Growing Things

Our little avocado is growing. Since its roots got too big for the mason jar it's been thriving in a pot my husband put in the backyard. 

In just a couple of weeks it went from this:

 To this:

 Look at those healthy leaves! I'm so proud :)

I also have my lilies growing back.

White and purple Easter lilies, several months late.

Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Luke 12:27

Garden Update

Our garden has been growing under my husband's careful hand. All the time he's planning on further expanding, adding different kinds of eatables and helpful tools. He'll easily spend an afternoon or evening relaxing in the garden. It warms my heart to see him loving his hobby so much.

We have cabbages, tomatoes, jalepenos, green peppers, potatoes, spinach, onions, and peanuts.

Green onions have overgrown in the pots we put them in. Our basil, cilantro, oregano, and sage are also doing well.

Always planning ahead, my husband has potatoes, spinach, peanuts, and some other crops waiting to be added to our ever expanding plot of dirt.

I wonder what we'll be growing next year.

Avocado Dreams

I started growing an avocado!

The crack in the top means that hopefully soon a small shoot will come up!

Yes, I know we've had a garden for nearly a year, but that's always been my husband's pet project. He checks it at least twice a day, and he loves to relax and spend his extra time there. However, that's not me. I've never been outdoorsy. I don't like dirt between my toes and mud on my hands makes me cringe. Goodness, I don't even like beach sand on my feet.

So far, all I have to do is refill and change the water daily.

But I've decided to take ownership of growing this little avocado into a tree... At least white it's an indoor plant. I've wanted an avocado tree since I developed a taste for it over the last five years, then since we had a yard, and then realized what a wide shade tree it can be.

Let's hope Helo can keep from drinking all the avocado water...

Through my research, (caugh*googlesearch*caugh) I found out that it takes a long time to grow a full size, fruit producing tree. It'll take a month or two for the seed to even sprout. So at this point we figure we'll raise it in pots until we move to our next home, which in our dreams will have a bigger yard and will be the home we raise our future children to adulthood in.

It's growing a root!

It's a long term project, but that's what makes it fun. I hope all of our family will make some good memories growing this little plant into a big ol' tree.

Homemade Salsa

We started a garden a few months ago. We're so excited about it! This is a project we had wanted to start for about two years now, since we moved into our house. We've been composting and waiting for the right planting season, and now we're getting some fruits from the labor.

Well, veggies from the labor.

I'm not a fan of spicy food. At all. But my husband loves a good salsa so we got two jalapeno plants.  We were both impressed that they have been the most prolific thing in our garden by far. We've seen several dozen jalapenos, each as big or bigger than the ones we get in the store!

For our salsa, we've been using this Pioneer Woman recipe, slightly modified. We use fresh tomatoes and tomatillos instead of canned, and we exclude the lime. With a few other additions to taste, we have a side that is a crowd pleaser!

Boiling jalapenos

Chop chop chop...

Add everything to the food processor

It's easy to make, too. Boil, chop, and throw in the food processor. Anyone can do it!

Yum!