Weekend Wind-Down #64

This past week, our little backyard garden yielded it's first fruit...a lovely little red TOMATO! After it was plucked, we used it in some sandwiches we made. Needless to say, the tomato was delicious. We're looking forward to our other plants to produce more food. Too bad we started our garden a little late in the season...



This section of our yard used to be overrun with pesky ivy...so much so, that the little bed encircled with stone, plus the tree stump, were completely buried. We had no idea that the bed even existed until we cleared out all the ivy and layers of dead leaves. The good thing is, the ivy along with all the layers of dead leaves and organic matter made a nice natural compost, make the soil just about perfect for a vegetable garden. We had planned to put a vegetable garden where an old fire pit was, but settled for this little bed instead. It will take a long time to get the old fire pit cleaned out and rehabbed - the old owners used to burn their trash in it - and we didn't want to wait that long before growing our own food...



In our garden we have about 6 or 7 different varieties of TOMATO PLANTS, including a couple of cherry tomato plants. We've also got two PUMPKIN plants, a couple of CANTALOUP vines, and some BASIL. Elsewhere in the yard we have SNAP PEAS, SQUASH, STRAWBERRIES, and ROSEMARY...



Flowers on our pumpkin plant which we hope will someday turn into big round orange pumpkins, just in time for autumn:



Missy made a little PEA PATCH with bricks she found scattered around the yard:



Some of our CHERRY TOMATOES, still ripening on the vine:



FAVORITE MOMENT OF THE PAST WEEK?
MISSY - Getting to sleep in this weekend.
RAOUL - Picking our first tomato!

WORST MOMENT OF THE PAST WEEK?
MISSY - Stress at work.
RAOUL - I've developed this irregular sleep pattern...

FUNNIEST MOMENT OF THE PAST WEEK?
MISSY - Watching Oreo and Nilla play.
RAOUL - Watching episodes of The Office on Hulu.

WORD OR PHRASE OF THE WEEK?
MISSY - "SWEET TWEET!"
RAOUL - "Sweet tweet from the tweet teat!"

TWO THINGS YOU FORGOT TO DO LAST WEEK?
MISSY - Go to bed early and wash clothes.
RAOUL - Change the headlamp in my car and work on some school loan stuff.

FAVORITE MEAL OF THE PAST WEEK?
MISSY - The grill cheese sandwiches I made even though it was A LOT of cheese.
RAOUL - Super nachos from Willy's.

VEGETABLE OR FRUIT THAT DESCRIBES LAST WEEK?
MISSY - "Peach"
RAOUL - "Cherry"

THREE THINGS FOR YOUR SHOPPING LIST NEXT WEEK?
MISSY - Pineapple, rice, bunny crackers.
RAOUL - Apples, soup, orange juice.

PERSONAL SOUNDTRACK FOR THE PAST WEEK?
MISSY - Guv'ner, Danielson Family, Laura Marling, Craftsanity podcast, This American Life podcast.
RAOUL - The Velvet Underground, Jan & Dean, Cibo Matto, Santogold, Mytty Archer, Boyracer, Ariel Pink, Laura Marling, Half-Handed Cloud, King Tubby, Galaxie 500, Desolation Wilderness, Tom Tom Club, The Very Best, Guv'ner, Danielson Family.