Back in the Garden

While I haven't had much time to post, we've been enjoying a lot of time with friends and simply, together as a family. I anticipated a certain amount of down-time, but I'll confess I haven't felt much like sitting around. Perhaps it's the time of year, but surprisingly quickly I feel I'm coming out of the baby fog. Not to say things are all making sense to me...

But, much of our time as a family is spent in the garden. Everyone enjoys it, particularly if we can make it out there in the morning. The heat so far this summer has been outrageous!

 we planted some sunflowers, but others popped up and are useful for bean-climbing.

But, hopefully I'll be back to more regular posts soon. Speaking of which, here is a delayed peek into our garden. It's been a while and things are a little jungle-esque now. I'm also hoping that some of you will share your gardening links below!

bee balm 

blackberries 

a random head of broccoli or 2 are still popping up. 

to control the bermuda grass, which isn't really possible, we put down weed cloth & Drew topped it with mulch today--it was STILL thriving under the cloth. the devil weed... 

the lemon trees have lemons! never before... 

this is our first harvest of onions, should be more later. Any suggestions on keeping them? We plan to braid, but we've never done onions before... 

tomatillos are also new for us--but this recipe (using chicken thighs) made us want to try. 

and the most exciting summer crop? tomatoes are almost ready. We can't wait...