As you may have noticed I have not sewn in months and my blogging has been pretty sparse as well. I have a very hard time being inside when the weather is so beautiful outside. Instead of sewing I have been spending most of my time working around the house. I have been painting the house, adding onto my flower… Keep Reading
We started harvesting veggies from the garden the other day. It still amazes me how fast those little seeds turn into veggies and fruit! The kiddos are starting to be good little helpers. They harvested the radishes all by themselves. One would pick, one would cut and one would put the radishes in the bucket. We have had some hot… Keep Reading
A few years ago I wrote this post about homegrown popcorn. I had actually forgotten all about the post until the other day when I was contacted by a reporter from Australia. She was writing a story about where popcorn comes from for a children’s news program and was asking permission to borrow a few of my pictures. Of course… Keep Reading
Every year I intend on keeping track of what we plant in our gardens along with its variety, but before I know it I am too busy weeding the garden to care about any of that. Then once we start harvesting all of our veggies I start wishing that I really knew what we had planted. As some of you… Keep Reading
The kiddos and I made a scarecrow yesterday. It is one of those things we have wanted to make but just never seem to get around to it. Well this year I have already replanting my pumpkin patch twice. So before I replant it again I needed something to take care of the crow problem we seem to have. So… Keep Reading
My peonies have started blooming. Isn’t it beautiful?! I’m not sure what kind it is other then it being white and beautiful. I really need to keep track of such things. So if any of you know, please pass on the info to me. I would love to buy like 50 more of these plants. See my cute little canning… Keep Reading
We got our pigs two weeks ago. Yes, their names are Wilbur and Ray for the 3rd year in row. Funny how it is not even a question of what their names are going to be, it is just a given. In case you are wondering, Ray is the one red one and Wilbur is the white one.Aren’t they super… Keep Reading
Last weekend the kiddos and I spent the day digging out flower beds along the front of the house. I thought May Day would be the perfect day to finally buy some flowers and start planting. Looking at all the rows of beautiful flowers was so much fun and added so much cheer to our day. We spent nearly two hours smelling… Keep Reading
We have spent the past few weeks harvesting the pumpkin patch. Yes, we could probably harvest the whole thing in about 1 hour, but it is more fun taking our time…especially since we have very little to harvest this year.In past years we have had trailer loads of pumpkins and gourds, not this year.My girls still think it more fun to… Keep Reading
