the trees.

we planted 9 thuja green giants along the back fence...one day we might not have to have a backyard lit up by glaring lights from Kroger and Burger King!

the garden.

the pole beans...just now flowering, almost all the way up the poles.

tomatos, peppers

i'm not really sure what this is...transplanted it from the compost to see what would happen.


mom, here's the vibernum and red maple behind/below it.

and the blue sage...blooming.

2 stages of compost, and leaf mold bin

lemon balm, basil


strawberry spinach

grandpa's admirer lettuce

rainbow chard

avocado trees, transplanted from compost

a salad.

One night last week i got ready to put a salad together for dinner...got the container of kale out of the fridge and discovered this...yuck. brown and sour tasting. so, i decided to venture out into the garden to see if i could finally pick enough stuff to make a decent salad.

And, I could! Grandpa's Admirer lettuce, blue dwarf kale, rainbow chard, strawberry spinach (with the little red berries!) and english peas.

then i went a little nutty and arranged it all on a plate, paraded the plate into the office, probably sang some sort of ridiculous song announcing mine and the plate's entrance and showed my little harvest proudly to jeff. and....he humored me and I went back into the kitchen and made a salad. what can i say, first summer harvest....i was proud, AM proud, okay?

Trip to Tom and Sharons

Last weekend the four of us (dogs and craven's) drove to Windermere to visit with Tom and Sharon and Kath and Kate. We had lunch by the pool one afternoon. It was a great visit, lots of long walks and movie going and all. Abe even jumped in the pool one day!