These simple rabbits are quick and easy to make. I use chocolate wafers, which don’t need to be tempered. Supplies: Rabbit molds. This mold is my favorite, but I also like this one for a large rabbit, this this floppy-eared large rabbit, and this one for small bunnies Melting chocolate wafers. I like these white…
I cut daffodils from the garden to enjoy inside. I cut flowering kale, broccoli flowers, and sage flowers to make an arrangement. I made homemade insecticidal soap and sprayed it on the aphids and thrips on my rose buds. I made a triple batch of laundry soap. I zested the oranges that we ate and…
The white garden is very green right now. In a few days it will be full of flowers; even as I write this, several tulips have opened, and there are roses that will open within the week. Here are some scenes from the garden from a couple of days ago: The Katy apricot tree…
Gardening: 1. Dig out apple tree. This is proving difficult as the roots are large, but I will get it out. 2. Finish pruning espaliered apples 3. Plant apricot in place of apple 4. Plant warm season vegetables. It is going to be 87º F today (my fig tree has leafed out and has fruit…
I cut beet greens, Swiss chard, green onions, parsley, asparagus, dill and thyme from the garden. I tip layered some blackberry vines. This is super simple–it just involves burying part of the vine to allow it to root in another spot. After it roots, I will cut it from the original vine, and I’ll have…
I have had a lot of readers commenting and emailing lately about unemployment and other financial difficulties. I know many of you are struggling to make ends meet. Everyday money challenges are difficult enough, but then a child has a birthday, and you’re left wondering what you can do to make their day special, when…
I picked lettuce, a few snow peas, radishes, green onions, chives, spinach, and beet greens from the garden. I made balasmic vinaigrette and a simle mustard vinaigrette (I added red wine vinegar to the last remaining bits of spicy mustard in the container and shook it for a simple dressing) for our salads. I found…
We had rain on Sunday night and Monday morning. Monday is my assigned day to water, so I am grateful that it keeps raining on Monday! It is actually raining again this morning as I write. The last time I have seen this much rain in spring was ten years ago. I remember it…
The garden at sunrise Saturday morning I have another child’s birthday coming up shortly, so I have some sewing to do! She asked me for a blouse and some pajamas, so I need to make those this week, and possibly another gift or two. She also asked for a puzzle, so I’ll make a…
As we start the month, the garden is yielding lettuce, Swiss chard, green onions, dill, cilantro, parsley, oregano, tarragon, lavender, nasturiums, thyme, celery (mainly leaves; these are from commercial celery where I planted the bottom in the ground), radishes, broccoli, sage, beet greens and beets. Some of my fall-planted snow peas are just starting to…
Would you like to see my garden? I will be having a tour on Saturday, March 14th, from 10 a.m. to noon. The weather should be beautiful. The tour is a 2-hour class, where I’ll teach about gardening in the desert, including soil, drip irrigation, choosing fruit trees, pruning, thinning, what grows well for me,…
Cooler weather has returned, along with a rainstorm that came last night and lasted until the early hours of this morning. I’ve got a long list of tasks this week that I hope to be up and doing. Here are my plans: Sewing: 1. Make birthday gifts for Elsa: skirt, doll dress, dress, and…