Saturday, July 10, 2010

Home Sweet Home

After 5 days of working out in the hotel gym.....




Living out of a tiny hotel refrigerator.....



Eating mainly sushi, salads, and peanut butter (and missing my homemade ice cream!)....





I returned home for the weekend!
I arrived last night and after a romantic embrace with Nick (hehe, not really) I ran quickly to the garden to see how much my babies had grown. Nick showed me this giant pumpkin vine (below), which means we'll at least have a couple pumpkins by the time fall comes!



And we even have a winter squash coming in. Isn't she cute?



The kale has grown a ton in the past 5 days, I couldn't believe it.



My last post was about the organic pesticide that Nick and I created. A couple of you asked if it was working and the answer is that we don't really know. We still see some bugs, but I don't think any pesticide keeps 100% of the bugs away, right? In our minds it's working well.



Giveaway

Check out this great lunchbox giveaway!


Coming Up

Tonight Nick and I are meeting some friends at a food and wine festival. Monday (before I leave for Pittsburgh again) I'll post a recap, plus an almond butter review.

I hope everyone is having a nice weekend. Thanks for reading!

16 comments :

  1. Welcome home! I hope you and Nick have a lovely weekend together. It must be so cool to come home and see such growth in your garden...in just a matter of days! I can't wait to have my own next year :)

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  2. Welcome home! I hope you and Nick have a lovely weekend together. It must be so cool to come home and see such growth in your garden...in just a matter of days! I can't wait to have my own next year :)

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  3. oooh I can't wait to have a garden, it would be so nice to make home grown and homemade pumpkin pies in the fall!

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  4. Your garden looks so good, especially the kale! And thanks for linking to my giveaway :-).

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  5. Isn't it nice to sleep in your own bed? Welcome back!

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  6. congratulations to you and nicky on your brand new baby squash! ;) where are you registered?

    gah! HOW good does it feel when you come home after a long weekend away! it's seriously the best feeling ever when you open your own fridge and crack into it for the first time :) have fun on date niiiiiiiiiiiight

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  7. home is wear the heart is lol.

    hmm not a bad gym to work out in! id prolly be distracted with the mirrors tho haha :P

    btw im loving how each time this site is looking better and better- loving the header and how uve been sprucing up the layout! looks really professional!

    xoxo <3

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  8. Your garden is doing great!

    Hope you enjoyed a wonderful weekend at home! :)

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  9. Welcome home, dear Gina! You must be glad to be back curling up with your belove ice-cream. lol. So impressed by your garden! You can make your own salad!

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  10. Welcome home! It is amazing how fast your garden has grown in such a short amount of time.

    I hope you enjoyed the food and wine festival!

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  11. There's nothing better about coming home after being away. And I'm so jealous of your pumpkins! I've always wanted to grow them, but I'm not too sure Arizona is the right climate... :/

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  12. Nothing beats being at home and eating your own food. Love that you guys planted pumpkins. So much fun!

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  13. Welcome back! Your garden looks amazing!
    I don't have much room living in a condo and all but one day I want a garden.

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  14. love the new header? maybe i've just overlooked the past few times of reading your blog?

    garden produce is so exciting! we've been eating cucumbers and lettuce and are waiting for the tomatoes to be ready!

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