How Today Starts

Good Thursday morning! Spending this morning starting some seeds and re-potting plants. 

Got to get some of my leggy plants into new homes before I lose them. The piece of wood in the background will be used to start some lettuce in. I'll keep you posted about the lettuce and how it turns out on the board.

Stay Safe

Hope everyone in these lines of storms, stay safe. Atlanta has been a rain filled day and it continues through the night. The Hailstorm that came through tonight was pretty intense---and now we're on a flash flood watch until 4 a.m., again stay safe and see you guys in the garden.

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Quote of the Week

             photo by Cottonbro Studio

I like gardening, it's a place where I find myself when I need to lose myself.

                                        -Alice Sebold

                        photo by Alena Koval

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BAIA: A Place to Experience

Finally took the opportunity to explore BAIA, which stands for Black Art In America, over the weekend with my oldest two children this weekend, and it didn't disappoint! 

Upon entering the facility patrons get a slight glimpse of the garden area, but honestly you might not pay much attention to the area because the mind and excitement is on the inside. 

What will I see and hear?  Is there a gift shop and will it be affordable? 

The day we attended, a poetry event was going on, and it was beautiful.  Already this place is winning me over with art and poetry all wrapped up in one day----yeah!

After the show, all the attendees had the opportunity to mingle, shop and of course browse the gallery. 

Wished I had some really long money to buy some of these pieces.

Maybe one day, I'll have the funds to buy some really great art out of a gallery without worrying about the price. 

After walking around the gallery, we headed outside to checkout the garden area. 

The garden area is abundant with different sitting areas, artwork and plants. It's a great place to sit and read a book or write. 

If you're ever in the Atlanta area and looking for something to do/experience. BAIA is a great place to go.

Address: 

1802 Connally Drive                 

East Point, GA 30344

Hours of Operations:

Mon-Wed (by appt)

Thurs-Sat (11a.m.-6p.m.)

Sunday (closed)

Quote of the Week

Poverty is a very complicated issue, but feeding a child isn't.

                               --Jeff Bridges

The Great Grow Along

 This event starts today, every skill level is welcomed! Come over and hang out---let's build community! 

https://greatgrowalong.com.

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No Deals

Yesterday, afternoon my husband wanted to go pickup "some deals" from a particular Kroger grocery store--located in an upscale area of Atlanta. Even though there's three stores within resonable driving distance of our home, at least twice a month we were willing to expand our travel distance for some amazing price cuts. Getting a cart full of whole, nutritious foods, well under the price, in our area, was always the highlight for my husband and me. 

Y'all.....yesterday, we didn't find any deals at all. No, I take that back, we found a block of cheese in the deli area marked 1/2 off. Yup! That was a good deal, but that was the only item we found. 

Remember we're not only shopping for items under a regular sales price, we're looking for the price cut on top of the sale or the closeout price. Not being able to find those deals was very shocking and only motivates my garden expansion, even more. 

Quote of the Week

Real food doesn't have ingredients, real food is ingredients.

                                  -Jamie Oliver

A Bit Different

Good Saturday morning! Hope all is well with everyone! I'm just trying out this business referral link to Morning Brew, a business/finance newsletter that breaks down financial news in a fun an entertaining way, I didn't know where to post it, since I'm taking a break from Twitter---I don't even know if I'll ever go back to Twitter, but yeah, I thought maybe I'd drop the link over here since I'm thinking about the blog also have a financial aspect to it, since food is political and costly. Why can't we grow greens both ways? So, if you're interested go over and check them out over at Morning Brew .

Wordless Wednesday