It's been while since i did any writing..work was ultra hectic.In the meantime Winter's gone buh bye...spring and its showers and allergies are still lingering and summer is almost here.Yay!
We're almost done with our spring gardening...we planted a lot of perennials this year. We did Lavenders, sweet tufts, dahlias, lillies and a few other whose name escape my mind..I also added some annuals (petunias and gerber daisies) for an instant boost of color. The peonies from last year bloomed this year..well, the pink one, the burgundy buckeye has one bud...hopefully it will bloom soon.
The butterfly bush has new leaves and the crape myrtles have thick foliage..can't wait for the blooms in summer.
The roses are in full bloom and oh so lovely!
The dahlias are out - all 8 of them. They should bloom in summer..
The Lillies are slowly sprouting. I have planted 18 of them ...and almost 5-6 of them have come to life...they are in season so I'm hoping they will be out in time and have some blooms this year.
I also did some herbs - coriander, rosemary, basil, mint and thyme.
We have a bunny rabbit in our back yard and today i noticed that it had eaten all of my cilantro plant not a leaf wwas spared...I had a made a trinity with the rosemary,basil and cilantro and in the picture you can see that the whole haed of cilantro has been eaten up. I really hope my herbs survive the attack of the rabbit this season...otherwise i might have to resort to setting bunny traps and maybe roasting that little fellow with a marinade of all my herbs...so you better watch out..you bunny who thinks you are smart to eat my cilantro..
My first vegetable a container tomato plant. It already has baby tomatoes!
Gerber Daisies on the deck!
Can you say that I'm thrilled at the way the yard has shaped up this year :) That's me grinning ear to ear.
Since this is a Home and Garden edition and I've done a comprehensive garden edition, let me get on to the Home edition now...just couple of my culinary adventures.
Last weekend I made fresh pasta for the first time and it was delish. it was easier than i thought and i made a yummy bologonese sauce to go with it. The kids loved it which is always an added bouns!
We were hoping to go strawberry picking this week and i had plans to make a strawberry rhubarb pie. Well, Sean came down with fever so we had to ditch the farm trip. I still wanted to make the pie so off to the store i went and this was the end result...the crust was nice and flaky and the filling was juicy and yummy!
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