Tag Archives: tomato

Trellises, Shelves, Seeds and Succulents

26 Apr

A couple of weeks ago, Chris had the awesome idea of building shelves in our outdoor storage closet.  It’s a great closet, but was always kind of a pain to utilize.  It was very unorganized and every time I opened it, things fell on my head.  And it was pretty impossible to find smaller items.  [...]

New Plants

26 Jun

Sweet Chris surprised me with cherry tomato and basil plants when I got home from work yesterday.  We named the tomato plants Tommy Toes and Talulla, and the basil plants Basil (pronounced so that it rhymes with “dazzle”) the basil and Herb (pronounce the “h”) the herb. Oh!  And on a side note, because this [...]

Tomato Basil Soup

21 Jun

Chris and I have the happiest new routine.  Each Saturday morning, we visit the Sunset Valley Farmer’s Market where we select freshly picked, sun-warmed tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, or any other veggies we want for the week.  This Saturday, Chris and I had a very specific list.  We have begun making a yummy new soup each [...]