It’s Time to Think About the Fall/Winter Garden

The past couple years I’ve been reading more and more about winter gardening. It’s tough to do in my climate (zone 5), but it’s not impossible. One of my winter gardening heroes is Eliot Coleman (author of: The Winter Harvest Handbook and Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long). I have [...]

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Clutter Busting…paperwork

It is not my personality to makes lists…even when I do I lose them so I figure what is the point? But for this for an undertaking this big I made a list of rooms that needed de-cluttering, what I hoped to accomplish in each area, and what supplies I needed. Then I had the [...]

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Sunday Photos….How Does Your Garden Grow?

Kim here…considering how much its been raining here my garden has been growing really s…l…o…w! I did harvest my first of my early garlic… There are a few green tomatoes…but mostly still blossoms  The borage is busy attracting bees and other pollinators to the garden And my kiddos always find things to pick in the [...]

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Easy grilled Vegetable Kabobs

This week we are having a family/friend get together at our home to celebrate the life of my mother in law who finally passed a few days ago after a valiant fight. We will be barbecuing…one of the things I’ll be doing is vegetable kabobs.  They are easy and super delicious! Any sort of veggies [...]

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This is Not Green Acres

I suppose I’ve gone and worn myself out since today I’m feeling under the weather. So instead of being miserable trying to be witty and educational (I said ‘trying’ =P ) I thought I’d share one of my favorite posts from my own blog.  These are a few things that keep me doing the things [...]

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Taking Advantage of Summer’s Bounty

This time of year it’s all about eating fresh in season food and trying to figure out the best way to preserve some of it for winter. I’m trying to work on growing more fresh food during the winter months, but until I get everything figured out I’m still canning/freezing/drying fruit and veggies. My sister [...]

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Apron Sew-A-Long Part 1

Alright, does everyone have their apron pattern and fabric?  Well let’s get started!  To begin you’ll need either McCall’s 2947 or McCall’s 5358 and 1 3/8 yd of fabric. My apologies if this is too elementary for some of you.  I want to make sure it’s easy for everyone to follow along and successfully make an apron.  [...]

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A new Perspective

Last week I shared my frustration at being unable to ‘do it all’ . This week I have a new perspective partially because of your kind comments, partially because sometimes life makes you stop and take inventory of your life. I have had hours and hours this last week while sitting alongside my mother-in-law to [...]

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Sunday Photos….Father’s Day

What are Daddies good for? Saving (and handling) creepy critters. Fishing. Being completely goofy (and reserving gross jokes for the fire pit) Snuggling. And being good teachers. And for being another big kid! We gals love you fellas! Happy Father’s Day to all of you Daddies!! *****

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No pectin Nectarine or Plum Jam

When it comes to making jams and jellies I make a LOT!  We have a big family, I bake all of our own bread and that is a combination for eating a lot of jam… Each year I do wild blackberry, white grape, apricot, and when I can get organic nectarines or plums I make [...]

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