Before and After

From the City...

Our dinner: before and after

Much to my surprise, my little balcony has provided the ideal growing condition for my greens. I can't seem to keep up with them! Which is pretty great cause Sime and I are now eating at least a salad a day. Sadly, my other little plant babies aren't doing so hot. Something is eating its way through my basil, my tomato looks sad and my herbs are protesting living/growing in Toronto by simply not doing anything. They are the exact same size as the day that I planted them.

I pillaged my sad little basil plants to make this salad dressing. It's really gooooooood.

bunch of basil

about a tbsp of honey

about a tbsp of dijon mustard

1/2 cup olive oil

a good splash of balsamic vinegar

salt / pepper to taste.

I pureed the whole mess in my food processor, dumped it on my greens and then ate my balcony salad on my balcony. Our own version of eating local.

May at the Farm and Other Good Things

From the City...

On the weekend Simon and I made the trek to Laura's farm to visit (little boys, baby chicks and piglets), eat amazing food (waffles, bbq pork chops, pasta salad) and marvel at the amount of work that needs to get done (weeding, watering, transplanting etc etc x 12)

Here's some pics:

A bird Nate rescued from the front yard

Nate's blind pet turkey (do you notice a trend here?)

A fresh hatched chicken (sadly the rest weren't so lucky)

Also, after lots and lots (and lots) of consideration, Simon and I have decided to ditch the city for a couple of months and move to a small town. Here are some pics of our garden up north.

Red devil bushes that Simon ripped out with his hands

Simon digging

Weeded, seeded and watered (Mixed salad greens bed)

We also dug a similar size bed to house all of our favorite herbs; basil, thyme, oregano, spearmint, chocolate mint, cilantro and rosemary.

Happy Sunday everyone!