Hannah and I worked for about four hours in the lovely weather  doing some much needed summer bed preparation. Now the beds are pretty close to being ready for the tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers etc we have sprouted. 

Homemade Ramen

Hannah’s homemade Vietnamese Pho. Get the recipe here.

Hannah and I transplant several of our plants: chives, sage, dill, lemongrass, cabbage, lettuce and make pretty pot assortments.

Root Vegetables

Chickens and Greens Abound

Today was so beautiful! The weather was perfect, so Hannah and I took the opportunity to work in the garden. We weeded and transplanted some things today. We needed to thin out some of the leafy greens so that some would survive. We had some run ins with arrant mustard greens and chicken burglary. 

Almost everything is coming up, peas, nasturtium, chard, cabbage, beets, shallots, potatoes…

Made some homemade butter today too!

Our backyard garden is really taking off!

The Ebb and Flow

Because my lease extends until next May and it is proving difficult to find a replacement, I need to stay in Austin until my lease is up at least. I have some very good news: I recently got a job as a Zumba and Yoga instructor in Round Rock. It will be a great opportunity to network and inspire people to get fit. I’m going to try to work on being able to WWOOF or at least volunteer every once in a while at farms around Austin, but it may prove difficult right now. The garden that Hannah and I planted has a lot of different things coming in. We’ve got beets, nasturtiums, chives, lemon grass, brocolli, kale, shallots, potatoes and lettuce coming up to name a few. The chickens break in every once in a while and run a muck, so we’re working on solving that problem right now. 

 
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