I really love it when I can say: ‘Spring has sprung and look what’s springing up for us!’ Fresh from our garden! YYYYEEEEE, I’m always so excited when I see good plants coming up! 🙂 🙂 This past year I have really been into planting, preserving and trying to make the most out of what…
Category: garden
Balsamic & Black Pepper Beets
Beets: the often under-appreciated root vegetable. I have always liked beets, but it wasn’t until I added them to my garden this past year that I feel completely, hopelessly in love with them. Sure, they’re not the easiest vegetable to eat, certainly not compared to the snap peas and green beans we snack on right…
Luffa gourd growing
Originally posted on llewellynhomestead:
I know, I have been posting way too many pictures of the luffas that I have been growing this year! But, despite being told they wouldn’t grow here, I have had a great crop! (For reference I live in a zone 6) Quick background on this kinda cash crop: in World…
Holy Gladiolus, Batman!
Look what I did! As I mentioned in my previous gardening post, I planted lots…I mean LOTS of different kinds of bulbs this Spring. May of my plants have died from over-loving. But some strong ones have come out just magnificently! I have never planted bulbs before and had no idea what half of them…
Fresh from the garden :)
Hello everyone 🙂 I hope you are enjoying the last bits of summer! I was so excited about this, I just had to share! Yours truly, has a very nasty track record of killing off almost every plant she comes in contact with. So you can imagine my fear and frustration when I spent a…
Let the wedding planning commence!
We have been throwing around A LOT of ideas. And thanks to pinterest and my frenemy: google, we also have a lot of other peoples ideas to play with. We are SO excited! The problem here? Champagne taste and a beer budget. Luckily, my fiancé wants to be involved in the planning process, so I know…
Our DIY Rural Engagement Party
I absolutely adore the outdoors…especially in the countryside! When my lovely fiancé informed me that he was planning an engagement party this summer, I got so excited! True, like most couples, we made ourselves borderline insane trying to plan the perfect party. True, we argued about furniture placement and menu ideas. True, we both have…
Now the major experiments are coming…
Prepare yourself for strings of profanity, tears, maxed out credit card and the occasional trip to the hospital. It’s time for the DIY Home repair, home reno, and crash course gardening section of our blogging experience together! As most of you well know, I purchased a small very old farmhouse last year. Well, through the…
