Current book Cherish by Gary Thomas. I’m actually rereading it because I enjoyed it so much the first time.
Current beauty product Still loving Coppertone Whipped Sunscreen.
Current indulgence Eating pretty much every meal outside 🙂
Current obsession Filming vlogs. Totally obsessed.
Current craving Spending time with my mom. She’s in New York and I miss her a whole bunch.
Current drink Sumatra Redelong coffee from La Prima Espresso in Pittsburgh. My brother and sister-in-law gave me a bag for my birthday and man is that coffee good!
Current need An alarm clock. I never set an alarm, and usually wake up sometime between 5:00-6:30 am. I had to meet a new pet sitting client yesterday at 8:00 am and accidentally slept in until 7:30.
Current blessing Our church just wrapped up its annual vacation Bible school and it was great!
Current confession I used Malcolm as a mousepad while I was working the other day. He likes to sprawl out on whatever I’m working on, so I’ve just learned to work with/on top of him 😉
Current food Sushi. Totally hooked.
Current procrastination Painting our office. I’ve been meaning to do it since January, I think.
Current excitement Jimmy and I are planning a camping trip with my sister and brother-in-law!
Current mood Happy 🙂
Author: Allie Zottola
Garden Update
It has been almost one month since we planted our garden, so I figured it would be a good idea to write an update on how it’s growing!
Here’s what it looked like on May 29th.
Here’s what it looked like today, June 28th.
The two plants that have seen the most growth are definitely the cucumber and zucchini, with the tomatoes and swiss chard trailing right behind them.
The eggplant, green peppers, and green beans are all growing well, too!
The first thing we harvested was on June 26th, and it was the outer stems of each swiss chard plant. I chopped and sautéed it, and we had it with our dinner that evening. I’m happy to report it was delicious.
We expect to harvest more swiss chard, and then the cucumbers and zucchini will likely be next. The tomatoes are giving them a run for their money, though. The purple tomato plant has a pretty big tomato that just needs to ripen!
The zucchini, lookin’ huge.
A look at the purple tomato plant.
Updates of note:
- Jimmy staked the tomatoes up differently this year. Instead of using a tomato cage, he wove string through and across the plants so they can grow up that instead.
- We need to stake up the cucumbers before they start getting really big.
- We need to finish the fence.
- We’re very happy with the landscaping fabric we put down this year. Our time spent weeding has been cut by like 95%!
There you have it, that’s our garden update 🙂
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