{"id":18710,"date":"2011-06-07T08:16:52","date_gmt":"2011-06-07T15:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=18710"},"modified":"2011-06-07T08:16:52","modified_gmt":"2011-06-07T15:16:52","slug":"no-rotten-tomatoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=18710","title":{"rendered":"No Rotten Tomatoes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday I thankfully slept in and woke up without any soreness from Saturday&#8217;s 40 mile ride! After a swim and some errands, I met Michael and some friends at Papa Haydn&#8217;s for lunch. We luckily got to sit outside on their patio next to the garden. It was another gorgeous day out and the al fresco dining was really nice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_6545.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-18711\" title=\"IMG_6545\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_6545-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_6545-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_6545-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_6545.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI ordered the grilled chicken club sandwich with a salad. The sandwich came with slices of avocado, tomato, bacon and an aioli sauce. It was delicious and filling.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_6546.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-18712\" title=\"IMG_6546\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_6546-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_6546-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_6546-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_6546.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAfter lunch Michael and I drove to Wilsonville to go to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.larsenfarmnursery.com\/\">Larsen Family Nursery<\/a>. It was a nice drive through the countryside, through rolling hills, passed mansions with gorgeous barns, horse ranches and nurseries. Larsen Nursery was easy to find and they had tons of beautiful plants! It was easy to get distracted but we were on a mission.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_6547.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-18723\" title=\"IMG_6547\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_6547-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_6547-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_6547-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_6547.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMichael bought a Groupon for the nursery and we had $50 to spend on stuff for our veggie garden! (Total came to $55. Not bad!)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_6552.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-18714\" title=\"IMG_6552\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_6552-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_6552-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_6552-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_6552.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_6550.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-18713\" title=\"IMG_6550\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_6550-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_6550-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_6550-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_6550.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWe got so many great things! The nursery was really nice and all the plants and veggies there looked healthy and thriving. That&#8217;s a good start considering that some of my lettuce at home was destroyed. \ud83d\ude41 I spent a few hours in the yard planting the veggies. I got several different types of tomatoes, a zucchini, acorn squash, onions and lots and lots of lettuce:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7485.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-18720\" title=\"IMG_7487\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7487-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7487-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7487.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-18715\" title=\"IMG_7485\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7485-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7485-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7485.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7484.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-18716\" title=\"IMG_7484\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7484-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7484-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7484.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI also got another basil plant (sweet Basil this time) just in case the slugs completely destroyed my other basil plant.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7486.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-18717\" title=\"IMG_7486\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7486-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7486-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7486.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI also got some herbs: oregano, cilantro and some strawberries that I put in a big pot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7483.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-18719\" title=\"IMG_7482\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7482-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7482-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7482.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-18718\" title=\"IMG_7483\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7483-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7483-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7483.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI sprinkled the Sluggo around the new plants and refilled the beer traps for the slugs. Check it out! I have TOMATOES!!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7488.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-18721\" title=\"IMG_7488\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7488-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7488-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7488.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI am sooo excited to see some things starting to bloom. It gives me a little confidence that maybe I am in fact doing something right with my garden. I hope that everything grows well enough so that Michael and I can actually eat our crops. \ud83d\ude09 After a long day, we enjoyed a quick and easy dinner.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7492.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-18736\" title=\"IMG_7492\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7492-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7492-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7492-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe Johnsonville bratwursts are really tasty&#8211;especially the kind I bought this time. LOVE the cheddar and jalapeno dogs! The steamed beans turned out great too. I wish I could have planted some bean plants in our garden but I&#8217;m not sure that we have the room this year. Next year, we definitely will have room!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7491.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-18737\" title=\"IMG_7491\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7491-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7491-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7491-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAfter dinner we went to the movies to see X-Men (another Groupon purchase!). The movie was pretty good&#8211;with only a few cheesy parts.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>QUESTION: What&#8217;s growing in your garden? And how do you harvest the plants you&#8217;ve grown? Anyone have some good gardening blogs they can recommend?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday I thankfully slept in and woke up without any soreness from Saturday&#8217;s 40 mile ride! After a swim and some errands, I met Michael and some friends at Papa Haydn&#8217;s for lunch. We luckily got to sit outside on their patio next to the garden. It was another gorgeous day out and the al [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43,315,87,101,104,1949,111,160,3440,173,195,196,264,3439,3342,2932],"tags":[8633,8786,3531,759,861,8690,8691,3510,8723,8735,3235,3530],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_6547.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18710"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18710"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18794,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18710\/revisions\/18794"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}