Just a quick post to share that I DID figure out how to do a drop down menu on the menu bar of the home screen of the blog-so check out the new menu options to take you to gardening, parenting, and cooking posts- all in their own place! I also put a link to …
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So, like last things first here... thanks for letting me get that bit of self flagellation out on the last blog page instead of real life. I feel much lighter, as these things go- not sure we're all meant to carry our burdens alone- even if those burdens are impossible standards for ourselves. And just …
Continue reading New Blog Look… and about that last blog post…
Ahem. Okay- so THE ICE DYING... how'd it all shake out? Y'all will remember since the summer I've been doing batch after batch of ice dying to have ready to sell at our neighborhood craft fair. I talked about it here and here and here and here and (my god I wrote a lot about this) here . The craft fair was last weekend and …
I spent one memorably cold winter at the garden center I worked at in college selling Christmas trees. And I remember EVERYONE wanted a Noble Fir- GOTTA have a noble even though they were THE most expensive. Why? Because they look great right off the truck. My favorite are the Fraser Firs though. Silvery underside …
We had our first freeze this past week, and some dry days... so this happened: So the tomatoes are done for- we pulled them out and piled as many as we could in the fire pit. We let them dry out a few days and then torched them this weekend, quasi viking funeral style. The …
Thanks to the recent rains that scourge of the late summer/ fall Texas garden, the red spider mite, is gone. They killed my tithonia and came THIS close to killing the tomatoes before the prolonged recent rains gave them the ol' Wicked Witch of the West treatment and they melted away. So, when it finally …
I know it's the stereotype and all, but even though I'm female I really hate baking. The cutesy aprons, adorable flour tins, and rainbow cupcake scene just ain't my bag. Give me pastas and sauces and gravies and roasted veggies and spices. No precise measurements needed- that's where I'm at home! But baking? Sheesh, recipes …
