It has been a very busy week over here. In case you didn’t notice, I didn’t have anything up yesterday for my biweekly Thursday Thrift. I guess time may have been less of a factor than the weather for that …
Tag: gardening
Weekly Photo Challenge: Unique
It has been colder in winters past, but this year has had its fair share of cold temperatures to be considered an appropriate winter for me. And since it is already February, spring is just around the corner. It is …
Photo Friday: Backyard Vineyard
A few weeks ago I helped to plant a vineyard. I wasn’t too sure how many grape vines would constitute a vineyard, so I googled it and didn’t find anything that helped me with this question. However, I think that …
Members Only
I have been thinking of joining a CSA for a while now. In case anyone is wondering what a CSA is, it stands for Community Supported Agriculture. A local farm grows produce, and /or raises animals for food, you pay …
Caught in the Act
Where I live it usually rains a lot, but not so much this summer. This means I have to go out from time to time and water the plants, trees, bushes and flowers in the yard myself; either that or …
August in Instagram
The summer, for us, is officially over. The boy started school this week and I put on my teaching hat. Sixth grade, here we go! Here is a quick look back at my month of August as seen by Instagram: …
Do Not Disturb
This week I took some time to do some end of summer cleaning and yard work. There is never an end of these two tasks so no better time than the present! I always find black widows in this one …
Before the Summer is Over
We have four full weeks and five fast weekends left of our summer break. (Wasn’t I just writing about how summer just started?) So many things I want to do still, but this week was the week I started ordering …
Sunflowers
Much like other years before, I was not very successful growing things from seeds. I planted several flower seeds, poppies, daisies, lavender, and sunflowers, and it seems I only got a couple of sunflowers t0 actually spring up. (Wait, I …
Rejoice for the Day 