Finally, a bit of good news! This is what my weekend looks like, weather-wise. In a word: gorgeous. :)
Last night an abridged group of Scoobies gathered at Adam's for some Friends reruns and the finale of The Apprentice. Sadly, Kwame didn't take home the big prize as we'd all hoped. But in the final competition Bill really did perform better, so he fully deserved his new job. We had fun booing and hissing at the screen whenever Omarosa did something evil, and talk abounded about which of the contestants had hooked up with one another. Good times!
This weekend is hopefully going to be really fun! Well, mostly anyways. Julie and I are doing some long-dreaded bathing suit and spring dress shopping, which has the potential to be soo not fun. But we've decided to limit our attempts to small, short shopping sessions so we don't get tired or cranky. Sunday some of us are heading to the National Building Museum for a special tour with some other CMU alumni. This is easily my favorite museum in Washington, but I've never really even been above the ground floor! So I'm excited to get a more thorough look and scope out some of the currect exhibits.
In other news I'm still going strong on my gardening phase. I've spent a little time in the last few days finding online nurseries, scouring catalogs and doing research. I'm hoping to find plants that even I won't kill if I try and grow them in containers on my patio! If you have any personal favs, please suggest them! For your mid-Friday entertainment, here are some of the better sites I've found:
Burpee - The granddaddy of seed catalogs. They also brought the garden.com domain into their control after that site went belly up.
Spring Hill Nurseries - My current personal fav. They have a nice search widget that lets you filter by climate zone, intended planting area, sun exposure, etc.
Wayside Gardens
Gurney's Seed & Nursery
Santa Rosa Gardens
White Flower Farm - This one comes highly recommended by Adam's mom! (and with recent orchid happenings, we should really all listen to her.) They offer detailed information and tons of pictures. They also get my award for the best-designed nursery site so far. :)
For as many years as I can remember, the Burpee catalog would come once a quarter, just in time for the appropriate planting season. While not well-adjusted for apartment dwelling, cucumbers have always grown well for me. You could also get a small tomato plant, the cherry/plum tomato vines don't get too big and grow well with some sun and a little regular watering. Plus they have pretty flowers just before the fruit starts to grow.
Katy, I really have no room to post here because I kill green things. I cook them well, but I'm prone to killing them while they're still in dirt. But the reason I'm posting is to tell you that I pass about 4 different nurseries on my drive down to school. Let me know if you want me to pick anything up for you. Or, if you feel like making part of a drive, let me know if you want me to take you to them!