Friday, July 2, 2010

BIG News!

Diego and I bought our House (ie: the one we are currently renting the second floor flat!). We are now the proud owners of a Duplex! Closing day was on June 30th and we had an adequate celebration of bubbly and sushi. Yesterday was Canada Day (Happy 143 Canada!) and we had a small BBQ with friends, with a toast to the new house and some lovely fireworks to top it off. Now the new garden and plants I have put in are not in vain!
New veggie patch in the backyard. I planted eggplant, carrots, parsnips, fennel, snow peas, dill and green onions.
Close up of zucchini and green onions.
Our side of the house garden with a jungle of cherry tomato plants coming back from last year's leftovers! I used the plants as ground cover over the winter and low and behold, they seeded themselves! :)
The radishes also seeded themselves, but bolted early on since we had some hot weather in early June. I will collect the seed heads this time and keep them for a cooler location next year.
There were a few leftover onions that have gotten huge and will be very tasty! I also planted some cilantro which is coming along nicely and some nasturtiums for a colourful and peppery salad treat!
Yesterday was a great day for some sun tea! Citrus mint sweetened with Honey. Refreshing! I will leave you with a couple of photos of our beautiful petunias!
Have a great weekend!

5 comments:

  1. ouuu new garden section! very cool!
    Sorry we didn't make it last night- I'll email you some more details.... :)

    Congrats!

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  2. Huge Congrats Allie!!! That is awesome!! And the garden is gorgeous!! Looks yummy!! :) We really need to all get together again soon! Hope you and Diego are well! XOXO

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  3. Congratulations! That's so exciting! :)

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  4. I am so thrilled for you guys!! It's especially gratifying to not lose the garden, isn't it?

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  5. Congratulations on your big purchase. The garden looks nice and healthy. Don't you just love sun tea. I haven't made any so far this year. I usually wait til I'm on vacation.

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