So it’s been over a month since we planted our garden, and MAN has it grown. First up? Our tomatoes! We planted 5 little tomato plants. You may remember, they looked like this: How about now? Check it out! The tomatoes are out of control! I actually need to do some serious pruning on some…
Adventures in Gardening: Let’s Try Again!
Some long-time readers may remember that about 2 years ago, I decided to plant a garden and chronicle it on the blog. And it failed. In a major way. As in… everything died. Well, last year, I decided to try again (or, really Nick did). Since I was expecting it to be another epic failure,…
Adventures in Gardening: Fail.
So, you might be wondering what ever happened to the herbs I planted a while back? Well, the inevitable happened. I killed them. All of them. Ok, well, not all of them, there are still a few really sad looking chives that refuse to grow any larger than newly planted grass seed. I should have…
Adventures in Gardening, Part II
I’m happy to report that it’s looking like my gardening adventure is a success! So far, at least. In case you missed it, last week I planted basil, cilantro, rosemary and chive seeds. I also planted a small basil plant and a jalapeno plant. This week, I added two more to my little garden. Heirloom…
Adventures in Gardening, Part I
I love fresh herbs, but I rarely buy them unless I have a specific recipe for them, otherwise I usually end up forgetting about them in the back of the fridge until they go bad. It’s sad, because fresh herbs can seriously kick up an otherwise boring dish. I make a lot of salads and…
