Happy Easter
Star of Bethlehem flower in my garden May you have a wonderful, peaceful Easter! I am so thankful for Jesus Christ’s atoning sacrifice, and that because of His resurrection, we can live again. He is risen!
Star of Bethlehem flower in my garden May you have a wonderful, peaceful Easter! I am so thankful for Jesus Christ’s atoning sacrifice, and that because of His resurrection, we can live again. He is risen!
Every day last week I harvested something from the garden. I cut snow peas, Swiss chard, parsley, asparagus and green onions, and picked lettuce, radishes, spinach, a couple of strawberries, and beet greens. I cut flowers from the garden for our table. We ate outside every night as the weather was beautiful each evening. The…
Twice a year, a master-planned community near my house has a neighborhood garage sale. I like being able to go to several sales in a short period of time. I make it a plan to take a list with me. I go to this semi-annual sale with my mom, so I take 3 copies of…
Last week’s strong winds kept me out of the garden most of the week. I’m hoping to get lots done this week. It should be 91º tomorrow! Garden 1. Spread straw under strawberries 2. Run water lines and plant aster and butternut squash seeds 3. Plant more leek seeds 4. Photograph the garden (in better…
Winter made a lot of friendship bracelets this week–and taught Liberty to make one, too! I cut flowers from the garden for my table. I cut asparagus from the garden (we’re getting about 2 pounds a week now, one pound at a time, so I planted some seeds that I collected from my heirloom Mary…
Spring and fall are the best time to plant fruit trees in a garden. They’re also a great time to find fruit trees on sale at your local nursery. If you’re ordering from a catalog, you will most likely need to order in spring, as most fruit trees only ship in spring. First, you’ll…
1. Turn Liberty and Winter’s torn jeans into shorts 2. Hem my husband’s jeans 3. Run some more water lines in the garden 4. Sew birthday presents for Ivory 5. Make popsicles 6. Start making Easter rabbits 7. Write a couple of blog posts 8. Update garage sale list with our current needs and sizes….
I harvested asparagus, lettuce, sugar snap peas, green onions, and parsley from our garden. The peas and onions were used to make my museum pasta salad. Our sewer company switched from annual billing to quarterly billing last year. I have been expecting my new quarterly bill but had not yet received it. When my bill…
The weather was astoundingly beautiful this last week and all I wanted to do was to be outside in it. Fortunately, I had plenty of chores to keep me outside. I stopped to watch a songbird sing in my garden on several different occasions. I watched a monarch butterfly flit above our patio. I cut…
The tulips are up in the white garden. They bloomed just in time for the garden tour last Saturday. The tulips take all the attention, but the edibles are thriving in the white garden too. If you didn’t notice them in the first picture, you’re not alone. My garden tour attendees didn’t…
I cut a few spears of asparagus from my garden. I also cut lettuce from the garden. I cooked a large pot of beans and froze the cooked beans in bags to have on hand for future meals. I used my raincheck from Walgreen’s to purchase 9 dozen eggs for .99 a dozen. My husband…
I had at at-home date with my husband on Saturday night. We watched a movie and popped popcorn after the children were in bed. I needed to replace a lemon tree in the white garden that was mostly killed by our long frost in December. There was a sale this week on lemon trees at…