warmed up.

The spring crops went in:

• Sweet Georgia onions


• Yellow neck squash


• Italian black eggplant


• Black Tula tomatoes


• Sungold cherry tomatoes (a fav hybrid from the local farm stand)


• Yellow golden peppers


• Tam jalapeno peppers (the jerks that killed my eyeball last fall)


• Russet potatoes (started from sprouted pantry taters)


• Suko cucumbers


• Strawberries (rescued from the Oakhurst Community Garden compost pile)


• Soybeans and Blue Lake bush beans


• Herb pot and window boxes: lots and lots of basil, sage, sorrel, mint and an attempt at fennel

So, I ran out of room at my place and headed over to Danielle's while she was out of town to install Gwen's Annex Garden. She got a bit of the leftovers from above plus a ton of sunflowers for the girls and the birdies to enjoy.

Enjoy a few pictures. You'll see just how much Tamale loved having Winslow over while I gardened.

If you're missing me, this is where you can find me.

Thanks to my super duper husband, we now have a place to relax in the sunshine after a long day at work.

Aruba

Tonight seems like an appropriate night to think back on our recent Aruba trip. A week ago, we were just returning from a four day/three night stay on the lovely isle of Aruba. Tonight, I'm suffering from allergies with a low-grade fever of a 100 degrees (upcoming sinus infection?) and sucking on a freezie pop.

Aruba, on the other hand, was only 90 degrees and SO welcome after this horrible winter we've suffered in Atlanta. When I initially booked the trip, I thought the first weekend in March might be too close to nice weather here. Not so much.

We stayed at the Westin resort and enjoyed our most memorable meal at Passions on the Beach thanks to a recommendation from one of my book clubbers. Greg was impressed with the LED menus and I simply luxuriated in enjoying dinner with sand between my toes.

I have nothing else to report. It was a quick trip to unplug from the daily grind and spend time together. Check.


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