The start of the season

This is a new bed where we're planting some veggies. Unfortunately, the watermelon and cucumbers don't seem to be doing well. Hopefully I can replace the this weekend since it's so early in the season. The turtle is acting as temporary weed control - I thought we were pretty creative, but I wonder what the neighbors think?

UPDATE:  None of the plants in the front bed made it.  I think we're either going to try again by tilling some garden soil into the dirt, or use the turtle as a planter.  I'm leaning towards planter.  Sorry, neighbors. 

Garden Preview - The Roses

Aren't they beautiful? Now that the roses are well established, I only have to feed them every six months and keep them deadheaded. I wish you could smell them, too.

The Return!

I was going to begin a new blog about my garden, eating dairy and soy free, and my career, but I stumbled onto this little gem from my past.  I am going to continue what I started FIVE years ago when I was just learning to garden and cook with fresh/better foods.  I was on quite a roll, but then my garden died (bad yard placement), summer happened, and the blog fell off my radar.  And then I made a life changing decision.

I went to law school.  

I started studying for the LSAT after the summer of 2007, applied to law school in early 2008, and then begin part-time in the evenings in the Fall of 2008.  Now I am about to graduate and have no idea where my career is going to take me.  I was amused to read the post that pushed me over the edge in my past career.  These posts definitely are part of who I am.

Recently I discovered I am allergic to dairy, so I have changed the way I eat and hardly ever eat out.  I wanted my blog to be a place I could reference my own recipes and share them with people who choose to live diary free for whatever reason.  I'm not a vegan, and many recipe sites with dairy free cooking lean that way.  I have also cut out eating processed soy, and many replacement dairy products are soy based.  My health has been so much better now that I am focused on good nutrition and have started only eating what I cook at home.  Hopefully my journey can at least provide some amusement. 

Welcome back to my blog! 

Deadhead Roses

Last night I spent some time deadheading my roses. When you prune the bushes to specifically cut off old or damaged blooms, it is called deadheading. No lie! My roses have been sufficiently deadheaded!

Because we had the freeze and frost last week, the baby buds that had sprung up on my rose (the Barbie Bush only) were "burned," which means they had frost damage and were not going to bloom. I have one sweet little bloom that may last, so I left it alone.

According to Better Homes and Gardens, roses are best deadheaded in spring after the last possibility of frost. Okay, this is Atlanta, and it COULD frost again, but I doubt it!

Since it was dark when I was working, I'll have to take a look today to see what kind of damage I did! I'm still learning! :)