poor man's gard[en]

i love mornings that follow rain.

and i love that it finally feels

like autumn.

finally.

dear weather, please stay that way.

our little garden survived

the triple digit heat.

and is, of course, loving this weather.

we did not work on our garden

this past weekend 

{since we were in

mexico celebrating our anniversary!}

but the amazing thing about gardens

is you can leave them for a few days

{obviously with someone watering while 

you are gone...}

and they do just fine.

our little garden is going to town.

i thought i'd share some photos 

of our garden with you.

please take note that mr. amazing

has done a majority of the planting

of our new seedlings.

because, well, he is amazing.

thank you jonathan.

if you haven't seen the photos

of our garden when we first planted,

you can go here and here.

it is so fun to see the transformation

and growth.

and here is where our garden is now.

she is beautiful.

 

our basil is going crazy.

we had to transplant the tiny seedlings

into bigger pots. and a lot of them.

   

 chives & mint

salvia

 our dill. 

this is our very

first plant we started from

our own seeds. meaning, our old dill

gave off seeds & we took those seeds

and planted them. 

{& by we, i mean jonathan}

our thyme. it started as seeds buried

beneath the soil. i'm so proud.

and the seedlings jonathan recently planted.

look at them sprouting!

we'll have peppers & tomatoes in no time!!

and jonathan researched natural sweeteners

and purchased this stevia.

it is actually sweet. honestly.

i might not use it for baking 

but putting in smoothies would be refreshing...

amidst the amazing growth in our little

garden, we have come across two

pests: mold & caterpillars.

the mold loves our zinnia, the caterpillars 

love our basil & mint 

{surprisingly not our tomatoes}

so we have had to cut back our zinnia to 

prevent the spreading of mold & captured

caterpillars to prevent them from eating our plants.

but don't worry. the caterpillars are being

loved by the cutest red headed children we know, who, 

are really hoping to have butterflies soon.

what was once a pest, is now a pet.

perfect.

i hope you all enjoyed your weekend.

jonathan and i had the most romantic weekend.

it felt like our honeymoon.

only a year later.

sigh.

mexico was stunning, the ocean breeze was refreshing,

the food was satisfying and our time to recap

our whole first year of marriage & set goals for

the next year was so good.

here are a few photos of our view.

i know.

have an amazing tuesday sweet friends.

it is supposed to rain this afternoon.

hopefully it will.

this weather is perfect.

                .jessnicole.