Tomato Harvest!

Brian and I finally were able to harvest some tomatoes from our 2 plants (early girl and orange grape tomatoes) last night. It has been a very cool summer, so everything seems to be later than normal. We have already gotten a couple of zucchinis, but these are the first of the tomatoes. There are lots more green ones on the vines, so I'm sure well be getting more soon!

Perfect Weekend

What a great weekend! On Saturday, my friend Heather came down for a visit. We indulged in lunch and some retail therapy. It felt really good to be out and about with all the sunshine! We checked out Orchard Nursery in Lafayette and I picked up some plants for the garden.

Today, Brian and I were the "boring married couple". We took Belle for a long walk. Brian washed both cars and I mowed the "lawn". Then, I finally got to plant some plants in the garden. I decided, since the danger of frost was mostly over, that this was the "planting weekend". I planted cilantro, Italian parsley, thyme, rosemary, chives, 2 different kinds of leaf lettuce. and 4 different kinds of tomatoes (early girl, roma, roma grape, and yellow boy). Yes..can you believe I (queen tomato hater) planted 4 tomato plants?!?! But, I love cooking with tomatoes. I'm hoping that I have enough to make my own salsa and pasta sauce this summer. YUMMY!

Lettuce and herbs...We still need to get more mulch to put down on the path....But I think it's going to look good!

Tomato plants...I want to get some bell and jalapeno pepper plant...maybe some beans too! I just can't decide!

Brian is putting the finishing touches on our new umbrella. We put out the new umbrella and pillows. We can't wait to BBQ!

You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt. ~Author Unknown