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June 22, 2018

Out Of Doors

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Here’s a peek into our 2018 garden! This year we’re keeping things simple with greens, herbs, and tomatoes. We’ve tried growing bigger vegetables in the past, but these are the plants we like to eat the most and want to put energy into. Thomas rebuilt the bed in the back there to make space for a few more tomato plants this year. You can see the rows of greens in the back that we planted in the garden pretty late in the season.

The above picture is from late May, and here she grows now:

The herbs! Thyme, basil, rosemary, parsley and dill. Plus cilantro on the greens side.

He LOVES clipping greens for dinner, and he will eat a nice pile of greens dipped in Dr. Ho’s ranch as a salad. We have kale, spinach, and some lettuce at this end of the garden. (Photo taken before we weeded!)

Thomas chose the tomatoes and picked Cherokee purples (purple tomatoes are the BEST!), Arkansas Travelers, Better Boys, and Sungolds. We can’t wait to have caprese salad for dinner every night soon! Mazen spotted some green tomatoes gearing up.

Here is a little Mazen-hosted video! He has expressed interest in video making, and he can’t believe “people will watch my video on the Internet!”

In the front yard, we’ve made some minor improvements as well.

We’ve had a water drainage issue in the front since I moved into the house. The walkway sloped slightly downward and water would often pool when it rained. There were always had traces of mud close to the step. Plus our front step was just a little box next to the porch – nothing legit. (I can’t find a before pic!)

Thomas’s good friend, Kyle, is a mason and so we had his team help us change the angle of the walkway to support water runoff. Thomas installed two drains and a new drain pipe.

His poor grass will have to get TLC again! 

The end result is much more beautiful and MUD FREE! Since we raised the walkway about 4″ we were able to get rid of the make-shift step. They did a great job!

We are working on planting more grass (hence all the top soil) and getting the mulch lines clean as summer progresses.

Lastly, this little froggy is enjoying eating watermelon out of doors. When you have webbed hands, you need your mother to feed you!

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  1. Charmaine Ng | Architecture & Lifestyle Blog says

    June 22, 2018 at 7:35 am

    Nice progress on the garden! I live the fact that the whole family is getting involved in gardening, such a great routine to have! 🙂

    Charmaine Ng | Architecture & Lifestyle Blog
    http://charmainenyw.com

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  2. Mom says

    June 22, 2018 at 8:52 am

    His grandfather, who is not into kale, needs to watch Maze take that impressive bite.

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    • KathEats says

      June 22, 2018 at 9:09 am

      Hahaha!

      Reply
  3. Tonya says

    June 22, 2018 at 9:57 am

    I don’t see the Mazen video! Promises were made! We want Mazen! We want Mazen!

    also—we have the same blue and green dress! 🙂

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    • Tonya says

      June 22, 2018 at 10:03 am

      Had to refresh. I see the video and I’m in LOVE! <3 <3 <3 He did such a good job. What a sweetheart. and a great HOST! My goodness such a good YouTube HOST!

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      • KathEats says

        June 22, 2018 at 10:12 am

        🙂 🙂

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  4. Christine says

    June 22, 2018 at 9:58 am

    My son also loves to dip our garden greens in ranch dressing as his “salad”! too funny! I love this time of year when we can get produce from out back yard – we need longer summers and shorter winters!

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  5. Leigh says

    June 22, 2018 at 10:14 am

    Oh my gosh, Mazen’s video is awesome! Tell him he did a great job!

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    • KathEats says

      June 22, 2018 at 10:14 am

      Thank you I will! He will be thrilled he’s “live”

      Reply
  6. Elyse says

    June 22, 2018 at 11:49 am

    Oh my goodness! That video of Mazen is adorable. Keep them coming. 🙂

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  7. Elizabeth says

    June 22, 2018 at 11:56 am

    Love the video!! He is too cute!

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  8. Chef Han says

    June 22, 2018 at 12:27 pm

    What is “Dr. Ho’s” ??

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    • KathEats says

      June 22, 2018 at 1:17 pm

      A pizza place here in Cville!

      Reply
  9. Kaci says

    June 22, 2018 at 12:29 pm

    Oh my goodness could Mazen be any cuter?! Y’all made some epic improvements!! Glad you now have the water sitch fixed! One of our steps in front of our house puddles up with water too and has caused the paint to peal up. It drives me crazy. ha

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  10. Laura says

    June 22, 2018 at 1:28 pm

    Mazen’s video is the best! 🙂

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    • KathEats says

      June 22, 2018 at 1:41 pm

      🙂

      Reply
  11. Jeanie says

    June 22, 2018 at 7:15 pm

    I loved Mazen’s video. He did a great job and seems so mature.

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  12. Caroline says

    June 22, 2018 at 7:50 pm

    Magen’s video was so cute! I loved the giant bite he took of the kale haha!

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  13. Barbara says

    June 22, 2018 at 11:22 pm

    I enjoyed Mazen’s video. I can’t believe I’ve been a reader since before he was born! Just wow.

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    • Pauline says

      June 25, 2018 at 5:01 am

      I was thinking the same!! He’s grown so fast!

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  14. Coleen says

    June 23, 2018 at 3:24 am

    Sun Gold tomatoes are the best! Every year I try one new variety of tomato but I always have at least a few Sun Golds. So far I am loving this year’s new variety which is the Juliet. They are a cross between a grape/cherry tomato and a Roma. They look like mini Romas but are sweet and those plants have been producing more than any other plant.

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  15. Claire says

    June 24, 2018 at 3:45 pm

    Mazen’s video! What a pro. Great video and so impressed at all the plants he knows. We are starting veggies in our (now finally warm!) English garden as soon as we can, so thank you for sharing.

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  16. Pauline says

    June 25, 2018 at 5:00 am

    Mazen has such a sweet and yet reassuring voice, I like it very much!! He did a great job! I can see him doing gardening tutorials :-)!

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  17. Hillary C says

    June 25, 2018 at 8:30 am

    “Click on my face to subscribe!!” ? I die!!! Great video Mazen!! I’m also impressed he just munched the lettuce and kale right off the plant!! Way to go!

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    • KathEats says

      June 25, 2018 at 8:54 am

      🙂

      Reply

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