June 1- green grass and colorful petunias

May has been a month of rain.  Never has our lawn looked so green. Is it the rain or the Epsom Salts?  A Southerner told us to try this for a green lawn and here is the result

I love the contrast of the above picture with just 5 weeks ago.


We have already been cutting lettuce from the garden for our evening salad.


I noticed a blossom one of my two Roma tomato plants.

Today I am going to try to make mint tea with all the mint taking over the area near our air conditioning unit

How to Make Mint Tea

 

Author:

Stephanie Stiavetti

Recipe type:Beverage

Cuisine:American

Serves:2

Prep time:5 mins

Cook time:5 mins

Total time:10 mins

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Peppermint tea will cure what ails you, whether it be a stomach ache, nausea, headache, lethargy, you name it. A quick, simple and CHEAP remedy.

Ingredients

• 1 handful of fresh mint
• 2 cups of boiling water

Instructions

1. There isn’t really a recipe for mint tea, but rather a method. Wash and tear up the fresh mint leaves. (Spearmint, peppermint, chocolate mint; the variety doesn’t matter.) Put them in a French press or teapot and pour some boiling water over them. Allow to steep for about 3-7 minutes, depending on how strong you want your tea. Feel free to add a bit of honey or even a splash of whole milk if you want.
2. Enjoy.

Mother's Day 2014- instead of planting.....

We got back from church and the snow had really started to accumulate.  We scurried outside, put plastic and pots on the lettuces, some perennials although we probably did not need to and the few petunias I had planted by the pine tree.  Actually the pine tree would likely have protected them.

However, there was really no damage at all.