Some people view gardening as a summer activity with no way to enjoy growing flowers and vegetables during the cold months. But for the past three years, I’ve been finding ways to enjoy gardening year-round. A few years ago my family bought me a small plastic greenhouse and a grow lamp. Now when the temperatures…
Recently my parents gave me a beautiful glass terrarium on a stand. I was so excited to get it home and start an adventure with my first open glass terrarium. I did a quick search on the internet to see what would work best then I started planting. Just a little while later and I…
It’s the middle of September and my garden is finally reaching the end of the growing season. It has been a productive summer with lots of vegetables, canning jars, and a freezer full of produce. But now it is time to look forward to a new season of gardening and cool weather activities. Here’s a…
This past week we were out on the farm and it was hot, our hands were dirty and we were hungry. Put all that together, and we were sure thankful to have planned ahead to take care of all these problems. Someday, we’ll have a house on the farm where we can go in and…
Recently, we found a couple old wooden boxes out on the farm that I immediately fell in love with. I knew I wanted to give them new life as plant boxes on my porch. This past week, I pulled one of them out, dusted it off and printed off a vinyl phrase so it is…
Summer may be wrapping up, but that doesn’t mean the gardening season is over. This past week, I’ve been spending time out in the garden getting some things planted in hopes of having some more produce ready to put back for winter before the first frost hits. Here is what I’m doing to get my…
This weekend a neighbor gave us a bag of fresh pears. I’m always ready to try something new so I decided to can them. Turns out that turning fresh pears into canned pears for winter is an easy process with minimal work involved. Do you love the taste of fresh pears? Ever tried canning them?…
Do you have a backyard full of beautiful flowers and a desire to do something thoughtful for your neighbors? Have you thought about cutting fresh bouquets to take next door? Recently, we visited a family number who has an amazing backyard full of every color of flowers. We took some time to cut several bouquets…