SPRING PLANTING!

Two weeks ago the Fitz Fam commenced a garden overhaul! After harvesting all the arugula, rainbow chard, lettuce and radishes (leaving the carrots, leeks and cabbages to keep on growing), we prepped the beds for some new additions: seven heirloom tomato plants (including a GREEN ZEBRA! and CHEROKEE PURPLE!), a slew of herbs, one bell pepper, a zucchini and 260 onions!

Mom preps soil in the herb bed.


Pops looks in while Mille (longingly) looks out.

Today Mom and I planted the last of the sweet, red and yellow onions and we ripped up a shrimpy, disheveled-looking cabbage to make room for the bell pepper.

I can't wait to eat maiwa kumquats and striped tomatoes in April!

sping is here!

yaaawn!

with the last cold days behind us...

...I tore out all the spinach, rainbow chard and arugula and planted SEVEN tomato plants yesterday. It's almost 90 degrees in Tucson today (ugh), but I'll be pleased when we're roasting tomatoes and eating Corn & Pesto Crunch salads in April!

So long, snowy mountain tops!

Tucson's Solidarity Rally (at Campbell & Speedway Blvd)

The Tucson "Save the American Dream" rally took place at the intersection of Speedway Blvd. and Campbell Ave. and it was a rockin' success! Hundreds of folks gathered and the atmosphere was peaceful and positive.

At 12:30 (a half hour after it had officially "started") we started rotating corners, musical-chairs style. Here are some of the pics I took so you can get an idea of approximately 1/4 of the crowd. At this point the street corners were packed (even overflowing off the sidewalks, into bike lanes -- to worry of multiple police officers) and the energy started revving up. Dozens of huge truckers, hundreds of cars and even an ambulance honked for their support of public employees, worker unions and democracy. Arms waved out passing windows; many thumb's ups; hollers and cheers. Even though I think I'm going deaf in my left ear, the horn honks -- more than the signs, the cheering, the speakers -- really brought the crowd together with good energy.

A woman from MoveOn.org handed out signs for us to display.

At 1pm we walked a few blocks South to the University Mall where we listened to speakers. Here are two shots from that chunk of the afternoon:

there's just no going back to store-bought after this:

P.S. Tutorial over here!

would you like a good laugh?

Check out what happens to forgotten bananas, left to petrify on a hidden counter top at my family's house! I couldn't stop giggling when I discovered this gem on Valentine's Day. Dontcha think it looks kinda like a dried chile?

soaking up the sun

garden blankets on the sidelines