I saved shower warm-up water (I put a 3-gallon bucket under the shower stream while I wait for it to warm up) and used that water to water pots in the garden. This time of year, it takes longer for the water to warm up, so I collect more water. The potted plants don’t need…
“Enough is as good as a feast.” Caroline Ingalls I am thankful to have enough. We’ve had some rather large extra expenses this week with more to come, but I am thankful to have enough of what we need. What are you thankful for today?
Today, I am thankful for the chance to go slowly. I needed the rest. What are you thankful for today?
Today as I dug in the garden and planted bulbs, I was very grateful that we were able to relandscape the garden. That area of the garden had been overrun with solid crabgrass roots and I had not been able to eradicate them in over 15 years. We removed all of the soil from that…
Today, I am thankful for all the new (to me) songs that I have discovered this summer. What are you thankful for today?
I’m thankful that we redid the garden and I have these beautiful roses! One of my reasons (and there were many) in wanting to relandscape the garden was to put in this particular rose (Desdemona from David Austin). What I didn’t know was that this rose would bloom almost nonstop in my garden, far outperforming…
It’s the beginning of November, and that means it’s time for my daily gratitude posts! Each day in November, I share one thing for which I am grateful for that day, and I invite my readers to do the same! Today, I am very grateful for my dearest friend, who makes my life more joyful….
I harvested roselle hibiscus from the garden and dried it to make herbal tea. I harvested zucchini and basil from the garden. The zucchini is an open-pollinated type (Black Beauty), so I saved the seeds to plant next year. I sowed seeds for lettuce, Swiss chard, and green onions in the garden. The lettuce seeds…
I harvested zucchini, Armenian cucumbers, watermelons, and roselle hibiscus from my garden. I am drying the hibiscus calyces to make herbal tea. Roselle tea tastes a lot like cranberry juice and is high in vitamin C. I like it made into a cold drink in the summer with a little sugar and orange slices. I…
I harvested roselle hibiscus, basil, and Armenian cucumbers from the garden. I canned a batch of sweet pickle relish using cucumbers from my garden. I tidied part of the garden and sowed seeds for parsley, beets, and artichokes. We had a church activity up in the mountains. It’s a ways away and would cost us…
I made myself a pair of earrings and a bracelet using a $1 garage sale necklace of blue beads that I had bought previously, a chain and findings that I had previously bought in bulk. I cut apart the simple string of beads that was on thread and remade it into a longer necklace with…
I read The Weaver’s Daughter as an e-book through the library (using the Libby app on my phone). I mended a pair of pants for my son. I harvested lots of basil from the garden and dried it to use in recipes later. Garage sale season here starts now so I updated my list. I…