This weeks Harvest Monday, hosted by Daphne consists of lots of green (yes, again…I’m practicing my patience this spring). Spinach = 1 lb 14 oz Kale = 1 lb 13 oz Snap Peas = 1 oz The snap peas are the most exciting news of the week because I just love them…
Last night, as I was sleeping, I dreamt – marvelous error! – that I had a beehive here inside my heart. And the golden bees were making white combs and sweet honey from my past mistakes. ~Antonio Machado Well, it’s been a week since we received our bees and we…
This spring our garden has provided an over abundance of spinach and kale. This, added to all the greens we have been getting weekly from our CSA, has forced me to figure out how to preserve some of these wonderful items instead of letting them go wilty and therefore, to…
Alright, here’s Part Three…the back yard… When we moved in four years ago, it was literally just rocks and one single tree… Mr. was happy to have a yard, but looked pretty confused about the emptiness of it all… Rocks, rocks & more rocks Oh look! You can see the…
Welcome back for Part Two! OK…Once we took out the Junipers, there was no looking back! We quickly decided to put up a fence (a 6 foot tall fence, none-the-less) to truly establish our space (you might remember in my last post that our yard was used as a walk-through…
Four years ago last weekend, Tool Lady, Fish Girl and I moved into our new home. We had been living in a condo that we outgrew and were able to purchase our house right before the housing market tanked (the stars literally lined up…)! In my excitement about us celebrating…