Where Food Comes From 101
Preserving Summer’s Bounty: Drying and Grinding Herbs
As you may have noticed, I've begun a new series called Preserving Summer's Bounty, where I am creating photo tutorials of some of the different foods that I am preserving this summer, along with a variety of preserving methods. If you missed the first two, they are: Beautiful Blueberries (freezing) Blanching and Freezing Vegetables Also …
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How My Garden Grows: July
5 Steps to Being a Lazy Gardener
Though the title of this post is a bit tongue in cheek, I really haven’t been a terribly conscientious or hardworking gardener so far this spring. Just feeling all-around busier this year than last, and having to contend with a 5, 6 and now 7 months pregnant belly, has quite simply cut down on time, …
How I “Do It All”
I guess I only see what is on your blog but sometimes I get a bit discouraged thinking how can you do all that when I am attempting to do things and not fulfilling what I think I should be doing, most of the time? I do a lot, when I think about it, …
Pregnancy Update: 28 weeks
Q&A- My Grocery Budget
There were so many great questions asked in the comments in my recent post How My Grocery Budget Works, that I felt the need to address them in a separate post. Here goes… What is your dill pickle recipe? I’ll post both this recipe, and our favorite Bread and Butter pickles recipes up within the …
How My Grocery Budget Works
*My most recent grocery shop last week* Grocery budgets are tricky things. There are so many variables that come into play: family size, special dietary needs, family members appetites, where you live (which country, what part of the country, urban or rural)… I’ve been wanting to share how my grocery budget breaks down for quite …
Gardening Plans (And Getting Realistic!)
Still Enjoying My Summer Harvest
Week 1 Plan- “Eating From the Pantry and Freezer” Month
A natural stain remover that really works!
I found out a way to get blackberry stains off my little girl’s off-white blouse and pumpkin baby food off my little guy’s white/green shirt… without any heavy chemicals, and with minimal effort and cheap ingredients? Do I have your attention yet? 🙂 Here are the ingredients: Liquid Dish Detergent, Glycerin, and water. The glycerin …
Recipes I’ve been loving lately
We all know that a good recipe can be hard to find. Since I am always on the lookout for new favorites to add to my repertoire, I thought I’d pass along a few that I have tried and loved in the past several months: Cheesy Beef and Rice (this is an easy casserole to …
Q&A- Healthy snacks and easy lunches for little ones
Happy (American) Thanksgiving!
I was just commenting to my husband last night that my traffic seems oddly low and slow. He wisely said, "Hmm, maybe because it's American Thanksgiving tomorrow." Oh yeah. You think? 🙂 I hope y'all are thoroughly enjoying wonderful times with your loved ones, and please, a second helping of turkey and pumpkin pie, just …
Last harvest of the season
Menu Plan Monday- November 17
Lessons from my garden
(I apologize in advance for the length of this post, but I wanted to get out much of this info, if for no other reason than having a record of it myself!) I could actually say sooo much more than this, but here’s my attempt to condense my observations and things that I learned in …