It's that time a year again where I get to have my garden! Two friends came over and we went shopping for what we needed for our gardens. It was a lot of fun and great seeing them. I really love having herbs on hand, and I started to include veggies as well, here's this year's garden that I just did yesterday, and finished up this morning, since the storm stopped me from finishing it yesterday.
The top photo is my herbs, and I have cilantro, thyme, chives, and in the front is mint, rosemary, basil and parsley. Next photo is my veg pod with the cover removed but it's back on to help protect my garden. In the back on the left, not sure if my blueberry bush will survive, I planted it last year, and it's looking sad, so we will see *fingers crossed*. Next to that is kale and a mix of lettuces, towards the front on the left is lettuce, all in the front is romaine, towards the middle is spinach and the long green things are green onions. The last photo, is a jalapeno plant, and what I thought was a strawberry tree, is actually raspberries, and the other also raspberries but they are two different kinds. I'm excited to see how the raspberries do.
Last year I did tomatoes and peppers but they were just too big for my veg pod so I kept it more simple. I love salads so it will be nice to have fresh greens on hand.
My hubby also surprised me with a gift, and we tried it out last weekend. I love doing a charcuterie boards and loving this one that he got me
This board had blueberries, watermelon, boursin cheese, plain and blueberry goat cheeses, crackers, apricot and red pepper jellies, and a mix of dry sausages.
Since my brother was moving far, he was selling and giving away a lot of things and two of the things I got was two hammocks to lay down in, and one that is a chair. The chair they gave me with the frame wasn't comfortable enough for me to sit in for a long time to read so I got a new one, and I'm loving it!
Baloo does come out with me sometimes to enjoy some fresh air. The book I have (Death of the demon), I finished reading it. My youngest niece gave it to me and it was a very good read!
Now time for me to be patient and wait for my garden to grow more, so I can start taking enjoying the fresh herbs and veggies. Well I can use some of my herbs right now but they aren't very big so I can't use a lot. The only other thing I need to work on is my front flower bed. I need to clean it up and I need to find a few flowers to add, since all I have is returning plants in the front right now which are just green, so I want to add color.
Last night the stormed passed us, which we are fine, but I have heard other parts of Ottawa got it really bad, so I hope everyone is safe. Since it was nice again, we were able to cook our spatchcock chicken on the BBQ, it was marinated with chimichurri and it was delicious! We had potatoes roasted on the BBQ as well and a delicious salad. We do have leftover chicken, so the plan for tonight's supper is nachos!
Hope everyone is enjoying their long weekend!
