Greenhouse

As I shared on my Instagram we 'did a thing' over the weekend. While I dream of charming English greenhouses and Victorian conservatories, I am also very excited to have this utilitarian greenhouse to have fun with. We had reached the point where either the ferns could live in our house this winter or people could. They have gotten huge over the years and I have to vacuum up a lot of little leaves when they "winter" inside.

 I ordered it from Amazon, it was inexpensive and arrived in about 3 days. This is the exact one/size I bought (the price fluctuated over the two week period that I considered which one to purchase. Amazon prices are like the stock market ;) so keep an eye out for price changes.)

There aren't any pictures yet with beautiful plants and gardening accessories in it because it is still a construction zone. I had a stack of salvaged bricks so I am currently, slowly, bricking the floor. The first frost deadline is looming so I'm trying to get it done asap! Stay tuned!

You Say Tomato...

 

Waaaay back in early April we filled our time installing a trough garden

and ordering tomato plants for drive up pick up!

This weekend we will be eating our largest harvest to date!  

First up, BLATs! Bacon, lettuce, tomato plus avocado! Traditional BLTs are fabulous but the creamy avocado is a nice addition! And we basically will put avocado slices on anything :)

Sometimes, though, all you need is that delicious tomato and some basil straight from the garden. Our favorite GF bread is from Trader Joe's and we make our mayo the way we learned during a Whole30 cooking spree. 

There's nothing like a homegrown tomato. We've learned a lot since we started here...

(There are some early trough garden videos saved to my IG highlights.)

We had so much fun growing tomatoes and herbs 

that we are researching fall crops for the trough garden!

We will keep you posted