This post is part of a series that will detail each plant I’m growing with pictures from seedling to vegetable! Think of it as my online notebook of each variety. I decided to post these because I know during the cold snowy winter when I researched “what to grow” I loved looking at pictures ofContinue reading “Garden Notebook – Sugar Snap Peas”
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Zucchini Chocolate Chip Cookies
This recipe is my adaptation of a recipe from one of my favorite books, Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life. I read the book this winter, and Barbara’s mention of how productive zucchini is in the garden was my sole reason for planting some this spring. I’m a sucker for aContinue reading “Zucchini Chocolate Chip Cookies”
DIY Moisturizing Hand and Body Cream
UPDATE (7/24/11) – Make sure to check out my DIY lotion update – this time with no water! Between diaper changes, garden work and working in the kitchen I find that I wash my hands many times a day. As a result I found that my hands were really dry all the time. In aContinue reading “DIY Moisturizing Hand and Body Cream”
2011 – Gardening Lessons Learned
Since this is my first year starting seeds and gardening I thought it would be a good idea to keep some notes of what to do and not to do next year. Here’s what I have noted so far: Seedlings grew better in plastic pots than in the coir pots or the peat pots. SaveContinue reading “2011 – Gardening Lessons Learned”
Drying Herbs in a Dehydrator – Catnip
I have a good sized patch of catnip growing in my garden that’s threatening to overtake one of my pepper plants. So I decided that it was time to dry some catnip for tea. Catnip (Nepeta cataria) is a member of the mint family and is apparently quite entrancing to cats. I don’t have cats so IContinue reading “Drying Herbs in a Dehydrator – Catnip”
Finally some sewing! A Katrina’s Soaker Diaper Cover
Pattern: Free Katrina’s Soaker Size: Small Material: Polar Fleece Embroidery From: Embroidery Library (I think) For having the word “sew” in the title, the blog has been seriously lacking in some sewing posts! So today I set out to change that. I have had this embroided fleece cut laying around for awhile (a few years…) and finally decided itContinue reading “Finally some sewing! A Katrina’s Soaker Diaper Cover”
A-Frame Garden Trellis
When we built the raised beds last fall I spent lots of time reading all about gardening and making decisions about how we would grow and what we would grow. One thing I realized early on was that to maximize space I would need to grow “up.” So I set off on an internet researchContinue reading “A-Frame Garden Trellis”
Anyone know what this vine is?
My backyard has this vine this is taking over, even coving grass in a few places. Does anyone know what this is? It was around last year on the ground, but this year we added some mesh fencing to keep the rabbits out (ha!) and it has covered that like nobody’s business. It almostContinue reading “Anyone know what this vine is?”
A post July 4th thought
photo credit: PMillera4 “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consentContinue reading “A post July 4th thought”
Garden Before and After
This first shot was taken this Spring. You can see lettuce in the farthest bed to the left, kale and tomatoes in the middle and the peas coming up all the way on the right. And this one was taken earlier this week. I’m very pleased with the way things are growing and I’m learningContinue reading “Garden Before and After”
