IN THE GARDEN: LETS GET IT STARTED!

I think everyone's seeds have sprouted but mine?! In the mean time, I'm day dreaming of spring and summer days spent watering and watching (and eating) from the little garden I'm working on with the kiddos. Munchkin in I used to spend half the afternoon planting, and watering, and pruning... I must admit this is my 3rd or 4th planting season and I still feel like a novice. But I'm always determined to give it the old college try and see what goodies I can grow and eat! As per usual my goal is to drum up exactly what I need to eat chips and salsa all day every day. So tomatoes, peppers, onions, cilantro (among other herbs)…

This time around I've ordered a copy of GARDEN ANYWHERE (Alys Fowler).  Armed with my Amazon Prime it should be here just in time for me to get in a few chapters before the weekend.

Next up: Currently drooling over this (gardening) bag and new tools. I will definitely need a new trowel and these little herb snips (Tony's old rusty shovel and pruners just won't do this time around).

Welcoming all tips and advice on getting this party started!

xx,
Bunnie
BAG | TOOLS

P.S. My friend Cathy came to the munchkin's book club last summer with that bag - and now I must have it. For more reason than one...

The Weekend in SIX PIX

I hope you had an amazing weekend and an even better Fathers Day!

I headed home to Jacksonville, FL to hang with friends and family. Its funny that even though I'v been living in Atlanta for 10 years now, I still consider Jax my home.  Well, we celebrated one of my oldest and dearest friends impending nuptials and got to spend some time with the Grand Daddy (yes, thats what I said.. I'm from the South:-)

Here are some of my favorite moments from the weekend:

picking peaches from grand daddys garden

a beautiful bridal shower for my bestie (on the right) with my favorite cousin

these delicious red velvet cupcakes (with a little added bling by bailey blue events).

checking out the new Super Man Movie (A surprise fathers day gift) with hubs.

road trippin' with my man of steel:-)

winding down with Papa Bear from a whirlwind trip.

Photo Credits: me and my instagram feed.

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I really hope you Have an AWESOME week!

i love it when this happens!

totally random and off topic.

I've been a little off kilter all of this week. i was at a birthday party for one of the little munchkin's pals this past weekend... long story short, i went in the house quickly to throw something in the trash and when i came out she wasnt standing where i left her. being the helicopter mom that I am, i immediately scanned the back yard to keep an eye on  her.. and i didnt see her. so i quickly went inside and started looking from room to room in the house and asking if anyone had seen her.. each time i peeked into a room i expected to see her and didnt.
i got a really awful feeling in the pit of my stomach.. and then there she was standing at the front door with the other kids waiting for ice cream.. i didnt feel relief. i just picked her up and burst into tears.. i had never felt like that before, and i never want to feel that way again. the entire episode, probably lasted a total of a minute and thirty seconds.. it was the worst minute and thirty seconds of my life...

i guess that was long story long... my bad.

it didnt help that i had just watched the Jayce Lee Dugard special with Diane Sawyer...

at any rate, i've been having crazy dreams all week, it helps to get that off my chest.

As you know i've been trying with mediocre success to cultivate a little container garden. Not sure if I've mentioned that the yard is hubbys little manicured project, so he has so far refused to build me a raised garden bed, and instead assigned me a small space on a little deck on the side of the house...

just wanted to do a little post on my progress which i'm very excited about!

here is a before shot from around June 9.

and now I have these (little watermelon)!!

and these tiny tomatoes!!

some swiss chard and spinach

 jalapeno

some  bell peppers peeking through!!

and herbs galore!! They just sprung up after a good rain last week. I almost peed my pants!!

so again, my goal is to grow everything i'll need to make my own salsa by the end of the summer.. plus i threw in a few other fruits and veggies for good measure just to  get my feet wet.

with a little help from this guy, and my neighbor ginger, the munchkin and I harvested some basil (yes, she is wearing a ball gown.. all southern belles do their gardening in formal wear:) ...

 

and made my first ever batch of fresh pesto (with the help of ms. ina garten) !

I tossed in a little angel hair pasta and chicken and had a LOVELY meal!

i LOVE it when that happens!!!

Green Thumb Thursday

So back in April My folks came to visit for a bit, and since my dad has such a lush and delicious garden in his back yard, I thought it would be a good time for him to aide me in my efforts to culminate my own little green thumb.


it is my goal in life to be a chocolatey martha stewart (yep i said it!)and grow something that i can eat. right now, i'm just bootleg martha stewart. dont judge me. i'm working on it.

at any rate, i thought a good test would be to start with work on a container garden full of all of the things i would need to make a batch of bunnie's yummy home made salsa! tomates, onions, jalapeno's, bell pepper, some herbs and such... easy breezy right? umm... no.

so i took this pic was taken about a week after planting.

and a month and a half later. they have not grown one inch.. i mean they are still very much green and alive... thats about it.

this is my little munchkin helping to make markers for the different plants. she is such a good little helper:)
But I digress...

So I decided to take matters into my own hands and do what any driven and determined confident woman would do. I cheated (so to speak). I went out and bought some saplings and decided to try again. I know its a little late for planting season. But I'm on a mission.

I even threw in some fruits this time (since I was on a roll, with my bad self:-).  

 I'm also, i'm using a little plant booster of sorts (still cheating)..

i'd like to have a little nook like this with a little table, and chair and a pitcher of sangria:)

so I'll keep you posted on my progress....

the old college try!

So the folks (my parents) were in town and one the of projects I had on the docket was to get my dad to help me with some planting.. He has a great garden back home on thier acre of land chock full of all kinds of fruits and veggies.. I've mean pretending to start a garden for some time now and for the last few years have even gone out and bought some seeds.. But this year.. we took it a step further and actually put them in some dirt.. I'm starting with all of the ingredients to make my own home made salsa (tomatoes, peppers, onions, cilantro)plus a few other greens for salads..

the yard belongs to hubby so i'm forced onto our back deck, and my intention is to create a lush container garden.. so I'm looking for some inspiration.. we picked up some really cute pots from IKEA, but are starting here with these biodegradeable containers and some seeds.. my dad insisted on doing things the old fashion way. i would have been happy to pick up some saplings, but patience is a virtue (thats what It says..).

i'm keeping them indoors for now and already see some sprouts.. however, i've run into a little snafu. i have no idea what is what? no one told me that my Sharpie would fade.. so now the pots say absolutely nothing..

i suppose i'll just keep moving along and hopefully the contents will become apparent sooner rather than later.

as always my little munchkin is the best helper ever. she insisted on taking part of every stage of the process.

at any rate.. keeping my fingers crossed that I wont get discouraged and that i will be posting pix of Bunnie's home made salsa in no time at all:-)