Sarah discovered the other day that we have our first vegetable ripening on our tomato plants. Isn't it beautiful??? This is the first time I've lived somewhere that I have enough backyard for a garden. So we have a few tomato plants and yellow squashes growing along with our potted herbs of mint and basil. It is such a satisfying experience. I think our plants initially had some "transplant shock" because they weren't looking very healthy no matter how much tender care we gave. We even lost two tomatoes. It was a sad day. But now, oh, they look beautiful and strong. A few weeks ago, the city services of Denver were giving away free mulch so we took our shovel and bags to our favorite local lake/park and shoveled up bags of deteriorating Christmas trees from last December. Plus, since Sarah works at Starbucks, she gets a plethora of coffee grounds that we spread over our garden soil. So we have quite a treasured backyard. If anyone wants to come visit in the middle of July or August, we will make you a vegetable feast with Moroccan mint tea of course!
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Some people have babies. For those who don't want babies, they have dogs. For those who don't want dogs...well, they turn into us. I have no problem viewing my garden as an extension of myself right now. :)
oh that's funny. i'm not a dog person either ... maybe i should think about a garden then :)
please educate me ... why coffee grounds?
LOVE that you have basil!!! yummy!
love love.
If I were there I would TOTALLY eat that tomato! Tomatoes fresh out of the garden are heavenly! Almost as good as London (which is my measuring stick for most of life!).
you are great. i love that tomato. we are moving in a few weeks and our new little apartment has a garden in front. i cannot wait to plant things. it's funny though, i love love love spending time at the farmers marker. so if the whole planting and growing thing doesn't work out for me, i know i am taken care of... since the largest farmers market in the nation is in my backyard.
love.
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