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Beans Beans, the musical….

Don’t those look pretty?
My farm stand guy came through for me last week. He saved me a bushel of Half Runner Green Beans.
I do grow half runners, but I really only get enough to eat. If I want to put any away for the winter, I have to buy them. I could grow more… but that [...]

July 27, 2010 Posted in: Canning/Freezing, Gardening No Comments

Grow Baby Grow-Updates!

Grow Baby Grow
Our garden is doing AWESOME this year!
Here are just a few pics to show you how things are turning out…

Mmm, I see some BLT’s in my future!!

The Wildflower patch in full bloom!
Ok, so we ate all the green beans already… Sorry, I forgot to take a picture!

I see you under there Mr. Zucchini. [...]

July 15, 2010 Posted in: Gardening No Comments

Puttin’ by

How many of my working sisters can or freeze produce in the summer?
If you’re anything like me, you probably think that it’s too much work. You don’t have enough time. Or you don’t know how…
No Big Deal
I’m here to tell you that freezing or canning produce is truly no big deal, even for us working [...]

June 30, 2010 Posted in: Canning/Freezing, Gardening, Good Deals 3 Comments

Bloom where you are planted

As I have been mentioning, this end of the month/fiscal year is kicking my butt.
I find myself looking sooo forward to each and every weekend just to get away from it all and to relax.
This past weekend we only had a few committments on the boys social baseball calendar; so I found myself working in the [...]

May 25, 2010 Posted in: Gardening, Mommy Treats, Musings, Sanity Savers, Stress Relievers No Comments

Get green already

I have had a few requests to show everyone updates on our little back porch garden.
We’re looking good!
We have Green Beans

Onions

Salad Greens

Herbs (Chives in the photo, but I have many more)

And last but not least, the Perennial Flower seeds I spread in my new bed.

Disclaimer, these photos were taken over a week ago (yes, it [...]

May 18, 2010 Posted in: Gardening No Comments

Earth Day Every Day

Are you sick of these Earth Day Posts yet?
Well don’t worry, I won’t pester you any more. I am going out of town this weekend, to an Earth Day Festival/Retreat snicker so actually you won’t hear anything out of me until Monday. HA!
This is a local deal.
Marvins Organic Gardens
Marvins Organic Gardens in Lebanon Ohio is [...]

April 16, 2010 Posted in: Coupons, Earth Day, Eco Friendly, Gardening, Good Deals 2 Comments

Farm Fresh Delivery

Another Earth Day Good Deal!
How many of you have heard of Farm Fresh Delivery?
I got a coupon from Groupon in my email box today for Farm Fresh Delivery.
From what I can see, Farm Fresh Delivery is an online organic CSA (Community Supported Agriculture). You place an order with them once a week and they deliver right to [...]

April 15, 2010 Posted in: Earth Day, Eco Friendly, Gardening, Good Deals No Comments

Grow Baby Grow Part 2

The Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship
Don’t those herbs look yummy (all the but catnip in the middle which is for my furry friends)
This weekend (in between a water faucet emergency that I won’t get into online. Lets just leave it at; we have water, and we are still married HA!) I worked on re creating [...]

April 13, 2010 Posted in: Eco Friendly, Gardening 3 Comments

Grow Baby Grow Part 1

Ooh Man, Can I just tell you how much my arms and shoulders ache!
I forgot how much trying to manuver a rototiller can make a body hurt the next day!
After two days and two trips to the garden center, I finally have a working garden area!
A little history
We bought our house nine years ago.
The first [...]

April 12, 2010 Posted in: Eco Friendly, Gardening 5 Comments

Mary Mary Quite Contrary, What Does Your Garden Grow?

Mine grows a lot of this:
Image courtesy of FreeFoto.com
But I resolve that this year will be different.
Pre Working Outside of the Home
I used to have a HUGE, BEAUTIFUL garden. Complete with rows of corn, row after row of beans, squash, at least 20 tomato plants, over 200 strawberry plants. You name it, I had it!
Now [...]

April 10, 2010 Posted in: Gardening 3 Comments