A Proper Hoe

If you were in LA this weekend then you know it's been the kind of "beautiful" that we get on only a handful of days a year when the sky is clear and blue in spite of the oppressing carcinogens (which I hope I'm building some kind of immunity to at this point) and the winds are calm and cool not resembling the Santa Ana's at all. It's the kind of "beautiful" that's too big to dream, that makes me want to bathe in it and I pray that some of it stays on my skin and sticks to my soul.

In a prior life I would have called a friend, rode my bike to the beach, and enjoyed an Americano (with room for milk, thanks) with my toes digging into the warm sand. BUT that's not the life of the Urban Farm Girl. The problem with that comfortable and appealing scene these days is that there's no farm involved at all. So instead, on this Saturday that was so beautiful I could have drank it in (yes, I choose you brilliant and delicious Saturday over an Americano all day everyday) I went to Home Depot with the hero boyfriend.

Walking into Home Depot I was knocked over by virgin garden envy. It was strong, uncontrolled and I felt the deep desire to throw my arms in the air and sing something glorious while impulsively buying everything. I was convinced that we had room to grow watermelons, cucumbers and strawberries alongside my illusions of Urban Farm Girl grandeur. I was also feeling certain that I absolutely had to buy the ranunculus plants, all of them.

...I walked away with none of those things. The hero boyfriend came sweeping in on his white horse of frugality and reason and, really, he was just in time as I was hiding in the corner staring at a magazine rack of seeds.

We walked away with another $7 bag of soil (again, please be magic), bell pepper and strawberry plants and red onion, bok choy and carrot seeds. Best of all, the hero boyfriend bought me a proper hoe! Just so I can give him a hard time I'm announcing to everyone that he bought me the cheap hoe...Ah, sweet love. I'll think of him every time I use that hoe.


Top: H&M
Pants: Forever 21
Belt: Miranda Parkin
Flip Flops: Target
Sunglasses: RayBan - Classic Wayfarer

Chicken: Plymouth Barred Rock

Hoe: Home Depot

*Please read this with irony





Homegrown Compost
(This, to some degree, still offends me)

The new class: bell peppers, jalapeno and habanero peppers, red onions and bok choy.