The Nursery

As I said before: looks like we are here to stay, so I'm not waiting any f***ing longer for that herb garden C. promised me with the new house. This weekend I told him that it was NOW that I needed it, and I was promised a trip to the nursery on sunday.

On saturday we went to the beach. The ocean is a few blocks from where we live, probably close to ten minutes on foot, but I must confess that this weekend was the first time proper that we went down to the beach with the intent of hanging out there. So, we brought our towels, sun screen, a water bottle and pocket books to pass a couple of hours. The sky was more or less overcast most of the time we spent there, exactly as it has been for the whole summer down here in San Diego, but the temperatures were comfortable. By the time we left it was a little windy though, and it felt too chilly to take a dip in the water, as we would have otherwise. Nothing to do with the Gulf of Mexico!

Sunday we went to pick up pots and soil at the nursery for my tomato plant. I also invested in a few herbs: basil, orange mint, rosemary and chives. I never grew herbs outdoors before, set aside the indestructible chives plant I used to have on my balcony, so this is sort of an experiment. I will have to figure out how fast they grow and how much space to give them. Hope to get a cilantro plant as well, so that we will be able to make guacamole every weekend ...