I harvested apricots, Swiss chard, blackberries, lettuce, parsley, and tomatoes from the garden. I rarely have lettuce and tomatoes ripe at the same time, but my some of my lettuce that I planted late in March had not bolted yet. My husband and I continued to work on the pergola. It takes two of us…
I picked blackberries from the garden. This is earlier than I usually harvest blackberries, and the berries are much larger than usual. I planted a new kind of blackberries (Prime Ark Freedom) in my garden a couple of years ago, but this is the first time they have made fruit. The earlier bearing means that…
We harvested artichokes, parsley, green onions, Swiss chard, lettuce, tomatoes, and lemons from the garden. Our elderly neighbors had their first garage sale in preparation for an upcoming move. We helped them with it, bringing over our tables and my parents’ tables, setting it up, making and putting out signs, and listing it in…
I harvested lettuce, Swiss chard, a lemon, parsley, chives, and a couple of cherry tomatoes from the garden. I made pancakes twice–once with blackberries from our garden (from the freezer) and chocolate chips, and once with bananas (which I blended and used in place of part of the milk in the recipe). I used some…
I harvested Swiss chard, cilantro (coriander), lettuce, a handful of cherry tomatoes, and snow peas from the garden. One of my self-seeded heads of lettuce was so large that I shared some of it with 4 families (each receiving a normal grocery-store-sized amount of a head of lettuce) with enough leftover for one to two…
In between the windy days, the garden was an absolutely beautiful place to be. I harvested lettuce, Swiss chard, Meyer lemons, chives, snow peas, and cilantro from the garden. I carefully thinned and transplanted my thinned roselle hibiscus seedlings to places where seeds didn’t germinate. I gave haircuts to two daughters. I mended my husband’s…
My eldest child, my daughter Winter, graduated with her bachelor’s degree this week! She starts a new job in her field today! Our goal in homeschooling our children was to have them start university classes early in order to graduate early. We also wanted our children to be able to graduate debt-free. She is 20…
It was a beautiful week where the windows could be open most days (save for the super windy days). We enjoyed salads from the garden with lettuce, mache, spinach, green onions, and parsley. We are eating lots of beans now and limiting our meals with meat to save more money. To that end, I stocked…
I harvested lemons, parsley, snow peas, and lettuce from the garden. We are eating salad daily from the garden. I sowed seeds for zucchini and zinnias in the garden. I don’t usually sow zinnias this early, but my thermometer says the soil is warm enough, so I decided to try a few. I usually wait…
My big news is that I have started a new job! I will be an influencer for Star Nursery, the local nursery, for the next 3 months. I have shopped at this store for 20 years (they have several locations in Las Vegas) and have always loved their products and their prices (which are better…
I harvested Swiss chard, parsley, cilantro, lettuce, spinach, Meyer lemons, and snow peas from the garden. Lettuce was $4 a head for romaine at the store (and just under $3 for looseleaf). If you can plant lettuce, even in a pot, I would encourage everyone to plant lettuce! Looseleaf types can be harvested two or…
I harvested lettuce, parsley, spinach, lemons, and green onions from the garden. I sowed seeds in the garden for poppies and larkspur. I also planted my half of my tomato plants in the ground. I took cuttings and started over a hundred cuttings in the ground for what I hope will be more bushes in…