This weeks harvest is full of green (again) in the form of spinach and one lonely stalk of rhubarb. I am excited to be pulling greens form the garden on a regular basis for salads, sandwiches and snacks but am really looking forward to some color (hopefully) soon! This weeks…
Alright. It’s over. Let’s look at what happened, what worked and what didn’t. I started the 14 Day Pantry Challenge two weeks ago to challenge myself and my family to eat only what we had in our pantry, fridge and freezers for 2 weeks. No grocery shopping. No going out to eat.…
Gobble, gobble, gobble! A huge success of this whole challenge has been the fact that we had a 15 pound turkey waiting for us in our deep freezer! We purchased this guy last year at Thanksgiving time and have been saving him away for when we need him! YAY! Now,…
This is my very first Harvest Monday post hosted by Daphne’s Dandelions!!! Daphne hosts these Monday posts by not only blogging about what she has harvested, but by also allowing fellow bloggers to add their names to her post as well so we can all see what each of us is…
Sometimes, when I write a blog, I want to only show the good, beautiful, happiness that is happening with the yard or the chickens. Don’t ask me why, maybe it’s just in my nature. However, it’s not the whole truth and I know that I enjoy reading of other urban…
After a hard day at work Monday, I came home and played in the garden for a bit. There’s nothing quite like finding some perspective in amongst the sprouting of new life 🙂 While finding some perspective, I realized that the carrots were a little out of control and that,…