The last couple of weekends I've had so many lovely plans in mind for a big new garden on my almost-an-acre property in the country, that I simply HAD to sit down and map them all out...on graph paper that my thougtful friend (who I thoughtfully won't name) lifted from his company's paper supply cabinet for me (thanks buddy!)...with, but of course, a large, black, dark roast coffee from one of the city's great new coffee shops, Balzac's, and a fresh, crispy, buttery, mmmmmmmmmmmmYUM! croissant from Golden Hearth Bakery. (Do you think that sentence was a mite too long? any whoo...) The only problem with these croissants from Golden Hearth is that once you've had one, you won't be able to eat any other croissant in the city, probably in the province, maybe the country, because all other croissants are RUINED for you, they are THAT GOOD. Coffee? there are quite a few great coffee shops within walking of downtown - Matter of Taste, Balzac's, The Little Bean, The Museum Cafe... there are others, and I won't name them all, but those to my knowledge are the best in coffee in downtown K-town. But croissants? You must go to Golden Hearth. There, that's all about croissants. I won't write that word again. Croissants. Oh crap I can't stop myself. Now I want a croissant.
Now, to switch to another topic having nothing at all to do with croissants, (I'm obsessed!) -- my garden. I'm SO terribly excited about it. I've been using up that hard-won-stolen graph paper like a made-woman! Inspired by the latest issue of Garden Design mag, I scribble something down, only the find an even BETTER idea the next day when I browse the Wild Flowers of Ontario website. I yell "Ah HA!" and crumple up the last piece of graph paper and toss it over my shoulder as I scribble the next idea down before I forget it. I've mapped out every last detail... and my POINT is, that my latest plan to have raised vegetable beds organized in rows with lovely walkways between ala It's Complicated with Meryl Streep, is frankly, genius. Glad I thought of it. Or, more fairly, glad that I watched that movie that is clearly meant to be garden porn for ladies. Now, to convince one of my neighbours with a tractor to come on over and plow up a substantial portion of my lawn this spring...
Looking forward to sharing recipes using fresh picked veggies from my new garden this spring and summer!
