We celebrated Cyrus’ birthday last week. There were a lot of fun details there, and it deserves its own post, but the simple things I did certainly should be part of this one. He wanted cheesecake, which I made for him. I made graham crackers and made a graham cracker crust for the cake as well. I…
Note: This post contains affiliate and referral links. The garden’s abundance this week was wonderful. I picked peaches and figs from the trees. I cut grapes and cucumbers from the vines, picked tomatoes, cut green onions, parsley, and basil. I also dug my garlic (later than I should have!). Being spring planted, the garlic is…
Congratulations to Lisa on winning the garden seed giveaway! My plans for last week changed completely when I found out we were having overnight guests, so all of last week’s goals were moved to this week. Gardening: 1. Pick peaches 2. Pick the rest of the plums 3. Harvest grapes 4. Harvest a few cucumbers 5….
Last week’s plans were completely changed when a friend, whom I haven’t seen in almost 8 years, emailed on Monday to ask if she and her family could come to visit on Friday, join us in our Fourth of July plans, and sleep at our place. We said yes, and changed our plans slightly to…
This post contains referral links. We took a new family picture, using the remote for my camera. After explicit instructions from my husband to not make silly faces, the boys of course did make faces in most of the pictures. The picture I kept ended up being a conglomerate of 3 photos, something I’ve never…
When the heat sets in, the cool weather crops bolt. Lettuce grows 2 1/2 feet high and Swiss chard grows taller than my head. The plants go from being pretty to be being scraggly. They flower, and pollinated by the bees, the flowers turn into seeds. The seed pods dry out, and then you can…
This post contains an affiliate link. Happy Monday! First, a few things: If you missed my giveaway for garden seeds for your garden, be sure to enter! The contest runs through Friday. Mrs. Wages is giving away a pressure canner! Enter here. If you’ve always wanted to have a price book but didn’t want to…
We harvested red noodle beans, apricots, grapes, plums, green onions, tomatoes, apples and blackberries from the garden. I cut the last of the purple larkspur and brought it in to enjoy at the table. Swiss Chard Seeds I collected seeds from white and purple larkspur, Swiss chard, red leaf lettuce, and white and pink stock…
Note: This is not a sponsored post. I was not paid for my opinions. I really like this company and recommend them based on my own experience with them. Last year, while searching for white foxglove seed for my white garden, I came across a company called Outside Pride that carried it for a…
We took last week off of school when it became obvious on Monday that our week was going to go a bit differently than I thought. We finished butchering chickens on Monday, I spent several days cutting them up for the freezer, and we had an impromptu garage sale on Friday morning. This week we’re…
I did not go grocery shopping again this week (this makes 4 weeks now). Our freezers are now full with chicken (I cut up the rest of the birds this week and put them in the freezer. Many thanks to those of you who said to let the meat rest 3 days; we experimented with…
I used the iron filings from a project my husband worked on to fertilize the blueberry bushes in my garden. I potted two chaste tree seedlings that were growing in my garden to give as gifts. I also potted an oregano seedling to give as a gift. I harvested Royal apricots, Green Gage plums, Dorsett…