Happy Monday everyone! Tool Lady taming the jungle. I escaped Homework Land just long enough to snap a couple of pictures 🙂 How do you know that your wife loves you? When she chooses to spend the majority of her Saturday cleaning up the garden and bringing in what’s left to…
After making several batches of rhubarb jam earlier this summer, I was kind of at a loss as to what else to make with our last harvest of rhubarb. So, I asked Tool Lady to find something that looked good to her and she did! Pickled rhubarb? Who knew? Well,…
Happy Monday everyone! August is rushing by in a bit of a blur. Have you ever heard the saying that goes something like, “life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans”? Yeah…that’s the kind of the month I’ve had so far and there seems to be no end…
Never did I imagine I would enjoy canning so much! It may be hot and take a chunk out of each of my weekends, but it is so worth the time and effort! I’ve been making jam almost every chance I get and since last week brought another rhubarb…
Happy Monday, everyone!As the veggies are really starting to roll in, I keep finding myself thinking about how amazing it is to actually be able to grow our own food! Despite the sunburns and torn up hands, the long waiting periods and ridiculous weeds, every single harvest is a gift.…
Happy Monday everyone! Thankfully, the past week finally brought us some much needed rain! Not only has it helped to calm our spirits a bit, but the garden has loved the respite form the heat as well as the moisture from the skies. Rain water must have some magic in…
First off, these are not our strawberries. While we are patiently waiting for our first strawberry harvest, we couldn’t resist picking up a few from the store. This is, however, our rhubarb! Yay! Our first real rhubarb harvest! A whole 12 ounces…3 1/2cups worth…the perfect amount to add a few…
Happy Monday (and Memorial Day), everyone! We spent a lot of time in the garden yesterday trying to get as much done as possible before the onslaught of summer really begins. While everything is planted out much sooner than it was last year at this time, I just can’t seem…