I turned 3 pairs of torn jeans into shorts for the girls. I collected alpine strawberry and nasturtium seeds from the garden. I cut flowers from the garden to enjoy inside. I picked apricots, figs, blackberries, apples,and alpine strawberries, and cut grapes from the garden. I cut lettuce, lavender, and parsley from the garden. We…
I picked 9 cups of blackberries from the garden. I picked the first of the figs, apricots, and apples from the garden. I picked two small tomatoes from the garden. I picked lettuce from the garden. I collected green oni0n seeds from the garden. I saved water from the shower, from rinsing garden produce, from…
With the continued beautiful, unusually cool weather that we had last week, I was able to save money by not needing to run the air conditioner, only running a few fans for a little while, and reprogramming the drip and sprinklers to not go on for several days last week. Temperatures will return to…
I cut flowers from the garden to bring indoors. I picked a couple of handfuls of white strawberries and 19 blackberries from the garden. For the strawberries, this is a large amount to have ripe at once; it’s usually just a few here and there. Since the weather has been 10 degrees cooler than normal,…
This last week was the coolest first week of May that I have ever experienced here in Las Vegas. A snowstorm blew over us to the Rocky Mountains, bringing to us a week of clouds and cooler temperatures. Friday was the coolest day at 63ºF, more then 30º below what it was just recently. Consequently,…
I harvested artichokes from the garden. I made a couple of large pots of soup the first two days of the week. We had soup and salad (with lettuce picked from the garden) every day for lunch last week. I cut Swiss chard from the garden. I collected green onion seeds from the garden. The…
It was another windy week, though there were some still hours in which I managed to get outside to do some work in the garden. I picked mulberries from my neighbor’s tree. The wind and birds had aleady claimed quite a few. It was too windy to risk picking on the extension ladder, so I…
Iceberg roses, snapdragons, dusty miller, lavender, larkspur, and parsley flowers in the crystal pestal vase I bought the week before last at the garage sales for $2 I picked lettuce from the garden almost every day this week. We had many salads. I gave lettuce to a friend of mine, who trades eggs with…
I cut nasturiums from the garden and brought them in to arrange in a vase. All of these nasturiums grew from self-seeding. I bought strawberries for $0.97 a pound, made strawberry shortcake, and canned strawberry jam. I bought 90 pounds of potatoes at $0.10 a pound. I made herb roasted chicken. By cooking the chicken…
Winter made these baskets from cardstock for our table. They are lined with a muffin liner. I put candy in the bottom of each one and a homemade chocolate rabbit on top. These were the children’s Easter baskets this year. I liked that they were small and fit on their plates, and that no filler…
I picked snow peas from the garden. I cut parsley, green onions, lettuce, and Swiss chard from the garden. A local reader offered me some hand-me-downs for my children. Winter now has 2 new pairs of jeans and a blouse, and Cyrus has a new pair of jeans as well. I bought several pairs…
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…