I picked Meyer lemons and pomegranates from the garden. I cut two kinds of basil from the garden as well. I made pesto and dried the basil to use later. I enjoyed herbal tea from peppermint and lemon verbena that was grown in my garden. I cut and dried lemon verbena from the garden and…
I hope my American readers had an enjoyable Thanksgiving! Our Thanksgiving celebration was very simple at home with our immediate family. I was tempted to go to the store to buy some more food for our Thanksgiving, but each time I was tempted, I stayed home and did not spend the money. I mended a…
I harvested butternut squash, pumpkins, pomegranates, and Swiss chard from the garden. I sowed seeds in the garden for lettuce. My husband borrowed his brother’s dump trailer to speed up our time at the dump. We are able to load up the bad dirt we are taking out on his trailer to take to the…
I found a 5-gallon potted Oroblanco grapefruit for $29.95! I was in another part of town taking photos of a house for sale and stopped by the closest Home Depot to look for one. It’s the third store I was at in the last couple of weeks. I had seen one at the first store,…
The weather was pleasant this week through Friday, so I was able to have the windows open all day each day, only needing to run the ceiling fans for a short time in the afternoons. We had record highs on Friday (86 degrees!) and record lows on Saturday and Sunday. It feels like we…
I redeemed 2200 Swagbucks for a $25 Google Play Gift card. I’ll give this to my 15-year-old son as a Christmas gift. I cut flowers from my garden to give as a birthday gift to my mom. My husband emptied the filter on our washing machine. We’ve found it easily gets clogged about every six…
This past week was really about saving money. Sometimes we feel like we have to make more money in order to meet our needs, but really, we just need to find a way to do it ourselves. I sowed seeds in the garden for romaine and looseleaf lettuces, Swiss chard, green onions, and parsley. The…
Using red ticking stripe fabric that I had on hand, I sewed a pillow cover to use as part of my props for my Christmas mini session photos. I had bought this fabric with a coupon several years ago, intending to make something for our living room. I still have a little bit left that…
I went to the community garage sales with my mom. I always go to these with a list that I add to throughout the year. While I didn’t find as much as I have in the past, I was happy for what I found. I found the pressed glass bowl with the silver edge…
We began the hard work on the backyard ourselves, rather than hiring someone to do the labor. This project will take months, so doing everything but the concrete ourselves is our plan to keep the cost down and make it possible. I am still making small changes to the design, too. Because there is good…
Last week we had highs around 101 degrees, so it’s still quite hot here, but it is cool enough that my tomatoes have started to flower again! Hopefully, we’ll be able to harvest some before our frosts arrive in November/December. We’ll pick everything green and let them finish ripening inside when a frost is expected….
I am making my new garden plans on some old graph paper that my husband had from long before we were married. I know a lot of people want to design things in a program. I find graph paper is faster and cheaper. I’ve drawn and erased and moved things around several times. The more…