Snow Day: 26 December 2012

 

 

It snowed all day. Other than early morning breakfast at the local greasy spoon, I've stayed right here, watching the snow come down, listening to both dogs snore the day away.

 

The lazy, post-holiday days are finally here.

 

Until Monday.

My Garden: Planted and Sprouting

Here is what the garden looks like so far. This is the before from only a month ago.

I took this a few days ago and you can see that my father's irises are just coming in to bloom. They are in full bloom now.

The green you see is my neighbor's beets, and my cousin's corn and garlic.

I have big plans for planting my vegetables and herbs  and now that my yard is under control, I'm planting the garden this weekend





My Garden - Ready to Plant

My soon to be spring garden is plowed and ready to plant once frost is no longer a threat.

Spring Garden

Heirloom Thai Basil HeirloomsRUsSeeds

Isn't this Thai basil lovely? I can smell it just looking at the photo. I can 't believe I've never taken photos of my garden. I will this year. I wish I had a photo of that sweet first head of butter lettuce. It was almost too pretty to eat. Almost.

Every year I plant a wide variety of basil. I'm adding red osmin, anise, lettuce leaf, and dark opal basil. I'm looking forward to planting a variety of heirloom tomatoes, my favorite baby Thai chilies, and especially chocolate and purple peppers.

My plan is to have a designated 5 ft row for each garden: Mexican, Thai, Italian, Greek, and Indian.

These are the magazines and books I am looking to for inspiration for my garden:
Sunset Easy Edible Garden
The Accidental Vegetarian
The Moosewood Restaurant Kitchen Garden
The Book Club Cookbook
The Best of Vietnamese & Thai Cooking
Mesa Mexicana
Hot Italian Dish

At Home with the Dogs

Ellie and Harley

Wild Child sculpture and Harry Taylor owl and crow prints

Eclectic rhinoceros and figurine collection

As I've said before, I've been rearranging and clearing clutter from each room. The pictures featured here are from my living room, my new favorite place to hang out with the dogs.