Botanical Calling

So in anticipation of my cousin Clay seeing our house and yard for the first time I went out to check the garden. The day before I had eaten fresh green beans and seen HUGE green peppers on my landscape-architect cousin Nichole's gorgeous plants. Wouldn't you know it, amongst the weeds we had two huge zucchinis and many more blossoms, over a dozen healthy green tomatoes, progressing green onions and peas in the pod that I thought died months ago.

I guess 4 years of botany education plus 3 months of weeding neglect can still pay off!

I have said all along that next year I will focus on gardening instead of just plopping plants in the dirt. Now after a few meals of fresh cilantro & onions and seeing Nichole's low-key high-yield garden I am looking forward to it! Besides we are making good progress with that dern bathroom downstairs, with no more big remodels planned I will have a whole spring to dedicate to my botanical calling.

Newest Newlyweds & Gnomes

This weekend our family welcomed our newest legal member, Katie! She has been apart of our family for a long time, and on July 3rd at Harvard in Boston Katie and Adam got married. We celebrated the next day with fireworks on the Charles River, and a Neil Diamond and the Boston Pops Orchestra concert. Fantastic weekend, congratulations to the newest newlyweds on the block!

So while I was away, the garden grew (can you find the tomato plants?), the bathroom stayed naked, there was another bacon explosion, and my new friend Rossgnowme guarded the backyard.

Hope everyone had a great 4th of July and is enjoying a wonderful summer! July means it is almost August, hope to see you all soon!