cinco de mayo

hiking adventures with my sister & meka (the puppy), time outside relaxing & enjoying the beautiful spring weather, slackline fun here, & organic burritos to end the day :) 

bare burger & chelsea market

So I use to be a vegetarian for eight years, but after learning more as I grew about the food system through my education  I decided to only eat meat that was grass fed, organic, & had no hormones & no antibiotics. I also decided to eat meat not as a frequent item in my meals, but as a treat (like we used to eat it way back when) a handful of times a month. Having these restrictions it is often hard to find restaurants that have items on the menu that meet this criteria. That is why when my boyfriend, Jon, discovered this restaurant in the city it was very exciting...becuase burgers are one of the things i'll crave when I crave meat. Bareburger has multiple locations in nyc and serves up organic grass fed burgers, salads, fries, shakes ect...they also have organic beers on tap & source locally as much as possible. I loved this place & can't wait to go back!

the majority of the design elements in the restaurant are from reclaimed & re-used materials 

eco-friendly bathroom + a selfie 

the fries & organic dipping sauces 

my burger <3 

i miss it now just looking at it sooo delicious 

We also went to Chelsea Market while in the city, it was my first time there & it was great :) 

too full from the burger, but looked soo good 

this place was really cool they had infused oil, vinegar, & different flavored salt 

more organic options! i love this about nyc 

this reminded me of harry potter :)

loose leaf teas & spices 

loved these lights 

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hope everyone had a wonderful weekend <3

a typical sunday in spring

one of my garden plots filled with:

blue curled scotch kale, red russian kale, malaysian dark red eggplant, japanese pickling eggplant, zucchini black beauty, albino bullnose peppers, corno di toro giallo peppers, thai yellow chilli peppers, melrose peppers, atomic red carrots, baby bok choy, calima bush green beans, garlic, potatoes, & clover as a cover crop *all from baker creek heirloom seeds 

potatoes

purple wildflower 

pepper

cilantro 

arugula 

cherry blossom, so beautiful!

can't get enough of this tree...hence all the pictures :) 

yellow daisy 

dogwood tree in the foreground

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I spent the majority of sunday gardening & spending time outside. I got a lot done & finally feel caught up :) This season I decided to purchase all my seeds from baker creek heirloom seed company, as I mentioned in an earlier post, but I wanted to go into a little more detail. Below are all the seeds I ordered. This year for my garden I decided to have two beds because last year the one plot really became a jungle (see here) & I wanted more room to expand as well as have more things. What I will have in bed 1 is listed under the first picture of this post & as for bed 2 I am using the existing swing set on my property. I have removed all the swinging items prepped the area below & will plant tomatoes (san marzano, ananas noire, white tomesol, principe borghese, & delicious) there which I will tie up to the monkey bars once they get big for support. below the tomatoes will be european mesclun salad mix, red romaine, & clover. By the ladder to get up the monkey bars there is Thai white seeded long beans. Below the fort area are telegraph cucumbers & boston pickling cucumbers. Finally, by the rope lattice there are sugar snap peas. I will document this more as things begin to grow so you can get more a visual.
I also planted nasturtium & wild flowers in another flower bed in the yard.
On the deck in pots there is: arugula, basil, cilantro, & parsley.
I'd love to hear about other peoples gardens as well, so feel free to share!