Eat your....whites?

I've always been tempted to buy the white asparagus in the store.  This week they were on sale, so I brought a bunch home to try out.

Hello!  I taste like a milder version of my green brethren.  Also, I'm white because farmers deprived me of sunlight.

Roasted with olive oil, salt, and pepper, they were delicious! 

If a kiwi mated with a cucumber....

you'd get a fruit that tasted like a kiwano:

This strange orange and spiky fruit looks like a space pod...

No aliens inside.  Look at this lovely geometric interior.  How beautiful!

Deck farmer

"This is called farming! You kids are gonna grow all kinds of plants! Vegetable plants, pizza plants."  ~ Captain from the movie WALL*E

Inspired by a friend's farm and the good weather, hubby and I visited the local supermarket and purchased some gardening supplies and plants.  Now we have two new additions to our deck:

Meet our new basil plants and tomato plant.

Hopefully my black thumb doesn't kill them and we'll be enjoying fresh mozarella and tomato salad with tomatoes and basil from our mini deck garden.