garden...

one more time. cause this is fun.

it's amazing what a little water and sunshine can do...  :)

garden...

the best thing in the world is walking out to the garden and it has all of the sudden exploded into green leafy goodness. everything is growing just as it should.... it makes me smile. 

first day planted....

today!

winner! :)

basil [again]...

so... i spent a little time in my garden this morning... and i was just thinking back to what it was like when i first started growing all of these plants... these plants that have grown better than i could ever hope for! i harvested some more zucchini, i trimmed out some dead leaves and i cleaned up my basil... it was starting to flower, and i don't think i want it to... so i plucked the flowering part off. it smelled so good... i love the smell of fresh herbs! and it was much too cute with its tiny little white flowers to not take a picture of it... so, of course, i did. now i need to go get ready for church and stuff... happy sunday to you all! :)

a summer day...

"a perfect summer day is when the sun is shining,

the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing

& the lawn mower is broken."

...james dent

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today was the first time we have ever mowed our lawn... and when i say "we" i really mean austin. let's be honest... it will always be him. haha... anyway. it was cute and  exciting & totally blog worthy! :) 

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on a sad note, i think im killing my pumpkins... i think they have a fungus or something and i just don't know what to do. and im pretty sure my zucchini plants are a moth breeding facility now. awesome.

speaking of my zucchini plants... they are seriously ginormous
[and i'm still making tons of zucchini bread].

my basil and little baby oak trees are both doing great still...
they make me smile.

amazing...

so apparently we are having the missionaries for dinner tonight... it should be a lovely time. haha... welp. as a little appetizer thing, my mom made this fabulously amazing dip... it has avacado and corn and beans and tomatoes and some other stuff, but seriously- its delicious. this recipe also calls for a bit of cilantro.... and guess who just happened to be growing some? yep... thats me! this was the first time i've actually been able to use any of the herbs ive been growing! its amazing!! so naturally i just had to blog about it!

:)

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^ pretty amazing, eh?

+ happiness...

alright... first of all- happy valentines day, friends! i love you all!

second of all... i planted some happy little plants of saturday. i got some pansies going for mom [for the front and back yard]. i re-potted [and thinned] the basil and cilantro and my 3 little baby sunflowers and a strawberry plant. and! my yucca have sprouted and looking all types of cool... so i planted them too! and!! the jojoba have some wicked huge roots developing so i got those in a pot too! [i tried to take a picture, but im afrain it didnt turn out super well.]

and here is the most exciting news of all! are you ready for this? i have one little tiny acorn root starting to form! woot woot! that means someday... i will have a little baby oak tree... and then many many somedays after that i will have a big oak tree! sigh. that just makes me so happy! im pretty sure my mom thinks im insane.... but i dont care... i just love this!

yay! :)

punxsutawney phil day...

happy groundhog day y'all!

[and apparently we still have 6 more weeks of winter... haha]

so my family does one family home evening a month with our friends the collett's... last night it was our house [oh and by the way... i dont stay. i go to the one for my ward, lol.] but for dessert my mom and austin made punxsutawney phil cupcakes... and they sure did turn out awful cute, dont you think? i just had to take a picture of them! and they were pretty yummy too! high five to the mom and little brother...


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my cilantro has its first true leaves! :) and the basil i just barely getting their first true leaves too... this means i need to transplant... if only i had a garden to put them in... sigh.
ps... this is day 26.

+ delightful...

"delightful" is a truly wonderful word. people should use it more often, i think. anyway... today is day 18 of the herb garden experiment... and it really has been absolutely delightful! my cilantro has exploded... its growing so fast! and my sweet basil is already smelling like sweet basil... and it smells wonderful! i wish you could smell it! i cant wait till its grown... i think im going to have to make pesto! :)

 

 

"in all things of nature there is something of the marvelous."  - aristotle

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ps. i love spider mums... and daisies....

again...

i really am in love with this little herb garden.... sorry if it seems a little obsessive. but its just so fun to watch little seeds grow... it makes me happy! there's something magical about growing plants... wathching seeds sprout, or new leaves uncurl... i love new leaves- like when they are still waxy and light green. seriously... how can you not smile when you see new little plants growing? anyway. im done... :)

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day 7

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day 9 [today]

+ sweet basil...

lol... so i really am loving this little herb garden! my sweet basil is sprouting beautifully! cilantro is just beginning to sprout... its not as impressive yet, so i'll wait on those pics for a bit. but anyway... here is my sweet, sweet basil! :)

happiness

so... i really do love plants. they make me happy. today my mom brought home a chia herb garden [it was on mega clearance at cvs... haha]. i planted sweet basil, chives and cilantro. they are awful cute... perhaps they will grow? i will keep you updated. :)

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also. i think im in love.

larry makes me smile and we laugh together often. oh how he makes my heart go pitter-patter. okay... maybe not really, but i honestly do get a kick out of him, especially when i am doing the dishes... and he is just sitting there on the windowsill smiling at me, looking into my soul with those big blue eyes... sigh. oh larry...