with the intense georgia summer heat, our garden has seen better days. but we have had some new bell peppers recently and they’re tasty! here’s to cooler days ahead and more veggies. – ryan & gub

we picked our first ripe cantaloupe and it was amazing! as a tribute, we gathered photos to show the life of our melon. fyi, we learned that you can tell if a cantaloupe is ripe by lightly thumping where the stem meets the navel of the melon. if the stem easily breaks off, it’s ready! [...]

check out our beautiful big red tomato! it was one of the last before our tomatoes were ravaged by the squirrels. – ryan & gub

we found these two half eaten tomatoes in the garden today. i guess the chipmunks have found a way under the fence…  what to do? – ryan & gub

our tomatoes are turning red. we are very excited! our corn is also getting pretty big and we have baby bell and jalapeño peppers. we love our garden! – ryan & gub

we made fried green tomato BLTs for dinner last night and they were delicious! we used a tomato from our garden and had sautéed zucchini as a side, which was also from our garden. to prepare, slice a green tomato and place on a plate or splatter guard. sprinkle salt on top and let the [...]

i recently visited oak grove plantation & gardens, which is about 45 minutes south of atlanta. it’s this beautiful 1830s plantation home nestled on 20 acres of land, 4 of which have themed gardens. the plantation features a bed & breakfast as well as acres of gardens for touring. if you’re looking for an atlanta [...]

we stopped by the east lake farmers market this morning. it’s at the corner of 2nd ave. and hosea williams drive. the market is fairly small but has numerous farmers with local fruit, vegetables, eggs, chickens, salsas and more. we picked up some local peaches, blueberries, and salsa. the market is open on saturdays from [...]

we recently made some fried squash blossoms from our garden that were delicious! we were getting frustrated over the amount of flowers falling off our plants but it turns out they were male flowers that don’t grow fruit. gub remembered having fried squash blossoms in italy so we found a recipe and did some frying. [...]

we were quite delighted to find three cucumber in our garden that were ripe and ready for picking. yeah to our first crop of the season! we can’t wait for more vegetables to harvest. – ryan & gub

here is our garden at four weeks. we planted our cute little garden on the 15th of april, here’s what we are growing: 3 tomato 1 tomatillo 8 bell pepper 3 cucumber 1 row corn 3 crookneck squash 7 zucchini 6 broccoli 1/2 row onion 3 blueberry 4 watermelon 4 cantaloupe 1 honeydew garlic parsley [...]

i visited barnsley gardens over the weekend while doing a film project with the yacht rock revue. it’s located about an hour and a half north of atlanta in adairsville, ga at the base of the blue ridge mountains. these days, barnsley gardens functions as a resort where you can stay, play golf, quail hunt, [...]

we recently tilled our garden! we rented a tiller from home depot for 4 hours, which was super easy, and got our backyard ready for spring planting. our garden plans are moving along and we hope to finish planting this week. we realized our backyard was full of tons of random debris while tilling. we [...]

ryan and i are beginning to plan our very first vegetable and herb garden. we’ve been composting for over a year and have planted a few vegetables here and there, but this summer we’ve got big plans. we carved out a sunny 16′ by 10′ spot in the middle of our backyard, found some helpful [...]