~Beach Trip~

~Beach Trip~

Ah the beach. How I love the sand in my toes and the sound of the waves. What a beautiful place. I mean any beach. Not just the one I was at. All beaches have there perks. Sand and Water! The only thing not so great about this beach was the Jellyfish. Yes, jellyfish. I had never been stung by one and I don't ever want to be stung again. One hit my chest and rolled down my front, leaving 3 red sting spots. The pain. It lasted maybe an hour. And right after that pain was going away, a jellyfish wrapped itself around my leg. This left a pretty good sized sting. This time the pain lasted about 2 to 3 hours... I didn't have a watch or clock, so I'm not really sure about times... But it felt like 3 hours...I was really lucky that I only got stung by 2, because they were everywhere! and really really big ones too. Everywhere you looked - there they were.
So enough about the bad stuff.... On to the good. First Food. I love food. good food at that. We ate some wonderful sushi - salmon and Catfish... I know what your thinking. Catfish? but yes, grilled catfish stuffed with a cornbread mix and crawfish. I'm not normally one for crawfish, but I like to try new things. This was a good try. Very fresh and very yummmy. Other good things were the people. Locals I mean. Every local store (by this I mean small shops like, clothing stores and art gallery's) we went into was very lovely and they were very nice and talkative. We made a lot of "new friends" :) We stopped in a garden store on the way out of town and bought two Palms and two hibiscus plants. They look so good in our garden. Of course the View was nice and the weather could not have been better. No rain and a nice 90 they whole time.

Here are some pictures of our trip. Enjoy!

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What a Wednesday.

WELCOME BACK!

I'm so sorry that it takes me some time to update here. Things in the garden have been GREAT! Our potatoes are doing very well, along with all the herbs we have planted. Some flowers have bloomed but most are just starting to bud. With all this rain, it hurt a lot of our early bloomers. As you saw from the last post, the Roses were amazing! The rain destroyed most of them. so sad. They only lasted a week or so. I have 2 Tomatoes growing and cant wait for more. Here I have pictures of 2 veggies I really proud of.

check out the Broccoli. We should
have some soon. Yummy!

And the Squash! They flowered already

and now they are starting to bush out!

FLOWER POWER!

Ah, to be a Bee...

The Roses have bloomed! and its seemed to have happened over night. They look amazing and smell wonderful. Its my favorite thing in the garden. I love cutting them and bringing roses into the house. I have them all over. Sadly, the rain came last night and knocked a lot of petals off. But no worries, they will grow back...All summer long! I just love it.

( The Color...)

( the smell!)

Beautiful!

Garden Journal

I started a Garden Journal about 2 months ago. I've listed everything growing, when it got planted, and looked up information on everything. I really think this is going to help me have a better understanding of my plants. Not much has happened with the plants yet. Everything is still making a home in the ground. By mid summer We're going to have all sorts of good things to eat. Provided that I can make them grow.

Here is whats happening now:
Bought and Planted 3-14:

Cilantro & Oregano

Park Whopper Tomatoes

Heirloom Tomatoes

Rome Grape Tomatoes 0ne green pepper






Sweet Bell Red Peppers
Squash
planted 6 of each

Broccoli

6 planted.

White Onions
20 planted, I think.



Potoets
planted 4




Floewers Bought and Planted 4-18:

Shasta Daisy

Yarrow- 2 kinds


HollyHock

Stonecrop

Candytuft


Verbena

MilkWeed


Thanks to everyone that keeps checking back with the blog. I know its been a 'working' site. I will try to do better this year. Even in the winter when nothing is growing. I made a point of buying winter flowers and some veggies.
I can't wait to taste all the good fruits of our labor.

Vacation 08

Hello to everyone who Reads this... If you didn't know, my husband and I took our yearly trip to Florida. We themed parked again...I can't get enough Roller coasters and simulators. We had a great time all week. Even managed to be inside when it rained. Which it did everyday. The only bad thing about the trip was on the way home. See, Delta airlines has a new rule. You must be 45 Min's early, from your boarding time. If you are not the computer will lock you out and not even a Manager can get back in. Well, we did not know this. We were 40 Min's early. We were not allowed to check in. After a lot 'talk' about this, we ended up buying 2 more plane tickets and a hotel room. Our flight left at 5:30 the next morning... Needless to say, Delta will never get any of my money again. But other then that, we had a great time. We ate ALOT of food and rode everything at least twice. Epcot was having there Food and Wine Fest and we took part in that everyday! Japan is our Fav! Sake and Sushi. We also ate at Wolfgang Pucks, that was very good also. We took home some hand carved Wine stoppers - shaped like a zebra, giraffe, and rhino - two floppy hats and a great cast iron Teapot from Japan. It sits on our wood burning stove. We can't wait to use it. My legs hurt for 2 days after. I haven't walked that much since I was waiting tables. LOL. any who...I have some pictures I'd like to share...

Us outside the resort hotel room

Me at Universal Studios.

(this is a prop for Halloween Horror Night)

Us in our Floppy Hats at Disney

At Least there was a pool at the airport hotel.

Our Teapot.

Rainy Birthday

Yesterday was my 25th Birthday and I had planned a nice garden party. I spent all day placing candles and potted flowers around the garden. My step dad made me some very nice benches and my Mom made some awesome pillows for them. Everything looked great and was ready for the party. Then at 6:50 ( partying starting at 7:30 ) It came a down pour! Major river running thur the back yard, soaked the candles. Luckily I was able to get the pillows inside before they got wet. It only rained for 15 mins but it was enough rain to keep us off the benches and bar stools. I moved some candles inside and placed the pillows on the couch and the floor. The one on the floor the cat took over and didn't leave it till around noon today. We did spend sometime outside. Standing. But I had a great time. Drank a little too much. but who cares! Its my birthday!
I have no pictures, b.c well... I got mad that things didn't go my way and I had to move inside and somehow I focused more on wine then pictures.

Eventful Day

It seems I always find New things in my Garden when I moving/cutting plants. Today we found a whole Mess of Garlic Chives. I knew I had Chives, but I just thought they were Chives. and I didn't realize how much I had. After we cut back an evergreen we found them.(pictures 1&2) Just a few had flowered, and I remembered reading that chives have purplish flowers not white. So I looked it up, and found that there called Garlic Chives. I also learned that you can eat the flowers and the bulb that's in the ground, along with the stems. I love a plant that you can eat all of!

Below is where I planted my Bouquet Garden seeds. I got the seeds as a free gift from the National home gardening club. The Mixture has the Following: Calendula, Sunflower, comos, Lewis Flax, Baby Snapdragon, Cornflower, Lupine, Scented Stock, Clarkia, African Dasiy, Phlox, Chinese Forget-Me-Not, Baby's Breath, Zinnia, Dephinium, Coreopsis, and Black eyed susan. I'm pretty excited about having a whole section just for cut flowers. I love to bring them inside, and share with others. I'm always taking Roses to work. I also planted some Red Poppy seeds just off the side of this picture. I can't wait!!