How Does Your Garden Grow?

A friend recently gave me some starters from her gorgeous garden and tips to keep them alive.

Swoon.

Currently these are my only "live" flowers.

The Gerbera Daisy.

Garden Delights

Our Mint is growing and it smells so good! There's something about enjoying food from your garden. It tastes amazing! I can't wait for the bell peppers, tomatoes, tomatillos, onions, cucumbers and strawberries to grow. I'm addicted to my garden! Especially if you can make one of these after a long hard day...

Mmmm Mojitos!

1.25 oz. Light Rum

12 mint leaves
1 tbsp sugar
0.5 oz fresh lime juice
2 oz tonic water

Place mint leaves, crushed ice, Rum, sugar, and lime juice in a glass and muddle. Add tonic water and garnish with mint leaves.

Enjoy your weekend!

Sting

While working so hard gardening yesterday, Micah got stung by a bee. The scream I heard made my toes curl. Poor guy. Love the little critters. I guess he looked like a great big flower.

It's that head of his.

Check out this wet bee!
Love the hair. Looks
like my dog after
a bath.

Awesome photos by dalantech

Garden Bento

I love this pic by Sakurako Kitsa. They used egg whites, carrots, red peppers & squash. Lovely.

I took the day off on Sunday to garden. It's alot of work! When you see everything grow and bloom, it's so worth it. It's inspiring! Everything is growing so fast now. My zucchini is pretty big! I'll throw some on the grill today. Yum.

Sunny Weather = Gardening

Yed made a raised bed and we planted strawberries, tomatoes, basil, cilantro, onions, mint, tomatillos and lettuce. I had to pick my friend Maggie's brain about this because we're rookies. That woman has a huge garden and raises chickens in the city! I forgot to add that she's brewing her own beer and is making me some killer felted cupcake earrings with Turquoise sprinkles. You can find her here.

I sorta got a bit off topic. I can't wait to pick my own mint for mojitos or make pico de gallo from the garden... That reminds me, I need jalapenos fast! We also planted some flowers that Micah liked in our front yard. Pink was his color of choice. Secretly, pink is my favorite color. Not the pale pink. It's the hot pink almost fuchsia color I like;)