Last week I had three family members gone at camp for the majority of the week. I took on many of their chores myself, so my list for this week is much shorter than usual. When everyone asks how I get so much done, it really is because everyone helps with chores. We picked figs…
Pavlovas are such a simple thing to make. Hands’ on time is very little. The hardest part is waiting for the meringues to cook. Everything is quick and easy. You can top them with any fruit you have on hand. I used blackberries and white strawberries from my garden that I simply tossed with…
June is a month where there is much to enjoy from the garden, despite the 110ºF/43ºC temperatures. I cut flowers from the garden. We picked blackberries and figs from the garden. We picked the last of the lemons from the garden. It’s been amazing that we’ve been able to keep so many fresh on the…
This month I’m working on several projects that have been on my to-do lists for months. I have a lot of work to do in the garden, as the weeds have grown quite a bit in the last month while I’ve been recovering from having a baby. I am also behind in planting several things…
June is an abundant month for fruit in the garden. This month, we’ll harvest Mission figs, Green Gage plums, Royal apricots, Dorsett Golden apples, white alpine (vesca) strawberries, and blackberries. I’ll pick tomatoes and cut herbs, green onions, and Swiss chard from the garden. If my zucchini plants decide to have open male and female flowers…
I recently received a letter from a reader that really touched me. It was a wonderful reminder of why I write, and reminded me of what this particular post does to help all you find ways to save money each week. I’m glad that as we share how we’ve saved money each week, we can…
This little boy is growing so fast! At his two-week appointment, he had gained over a pound. He now weighs 9 pounds 14 ounces! I’ve been asked by many readers over the years about how we name our children. We started a tradition with our first of having a baby naming day about a week…
The garden was full of wonderful fruits last week! We picked peaches, white strawberries, and blackberries from the garden. We made a delicious fruit salad with them, ate peaches for snacks, made peach pie popsicles, made peach shortcakes, made peach smoothies, and froze sliced peaches. I made lemonade from our lemons. The children picked more lemons…
Note: This post contains affiliate links. You can read my disclosure policy here. We picked Katy apricots, Desert Gold peaches, and white alpine (vesca) strawberries from the garden. I froze three cookie sheets full of sliced peaches, which we will use later in smoothies. We were blessed this week to receive several meals from…
Our sweet baby arrived at 2:15 a.m. on Friday, May 6th. At only 6 days past my due date, he was my earliest baby. (The others were all born between 42-44 weeks). He was also the biggest, weighing 8 pounds, 11 ounces (3,936 g). Like all of my others, he was born at home. Recovery…
We ate spinach and garlic chives from the garden. We picked white strawberries from the garden. We picked the first few apricots and peaches that are just starting to ripen in the garden. We went to the community garden and picked strawberries and artichokes. We left a donation and will be back to donate seeds…
May is a wonderful month for harvesting from the garden. This month I’ll be picking blackberries, Swiss chard, beets, strawberries, chamomile, hibiscus flowers, lettuce, spinach, beets, turnips, Katy apricots (they didn’t ripen last month as I had expected, but should early this month), Desert Gold peaches, artichokes, and even a few tomatoes. I also have leeks,…