Leela's Garden & Kitchen

We love that our garden is bursting with flowers right now! Sushma planted a bunch of bulbs at the mailbox a few months ago, and they've finally bloomed.    Gladiolus   Lily We've also been enjoying our squash plants. They've had lots of flowers and we're starting to get some good squash veggies! Shilpa has been very vigilant in squashing all the cucumber beetles to make sure our crop is good.   Our first squash   We are so proud! Shilpa even made some a yummy snack of fried squash blossoms stuffed with cheese and herbs, yum!   Squash blossoms   Final product We're looking forward getting some cucumbers, beets, and tomatoes next.  With lots of love,  Leela

We have been gardening a lot, especially Shilpa! It's getting hotter so we have to wear hats and go into the garden early in the morning. Sushma came and stayed with us for two weeks and we loved having her at home.  For mother's day the kids surprised me with a hammock. I have been laying down every day in the hammock. Sushma made me sign a contract before giving it to me to make me promise that I would not try to get in or out of it without help. I fell down once from a hammock in Cancun, Mexico when we were there for a wedding. I never thought they would buy me a hammock because it was really scary when I fell that time. It hurt so much I thought was going to die. The magnolia buds finally bloomed and the flowers smell really nice. We brought a flower inside and it smelled good but it turned brown quickly so I think we will enjoy the flowers on the tree instead. We had our first harvest of radishes that Shilpa planted. We enjoyed radish chips and pickle