January is the month where I spend the most time in my garden, pruning, tidying, and planting. I’m outside working for several hours almost every day. I have some goals I’d like to achieve in the garden this year, and a lot of those will come from good planning and preparation done this month. This…
Queen of Sweden rose January is one of the busiest months in my garden. Our winter is short and very spring-like (our first frost came December 18th and the last official frost date is February 15th) and there is much to do in January. I’ll spend a great number of afternoons and every Saturday physically…
With so many fruits ripe in the garden all at once (which are normally spread out from June through August) my first priority is to take care of the fruit in the garden. I need to cover grapes from the birds, pick apricots, peaches, and grapes. I’ll also be canning. Because so much has been…
This month I’m working on several projects that have been on my to-do lists for months. I have a lot of work to do in the garden, as the weeds have grown quite a bit in the last month while I’ve been recovering from having a baby. I am also behind in planting several things…
Here are the goals I would like to have for the month: 1. Have a baby 2. Keep up with the laundry 3. Continue to homeschool 4. Make meals The reality, of course, is that there is much more to be done than those 4 things. This month I have apricots, blackberries and…
I’m turning 40 this month. I have some fun projects for myself on my list for this month. Sewing: 1. Sew curtains for my bedroom 2. Sew dress for myself, using 2 existing dress that I have to make a pattern (I want to try this method for making a pattern from an…
With most of the major gardening done, I can concentrate on the indoors. I have a few gardening chores still, but they won’t take as much time as they did last month. This month, I plan to focus on organizing, spring cleaning, and decorating. We did a lot of organizing and cleaning last week; we…
January and February are my busiest months in the garden. February 15th marks our official last frost date here. Our local nursery gets tomato plants in on Valentine’s Day, and will have a large variety of vegetables and herbs by the third week of February. The leaves fall from the trees in December, giving us…
Temperatures for the second half of the month are warming up quickly. This week we should have highs in the low 60’s, if the weatherman is correct. This month and next month are my busiest times of year in the garden. I have a ton of pruming still to do. I can only do so…
We start school again this week. After we’ve finished school each day, I plan to work on my goals during the afternoons, as well as on Saturday. There is a possibility of seasonal rain this week, which will dictate what days I work outside (if it rains, though this is the right time of year…
I’m still moving slowly and unable to sit, which makes getting things done fairly difficult. It also means a lot of almost every single one of my goals from last month are still items on my to-do list. Knowing my limited mobility, I’m making this month’s goals more in line with what I can do physically….
November is a busy month for me, and I have a lot of posts planned! There will be at least one post every day this month, with many days having two posts a day. I’m bringing back my Thankful series again for the month, and I’ll be writing my Gift a Day series as well….