{Garden Life} First Frost

{Garden Life} First Frost

by | Oct 14, 2011 | Featured, Garden

It’s been one crazy year so far when it comes to our weather…and apparently our last burst of summer last week, which was followed with typical all rain and cool temps, will now be accentuated with our first few nights of frost. And you know what I have to...
{Garden Life} First Frost

{Garden Life} Let the rain fall down

by | Oct 7, 2011 | Garden

Whew. What a week! It’s been a bit crazy around here with all the giveaway craziness (have you entered yet??) but I am so glad the weekend is here! After several weeks of temps in the mid-seventies during the day and 50’s at night, our fall finally seems...
{Garden Life} Peaking at OPGs

{Garden Life} Peaking at OPGs

by | Sep 30, 2011 | Featured, Garden

You’ve seen a whole lot of my garden these last 11 weeks, and you’ve heard a lot of my thoughts and ideas. So I thought it might be a nice change to get some outside input…in the form of Other People’s Gardens (OPG). Since people in Germany (or...
{Garden Life} What’s growing on

{Garden Life} What’s growing on

by | Sep 23, 2011 | Featured, Garden

Welcome to the 11th edition of the Garden Life link up on No Ordinary Homestead. I know a lot of people are just focusing on harvesting whatever they can from their gardens now, and we are doing quite a bit of that ourselves. This weekend, I’ve got to can all...
{Garden Life} Make your own organic fungicide

{Garden Life} Make your own organic fungicide

by | Sep 16, 2011 | Featured, Garden

What?! It’s Friday already? Not that I’m complaining! I have been up to my ears in work as I put together the Refueling Power Moms Giveaway (running October 6-10) and balance my other jobs and home as well. Our garden is kinda doing more of the same right...
Canning peaches

Canning peaches

by | Sep 12, 2011 | Food, Garden

So as not to overwhelm you in my discussion about peaches, I thought I would share the basic canning peaches recipe today instead of last Friday when it was peach chaos. Of course that peach explosion was nothing like having 100 pounds of peaches sitting in front of...