Fall Bulb Ritual Preparations

I paid a visit to my local garden center but couldn't resist myself from bringing home bulbs. I picked few tulip bulbs and few hyacinths. Along with them picked Alliums too after getting an advice from a fellow shopper to sow the bulbs along with Allium bulbs to keep away squirrels from digging and eating bulbs. Last year I have put lot many tulip bulbs and half of them have been eaten by squirrels. Oh my sweet squirrels, are you not satisfied by the acorn nuts (we have huge Oak tree) that you are after my bulbs. Time will tell me if I am making the way for beautiful flowers in spring or cooking a gourmet meal for my squirrel :)

Crescent Lake @ Olympic National Park

Simply Homemade

I can say this sandwich is 90% homemade. Homemade wheat bread, fresh tomatoes and cucumer slices and sweet basil....

August 31st harvest

Its always exciting to harvest your plants. Both the Roma tomato and grape tomato are making sure that I don't get tomatoes from grocery store. I just have 1 Serrano pepper plant and its enough for the guacamole I prepare every week. In last 2 days weather has moved from summer to fall, things are slowing down and night temperatures are already in 50s and 60s. I kind of like this weather change and it always keeps you looking forward for something new....

Pesto for Dinner!!!!

Nauset Trail

Here are the views from the same bridge early in the morning and during mid day. This is part of 2 mile nauset trail which leads to Coast Gaurd Beach in Capecod.

Marigolds in bloom

Bee and a flower

Winter Sown Petunias

I got the seedling from a plant swap and they have been winter sown. Winter Sowing is an awesome technique used to start plants from seeds not worrying about many factors.

Last Week's harvest

Serrano peppers

Peppers have started growing....

First Cucumber

Here is the first cucumber for this summer.

Surprise Sun Flowers

I found these sun flowers growing in the garden, I don't know about the type or what they are called, but they are beautiful.

First Mr Lincoln this Year

My Favorite

Pesto is something that I don't think I can get bored with. My sweet basil is growing and I cann't wait to harvest and prepare some homegrown basil pesto.