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You might know that we’ve been experimenting with margaritas.
Well, we’ve grown a little tired of them.

And as we have an abundance of mint in the garden, we’ve moved on to mojitos.
Plus, they’re about as perfect as a summertime cocktail can be.

(Did you know mint is very easy to grow? See hints below.)

Here’s how to make [...]

Finally! We harvested our first tomato:

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This season’s first harvest from the vegetable garden:

This weekend, we noticed the first of our heirloom tomatoes.

It’s officially (finally) summertime here in the Napa Valley.

Seems to me that, this year, a lot more folks are doing vegetable gardens.

Maybe I’ve just been paying more attention, maybe it’s the ever growing popularity of everything organic/slow food/locavores/food porn or maybe it’s thestupideconomy.

Anyway, this is our first year of gardening in the new place. And it’s been a challenge–so different than in past years.

And I realized that, [...]