January is a busy time in the garden for me. A month before my last frost date, it’s time to prune fruit trees, prune roses, trim hedges, fertilize the garden, plant seeds, and even harvest (I have several things big enough to eat in the garden right now, including chard, leeks, beets, green onions, parsley,…
Twenty one years ago, I woke up one January morning to a huge earthquake and my mother screaming for me to get out of bed. My family was unprepared for the 1994 Northridge, California earthquake. I was grateful that we didn’t lose water in our town, as my parents didn’t have any stored–and grateful that…
We’re not having school here this week, and I’ll be working hard to accomplish several things, including some that never happened this year, despite being on my-to do list many times. Garden: 1. Dig out non-producing Libery apple tree 2. Plant Katy apricot tree in its place 3. Prune grape vines 4. Weed raised…
Garden: I want to cut some herbs before frost comes to kill them back to their roots. We’re having a warm week, so I will plant some more seeds that can make it through the cool temperatures of our mild winters. 1. Cut oregano and hang to dry. 2. Cut and dry tarragon 3….
Last week’s plans to make gifts were completely derailed by website issues and computer viruses, which took me many hours each day. I’ll be working on more gifts this week and next week to get them done. I seem to have most everything fixed with the virus issue, at least, and I am back online,…
It’s going to be a busy week here. As usual, I have more to do than I probably have time to do, but if I work efficiently, I should be able to accomplish these things. It it supposed to be in the 90’s this week, so I will do most of my garden work in…
I’m still a bit sick. I managed to knock off a good number of goals last week despite not feeling well, but some were left for this week. Organization: I’m working on one room/area a week until I get each room re-organized. 1. Photograph and list 5 items for sale on Facebook garage sale pages…
We’re starting school again this week, so it should be quite busy. I want to keep on top of lessons and reading books, and I definitely want to do more science experiments and art projects this school year. I’ll have 6 children doing schoolwork now, in 6 different grades, which will definitely take a lot…
Organization: 1. Clean and organize closet with printer and school papers. 2. Put schoolbooks and teacher’s manuals together for the current school year 3. Make sure I have everything I need to start the school year 4. Clean and organize my desk 5. Put away clutter in my bedroom Garden: 1. Pick ripe apples and…
Here’s what I’m aiming to accomplish this week, in addition to my regular workload: Garden:1. Weed front and backyard 2. Prune hedges in backyard 3. Plant more zinnia seeds in places where none came up 4. Prune blackberry bushes 5. Cut grape vines back (they are growing all over where they should not be) 6….
Congratulations to Lisa on winning the garden seed giveaway! My plans for last week changed completely when I found out we were having overnight guests, so all of last week’s goals were moved to this week. Gardening: 1. Pick peaches 2. Pick the rest of the plums 3. Harvest grapes 4. Harvest a few cucumbers 5….
This post contains an affiliate link. Happy Monday! First, a few things: If you missed my giveaway for garden seeds for your garden, be sure to enter! The contest runs through Friday. Mrs. Wages is giving away a pressure canner! Enter here. If you’ve always wanted to have a price book but didn’t want to…