The 14 Day Pantry Challenge

The 14 Day Pantry Challenge

So...What the heck is a 14 day pantry challenge?  Well, I've been reading a lot of blogs in my copious free time (huh?) and came across the March Pantry Challenge which was apparently inspired by this blog and this challenge.  The goal is to eat what you have in your pantry, fridge and freezer for a set period of time.  Some people do it to…
May 9, 2011
A Huge Planting Day!!!

A Huge Planting Day!!!

Today was a big...er...HUGE planting day!  We planted about a million (no joke) seeds in our front and back yards in addition to a ton and a half of Wild Flower seeds both in beds and back behind our Top Bar Hive (the bees should arrive this week)!  We still have another couple of weeks until our guaranteed frost free nights,…
May 9, 2011
A Growing Problem…

A Growing Problem…

I have a problem.  A growing problem.  I want to grow everything and it's a problem.  For real.I went to grab a couple of bags of soil yesterday morning to amend a couple of our smaller beds and wound up walking out with the soil AND 9 packets of seeds.  Yes, I said 9.  It's a problem.I got 3 different…
May 3, 2011
Frankenstein Trees

Frankenstein Trees

Frankenstein Trees?!?  What the heck is a Frankenstein Tree?  Well, that's what I call our four fruit trees that will each grow 4 different types of fruit.  We have 2 apple trees, 1 pear tree and 1 cherry tree that will each give us four different types of each fruit.  This is super cool and is also super weird.  I…
May 2, 2011
On Preparation

On Preparation

Let me start off by saying that I have Spring Fever in the worst kind of way.  For real.  All I want to do is play in the yard/garden, hang out with the chickens and plan, plan, plan how my garden will grow.  Instead, I have to work.  Stinkin' responsibilities.  Oh well.  When I come home from work, I am…
April 28, 2011
Earth Day/Week/Year/Life AKA Random Ramblings

Earth Day/Week/Year/Life AKA Random Ramblings

When I was a little girl I loved being outside.  The smells, the sounds, the beauty and adventure of it all (arroyos included).  I can't tell you how many pictures I have of my 3 year old self playing in the garden!  I'm not sure when the moment happened, but at some point it became my habit to sit on…
April 19, 2011