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| some beautiful sempervivums available at Gardenhood |
We made a quick trip into Decatur today for a few specialty items for the wedding this Saturday. I was happy to find a wonderful selection of cheeses at the Dekalb Farmers Market available in whole wheels. It will make a deliciously wonderful presentation of cheeses for the reception. I always like to include some fun stops when running errands in the city and today, we stopped by
GardenHood, the coolest little garden center, formally Urban Gardener on Boulevard.
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| Cool display of Ornamental grasses and containers on a upturned galvanized tub |
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| Plants are organized by care requirements as well as color categories, here is the selection of sun loving annuals in greens and whites |
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| pink and purple sun loving annuals |
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| Conifer corner |
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| shade & semi shade perennials |
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| yellow and green sun loving perennials |
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| chicken house with viewing chair |
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| "cluck cluck" |
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| Got a variegated selection of Northern Sea Oats |
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| Blue African Basil, wonderful for flower arrangements |
After an inspiring morning at GardenHood, it was off to Dekalb Farmers Market, in addition to the wonderful cheeses, I got some cool looking purple watercress, a case of mangoes and a big bag of Valencia oranges for juicing. We worked up an appetite shopping among the crowd at the market and headed straight to FARMBURGER for lunch.
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| cool blue chairs |
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| chicken pot pie fritters |
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| Love the atmosphere at FARMBURGER |
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| Brown Cow: Root Beer Float |
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| #3: Burger with arugula, beets and farm goddess dressing |
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| Raleigh creation:with fresh jalapenos, onions and roasted garlic |
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| My creation today with bacon, pork belly, house pickles and bacon |
After the amazing lunch, a quick stop at the cooks warehouse for some star tips for piping and I also got some banana extract, going to attempt some banana macarons one of these days.
