Showing posts with label planting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label planting. Show all posts

Saturday, June 29, 2013

Vegetable Gardening and the Day I Didn't Kill My Lettuce

It worked!

It's been less than one week since I planted my first lettuce seeds, and holy canoli they sprouted.


Look how cute it is!

my first attempt at gardening

The lady at Star Nursery told me to water it twice a day, which I didn't think would be enough, considering it's 400 degrees out.  But it actually appeared to be a little TOO much, so I cut back a smidge.

WHO CARES?!  Look at my friggin' lettuce!

In other related, green-ish news, I'm starting my volunteer work for Vegas Roots.  If you haven't visited the website, quit being a bonehead and do it.

Sunday, June 23, 2013

My First Time Planting and Lauren Conrad's Smoothie

I've been saying it for months, and I finally did.  I PLANTED a thing.  Lettuce, to be exact.  If it actually grows, I might pee myself.  Within an hour or so, this...

gloves, soil, plant seeds

...turned into THIS.

growing lettuce plants

I know.  You can't believe it.

I bought the goods at Star Nursery and only had to make two trips.  (I was under the impression that I could reuse soil I already had from the Stone Age, but, no.  Sorry.)

I can guarantee that once you set foot in this place, you'll be hooked.  Even if you're not into gardening.

Ok.  That's a lie.  BUT LOOK!  They have turtles and fish!

star nursery las vegas nevada

It's hard to see, but there's a little baby turtle there from when a mom and dad turtle had sweet, romantic turtle sex.  I'm in love.

flowers and plants in nursery nevada

How can you not like this place?  Look at all that green!!!!

Everything is fantastic on the smoothie front.  I'm trying this bad boy this week:

oatmeal fruit smoothie

It's a variation of something Lauren Conrad pimps.  And you know that if a celebrity endorses it, it must be legit.

-1.5 cups almond milk
-.5 cup oatmeal
-.5 cup frozen strawberries
-1 frozen banananana
-1 tablespoon honey

It's nothing to write home about, but it's not bad either.  (Maybe I'll stick with her exact recipe next time.)  I'm hoping that the oatmeal helps fill me up a little longer so that an hour later, I won't be ready to gnaw on my own foot.  I'm also experimenting with breaded zucchini sticks, but I'll include those riveting pictures in my next post. 

If you haven't viewed my last blog on how bottled water is the devil dressed in plastic, why?  There's even a video.  Tomorrow I'll be speaking to our leasing office about why we don't have a recycling service, how we can get it, and how their parents are disappointed in them for destroying the planet.  Stay tuned!

Ciao,
Megan