avocado assistance!

this explains the avocado pit phenomenon really well. and by really well i mean like their audience is 8 years old. and by 8 years old i mean me. i posted this earlier, but i find myself referring to it.. again.

http://faq.gardenweb.com/faq/lists/seed/2002114535011263.html

enjoy!

update: avocado baby.

WE HAVE ROOTAGE!

update: chairs and avocados and bridal showers

chairs!
andrew continues to work hard on our vintage patio chairs! we are several layers of primer into our first chair, and will be ready to add the color soon. the chairs sat in the backyard over night one night last week, and we woke up to a couple wet and dirty chair pieces. before we could paint the next coat of primer, we had to clean them. i set the pieces in the shower with the intention of getting to them later in the day.. but looks like a couple of other goobers got to them first.

avocados!
less than thrilling news. it is still a brown pit on two toothpicks in a yellow glass. however, i must admit we had a slight mishap. let's just say the present pit is not the same pit as the one i photographed several weeks ago. a less than perfect tooth-picking job, mixed with a high-cat-traffic area, caused the pit to fall and sit submerged in the water for a while. the pit eventually split, and so i went on the search for a new pit. we found one, and it's doing quite fine so far. no roots. will photograph as soon as some excitement hapens.

bridal shower!
it's happening this saturday. it will not be outside in the backyard. awful mosquitoes (what is a cheap way to get rid of those jerks?!), deconstructed metal chairs with gray primer, HOT, mosquitoes, and a landscape-work-in-progress. however, the inside of the house is shaping up nicely, so i'm looking forward to having people over. we'll have some quesadillas, spinach and artichoke dip, chips and salsa, cupcakes, sangria and more. i am pretty pumped, but busy getting it all together. i'll post some pictures after it all goes down.

oh, and once again, SCHOOL STARTS TOMORROW! my backpack is packed, my clothes are picked out, and the coffee maker is ready to go. let's gooooooo.

another avocado activity.

if you need a break from guacamole, and you have an intense sweet tooth like myself, give this a try: avocado quick bread.

ingredients! see green squishy stuff, to the left.

two pans of more squishy green stuff!

finished bread. cozy cinnamon spice, moist cake-y inside.

andrew says: "it's delicious! and it's kinda green."

i am growing two trees.

this is a tree.

and this is a tree!

this is a super easy project and it will make you feel super successful. it worked for me and i'm basically gettin by on word of mouth and google.

if you are into avocados, save that pit next time you mix up some guacamole. i acquired my first pit from my good friend eleanor's sweet mom. she made a delightful chopped salad and saved the pit after i told her that i wanted try planting it. the little tree that you see is what came of that first pit. it is about a year old and is doing pretty well from what i can see hangin out in the kitchen with a little sunlight from the windows.

i recently attempted some guacamole, and i think the best part of the experience was having another pit to play with. andrew has never seen the avocado pit phenomenon in action, so i set up avocado tree jr. in a small yellow glass jar and set it by our front window. we should see some roots soon!

for some sweet tips on trying this yourself, i found this useful link!