Friday, August 29, 2008
Minnesota State Fair
We made a day of the Minnesota State Fair recently. What's not to love? Pronto Pups (corndogs), bacon on a stick, butter sculptures, animals of all sorts?
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Family Reunion
We had a great family reunion in Atwater, MN recently. Lots of horseback riding, campfire time, potlucks, haywagon rides - it was just great.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Garden Update
We have eggplant!
You really have to have a passion for eggplant to grow it in Minnesota.
The first summer we had a garden, I didn't really put much thought into it. If you've ever planted vegetable seeds before, you know that on the back of the package there's handy information about the germination time and length of growing season. Yeah, I didn't bother to read it. I just plunked the seeds in the ground around Memorial Day and hoped for the best.
By the time the first frost was looming in early October, our eggplants were about 1" long. It took us all summer to grow miniature eggplants - eggplants started from seed need waaaay more time than Minnesota's growing season allows.
Last year I was ambitious and started eggplant seeds indoors around March. Carefully transplanted the baby plants around Memorial Day. Then our son arrived almost two months early in mid-July and our entire garden was a bust. I wasn't around to water, my husband had his hands full already and our neighbor did her best but it just wasn't meant to be.
This year I finally got smart and just bought some starter plants at the nursery. It's mid-August and I already have some awesome sized eggplants ready to pick. YAY! It just took me three years to get here.
You really have to have a passion for eggplant to grow it in Minnesota.
The first summer we had a garden, I didn't really put much thought into it. If you've ever planted vegetable seeds before, you know that on the back of the package there's handy information about the germination time and length of growing season. Yeah, I didn't bother to read it. I just plunked the seeds in the ground around Memorial Day and hoped for the best.
By the time the first frost was looming in early October, our eggplants were about 1" long. It took us all summer to grow miniature eggplants - eggplants started from seed need waaaay more time than Minnesota's growing season allows.
Last year I was ambitious and started eggplant seeds indoors around March. Carefully transplanted the baby plants around Memorial Day. Then our son arrived almost two months early in mid-July and our entire garden was a bust. I wasn't around to water, my husband had his hands full already and our neighbor did her best but it just wasn't meant to be.
This year I finally got smart and just bought some starter plants at the nursery. It's mid-August and I already have some awesome sized eggplants ready to pick. YAY! It just took me three years to get here.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Volunteering
I recently began volunteering my services to a great Twin Cities organization - Family & Children's Service. I had a blast last week with some kids in their School Success program. Thanks for being so welcoming and all the great smiles!
Monday, August 11, 2008
Little Princesses
I had the pleasure of a session with my friend Jen's girls this weekend. We explored St. Kate's campus together. Aren't the doors a gorgeous backdrop for these lovely little princesses?
Monday, August 4, 2008
How does my garden grow?
Quite well this year, despite how much I ignored it, forgot to weed and water. Bumper crop of tomatoes, too. This is also the first year we tried to grow broccolli and it was really tasty. I almost hated to pick it.
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