In the garden

Lucky me - my husband enjoys running a vegetable/herb garden. Most days when I'm cooking dinner, I head out back to grab something fresh to add. There's basil for pesto, oregano for pizza, and rosemary, thyme, mint, and parsley for everything else. We had a bumper crop of cucumbers, totaling one (1) cucumber a few weeks ago. It was delicious. (We're working on improving the yield next time around.) We also have had a few cherry tomatoes and some peppers that aren't as spicy as we thought they would be, but that's probably for the best. My surprise favorite has been rocket - I think it's also called arugula? Whatever you add rocket to, it makes it better. YUM.

We planted a lot more things that didn't work out, like carrots, melons, and eggplant. But the things that worked, worked well - I love having fresh herbs all the time. Now, if only we could find live cilantro/coriander in this place. I use cilantro so much and it's such a shame to have to rely on wilted bunches of it from the grocery store.

Here are a few pictures of our back garden paradise. Pay no attention to the crumpled tent on the grass. We went on an impromptu camping trip last night (40 minutes from decision to departure, woohoo!) and in the morning our tent was soaked with fog.

So when we got home, we put it in the back to remind us to lay it out to dry.

Anyway, the garden. Thanks, Jeremy, for running a tight ship back there! It's not an easy thing to do in this climate.