Nature vs. Me

· categorized in Garden,

This year in my gardens I’m growing tomatoes… and nature is growing tomatoes. We are competing and here’s where we stand. Nature is kicking my butt! On the left, you can see an example of my plants. In February I started a lot of tomato plants by seed. Every day I misted the soil and …

Cherry Pie

· categorized in Food,

It’s almost the end of our cherries for the year. A few handfuls of fresh ones remain. This Father’s Day I made a cherry pie for my man and it was really really good! I always wanted to have a recipe with a “secret ingredient” and now I do but it won’t be a secret …

Menu

· categorized in Food, Miscellaneous,

Take scrapbook paper and insert in picture frame behind glass. Use letter stickers to write FOOD. Use dry erase marker on glass to write the week’s menu. Done. This was my fastest and maybe most functional diy ever. I use it every day! I’ve been drooling over menu boards on pinterest and mine is not …

Cherries

· categorized in Food, Garden, Kids,

My belly is full of cherries. As was my canner, freezer, fridge, and the dehydrator (borrowed from a friend) today. We made cherry jam, fruit leather, dried cherries, cherry chicken salad for supper, cherry smoothies for snack, and frozen cherries (as good or better than frozen grapes to just eat plain in my opinion). My …

Validation Images

· categorized in Uncategorized,

My current output is this and it is my blog so this is what gets written today. No, I didn’t make anything and I didn’t even take a picture of anything. A bit of a different flavor than normal to this post. What can I say? I’ve been contemplative. I have beyond natural trouble reading …