It’s the weekend!

We’re heading over to Martha’s Vineyard on Saturday to open up the house. I cannot wait to see and smell the sea!

I hope that you are doing something fun this weekend!

Jon Batiste did well at the Grammys this year!

I’m in full gardening mode. Whenever I’ve had a little time, I’ve shaken off the remnants of winter’s chill by heading out into the sun with my shovel. I’ve been falling asleep thinking about cleaning up my vegetable garden, planting kale, Swiss chard, peas and lettuce.

Last weekend I shoveled compost from my bins into my vegetable garden. I began digging out clumps of day lilies from the garden’s border, because they are wandering and popping up inside the garden. I was very sore that night! One evening this week, I spread the compost and turned over the garden. I’m now ready to plant!

Since I am currently obsessed with all things gardening, I’m sharing some random garden-related topics this weekend.

• Everybody Can Grow Their Own Food: Here’s How to Get Started — If you’re looking for vegetable growing tips, here’s a guide to growing food in gardens big and small. (Epicurious)
• Tips for Edible Gardening in Small Spaces — More tips for gardening in small spaces. I’ve been gardening vertically for a while, but I never thought to plant in curved lines. (HGTV)
• Companion Planting Guide: Sow Easy — This guide offers lots of advice on which plants benefit from growing together and which plants shouldn’t grow next to each other. (The Farmers’ Almanac)
• Ginger Houseplant Care Tips: How To Grow Ginger Indoors — This is my latest indoor gardening project. I have one bud poking through the dirt. (Gardener’s Path)
• Garden designer Laura Heybrook’s Oxford garden is brimful of colour and life — This garden is lovely. (House & Garden)
• A Flower Trick — I’m trying this tip to keep my tulips standing straight! (Cup of Jo)
• For inspiration, here are a few recipes you can make with things from your garden or the local Farmers Market.(Sea Salt and Sailor Stripes)
  • Radish Green Pesto
  • Kale Pesto
  • Roasted Green Tomato Salsa
  • Zucchini and Summer Squash Casserole
• The Meaning of Farm-to-Table — If you grow the ingredients and make one of the recipes above, you’ll be enjoying farm-to-table! (The Spruce Eats)
• Spring Flowers in Brooklyn, NY — Sharing some spring flower photos. (Sea Salt and Sailor Stripes)
• Goodness: Fighting food waste, one apple at a time — I hope that these sensors mean that we get more crunchy apples. (The Washington Post)

About the photo: Rhubarb plants coming up in their freshly composted bed.