after what was possibly an entire week (the first week that posed no threat of frost, so-the week to put in starts) w/out rain-it began raining last night and is scheduled to return to a more "normal" pattern of no rain for a couple of days and then a day of rain/thunderstorms for (about) the next few weeks, which i am mostly fine w/though it's scheduled to just be pretty rainy here, for the next week.
really hoping that the tomato blight that hit the NE last year doesn't reoccur. a super-rainy season is what brings it out from dormancy and allows it to ravage the tomatoes/potatoes.
so far, our garlic is being good as well as a set of Brussels sprouts starts that we got from a farmer at the Ithaca farmers' market that i don't remember the name of.
we also had to buy a bunch of tomato starts from another farmer at the market as our one window that faces South and is able to be closed off from cat-activity is just not cutting it as far as getting starts properly started.
also got some Hungarian wax peppers. a couple of our own pepper starts might survive. a bunch of Japanese Giant Mustard reseeded itself from last year so is sporadically strewn throughout the garden(as we tilled it up-twice before planting.) Stan gifted us w/some OG lemon-cucumber seeds that none of us have any first-hand experience with. * shrug*
as far as herbs go, basil is this years' winner. yay! have about 12 little plants that are looking promising. also have chive, our always-faithful rosemary, horseradish and the wild mint that planted itself and continues to spread.
got some strawberry plants that we have yet to decide on a home for.
kale and spinach are doing well, the former more-so than the latter.
snap peas, also.
weeds are the bane of my existence. no, that's a lie. rocks are. no. bugs. all team together. team horrible!
we went over to my mom's for Memorial Day and i made an apple pie. it was my first attempt at making a pie crust from the whole wheat flour that we've taken to dominantly using, as it's local and bought in bulk at the Greenstar Co-op in Ithaca. it's incredibly hard to work with. it acted like it was a really dry dough even though it wasn't dry at all. basically, it fell apart a lot. but really, i thought it tasted fine despite the fact that my mom wasn't too keen on it.
tonight is the season premiere of Hell's Kitchen and that usually means pizza, but we've decided to go the calzone direction, instead. Gordon Ramsey, pizza-type-food and wine. yes!
later this week we are going out to dinner w/dad to this place:
http://www.moghulcuisine.com/
hope it has good samosas. actually, i hope it's all good as Central NY is severely lacking in the "other cultures" department.
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