I think shopping for garden goods is way fun. You get to wander around all the pretty flowers and cute little plants and get to imagine all the future produce you will be enjoying later in the summer!
How is that not fun? Well, Ben did have to lift the bags of manure and load them on the cart... so maybe that wasn't as fun for him. But I think he enjoyed a ride in the pick-up truck and getting to fill it up with manly things.
Don't mind that toilet paper, necessities people.
We grabbed some tomato plant starts and lots of seed packets. Did you know there are purple tomatoes? We grabbed one for fun. How cool is that?
Parsley, cilantro, sweet basil, spinach, green onions and sweet peas. I have done green beans before but haven't tried sweet peas. I am hoping for some awesome salads with those!
Turns out from the garden last year there is a BIG bunch of mint alive and thriving!
Also possibly some parsley. Ben is convinced that this little plant is parsley. I refuse to eat it until I know for sure that is what it is. Any master gardeners out there?
What IS that???
Ben might be on his own eating weeds as herbs. I will be keeping my distance till the mystery is solved.
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After the fun filled trip I was pretty hungry.
I had a chicken sandwich plate of sorts. Basically a chicken sandwich with 1 piece of bread and more veggies.
I was in the mood for LOTS of pickles. Pickles in the chicken, pickle juice and a few pickles on the side. Overkill? Maybe a little. ;)
Fresh fruit is my favorite snack. So happy for summer time all the new produce!
Pears and strawberries.
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After the gardening extravaganza I had a lovely hair client of Julia at Pain Pride & Perseverance! It was so fun to visit with her and get to talk about 2 of my favorite things! HAIR & RUNNING! Seriously can we just talk about running all day? Because I know I totally could. Thanks for a fun visit Julia!
Go visit her blog and you can see her new do!
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Do you know what the heck is growing in my garden that KINDA looks like parsley?
Help me out before Ben starts cooking things up with possible weeds!
Do you like pickles? Ever crave them?
Do you prefer sweet or dill???
I think I was wanting that slightly bitter saltiness. I sufficiently got my fix.
Growing up we NEVER had dill pickles in the house, always the sweet ones. Such a shame because dill might be my favorite.
I LOVE the gardening talk. I'm thinking about growing some strawberry plants and herbs on my mini balcony!
ReplyDelete... Growing up i ONLY knew sweet mixed pickels. My mom thought dill was gross. Now? Yeah, while I love sweet mixed, the fact dill pickles are sooo low in macros and I can enjoy them aklmost freely in my diet they are my FAV
you did an AMAZING job on Julia's hair!! I am SO impressed.. maybe I will have you cut my hair?? how much do you charge? I am mostly wanting a trim for my dead ends but still... you are AMAZING!
ReplyDeleteVery cool that you have your own garden, that is so awesome! I wish that I had a green thumb!
ReplyDeleteyay. thanks for the shoutout. I really am so unbelievably in love with my hair. even wore it down today...that was huge for me :) you did an awesome job...hope you all are living here for a bit longer because I may need to come back a lot!! haha!
ReplyDeletei really want your life too. seriously. please can I just garden all day?? that sounds so relaxing and fun and exciting! LOVE it. i do not know what that plant is...I am so un-knowledgeable when it comes to gardening but I do love it...I tend to kill plants but I try really hard and that is what counts :)
Hope you have a fabulous day and maybe I will see you tomorrow???? I will totally understand if you sleep in though...really. I would be doing the same thing!
Purple tomatoes?! I'm going to have to find these ASAP those sound awesome!
ReplyDeleteI love pickles especially after long runs (weird??) and I like dill pickles WAY better than sweet ones
Julia's hair looked SO CUTE! Where were you last night? You need to come to PF with us next week for SURE ok!?!? I'm so jealous you have a garden. Amazing.
ReplyDeleteI saw Julia's hair--gorgeous, great job with the haircut!
ReplyDeleteI had such a pickle day today! Straight up pickles on the side of my lunch and then diced pickles in tuna salad for dinner. Delicious!
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So jealous of your gardening! I dream of the day when I too can grown fun-colored tomatoes and convince my husband to haul bags of manure.
ReplyDeleteI love pickles too, especially the baby ones. They're so cute.
Have you and your husband seen Into the Wild? I wouldn't risk trying the "parsley," though I admire your husband's daring. ;)
I love gardening! And pickles :) haha
ReplyDeleteI'm so excited about growing stuff this year! I hear mint can be kind of crazy and take over!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE pickles! They have to be dill though...NO SWEET. Any shape will do...I'm not picky about that.
Oh gosh, I love pickles (especially dill) so much!
ReplyDeleteThat does kind of look like flat leaf parsley. I say taste it. Then you'll know for sure! Parsley also has a pretty distinct smell. Maybe it was parsley, and it cross pollinated with something else in the garden?? So jealous of your little garden!! I am going to get myself a little planter to put some herbs in. SO EXCITED. :)
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