This year, we are determined to have a flourishing garden, so we only bought plants that have proven themselves to thrive under our care (except for a hearty-looking tiny blue-flowered beauty and the Swiss Chard you see above): daisies, geraniums, petunias, and raspberries (currently making a jail for the poor little chardy). We still have to find some more herb seeds and tomato seeds--- I'm holding out for a really delicious variety.
We went on Sunday-- yes! the garden store is open on Sunday!--- and it is amazing how many people will smile at you on the subway if your are carrying armloads of flowers.
We also had the first scientific barbecue of the season on Friday. I made a better-immediately-forgotten peacamole and a fantastically delicious strawberry-rhubarb cake.
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Your view looks terrific, especially with the flowers! My crocuses are done and there are daffodils flowering. I should say they were since we have SNOW - yesterday and today. They may be alright if the snow doesn't break their stems. The joy of living in Ohio!
can you taste the rhubarb in it? what is it like?
Poor guys, with the snow in Ohio!! You all like to do spring the hard way--- you don't get it handed to you on a plate like us lazy Europeans (by the way, the schools are currently enjoying a 2 week Easter break).
The cake tastes kinda like a very moist shortbread, and I have to say the recipe is VERY forgiving. I didn't have enough butter so I substituted some olive oil, and I didn't have enough white sugar so I mixed in some brown (from the PRECIOUS American brown sugar reserves!). I would say, yes, one can taste the rhubarb, but it's pretty sweetened here...
oh yeah, I made this cake last night. it is yum, will have it for lunch too. I only used 3 stalks of the rhubarb cause I was skeered but it was so good.
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