This post contains affiliate links. I picked the last of the blackberries and the alpine strawberries. The rest of both of these are burning on the vine now in our 112º (44º) heat. The alpine strawberries will start flowering again in October when the temperatures cool down again (in a cooler climate, they would produce…
Note: This post contains affiliate links. I picked blackberries, apples, apricots, white strawberries, and figs. This is the most blackberries we have ever harvested in a year; it is about double what we have had in a good year in the past. Already I am topping this year’s new canes at 4 feet, to encourage…
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,…
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 beet greens, Swiss chard, green onions, parsley, asparagus, dill and thyme from the garden. I tip layered some blackberry vines. This is super simple–it just involves burying part of the vine to allow it to root in another spot. After it roots, I will cut it from the original vine, and I’ll have…