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It’s about time to say goodbye to the beautiful, tasty lettuce. Yes, lettuce I pick and eat the same day tasted quite different from most of the lettuce I’ve bought in the grocery store. Here’s a funny Vince story. Not complaining . . it’s his lack of attention to what I do that keeps me...

Please don’t feel bad for me – we’re fine with the loaner fridge. I’m just sharing this info so anyone who’s looking at buying a new fridge can know what “customer service” is like for some brands. Even though we’ve had this fridge for three years, the compressor has a five year warranty and we...

We’re getting towards the end of all the “investigation” and “getting ready” for the hail damage to be repaired here. It hasn’t been bad so far. I’m sure there are plenty of folks who have had issues with State Farm; our journey hasn’t ended yet but they’ve all been so nice, so helpful and no...

This refrigerator story is getting to be comical. I’m so ready just to put it out with a “Please Take” sign and go buy another one . . even though this one is under warranty and should be fixed by someone or replaced but I’m beginning to believe it’s never going to be fixed or...

This year I’m growing the tomatoes in mineral tubs and I kept thinking of a good way to stake them keep them safe. Chad has a friend who grows his garden in mineral tubs and he uses cattle panels to stake his tomatoes. He puts a post in the ground every 8 or 10′, however...

The greens in the garden are going to be bolting soon. There’s several kinds of lettuce, collards, mustard greens and a green I’m not quite sure about. I think I planted this same green last year and never knew what it was. It’s one of the free packets that comes with Baker Creek’s orders and...

Vegetable gardens aren’t for everyone – I understand that. Often when I pass a yard that’s manicured and neat, doesn’t have hoses and weird tubs sitting around everywhere, I think that yard is beautiful and I laugh thinking about what they would think if they saw our yard. This was our back yard four years...

Having grown up and spent about half of my adult life in southwest Louisiana, I understand that a hail storm is serious (ask my tomato plants!) and causes tremendous damages but compared to a hurricane or tornado, I’ll take a hail storm and will not complain. My biggest complaint about the hail storm last week...

Flowers have never had much priority in my gardens. I love growing fruits and vegetables but I also love pretty flowers. There are only so many hours in a day and the vegetable garden takes about all the energy I can muster but yesterday I was wishing for a few flowers and decided to make...

This has been a long time coming. In this post back in March, I shared the set up for the new compost bin. My plan was to have the lower tub have drain holes and several bricks for the middle tub to sit on. The middle tub would also have drain holes. I would put...

The window guy was here yesterday and Vince was inside talking to him and measuring and doing all the things that I do not need to be involved in so I was outside. Vince called for me to come inside and answer a question. When I walked in, the window man said something like “She...

When I planted horseradish the first time, I was planting it for the root but quickly discovered that the greens were the best part of the plant. They can be a bit strong, especially when they’re farther along in the season, so I usually mix collards and horseradish. The two bundles on the right are...

The tree cutter is coming today. We have quite a few river birch trees in our yard. We’ve had one that died and had to be cut. It wasn’t close to the house so Chad and Vince cut it. Probably in December, Vince noticed that one that’s close to the house has rotted at the...

Yesterday in a comment, someone asked for the benefit of canning rice. There are many reasons why I can things. I do NOT like freezing food. Yes, our freezers are full but that is definitely not my favorite method for preserving anything that can be canned. Reasons for my dislike of the freezer are power...

I sure hope my new plan works. Back in September, 2022 Vince completed a compost bin for me. I was so happy to have it until . . the mice figured out it was a great buffet! They have trashed it. They got under it and removed all the gravel. They dug holes so it...

When I walk outside this time of year, one thing leads to another and first thing you know, I’ve been outside for hours. Here are a few things I see that gets me motivated to play in the dirt. This is part of our yard and part of the land across the road. There’s henbit...

All through the year, if there’s a raised bed that doesn’t have anything in it, I put vegetable scraps in it and bury them. I bury pretty much everything except potato and sweet potato scraps because those things seem to take root and grow where I don’t want them to grow. In one of the...

I forgot how much Oscar loves asparagus. He did not forget how much he loves asparagus. He keeps wanting to go outside and get more. I hate to do it but I’m going to have to tell him that I didn’t plant it ALL for him! Here’s a few shots of the rest of the...

There was a day when I spent way too much time trying to get rid of weeds. Now, almost every “weed” has a useful purpose and I’m happy to have them. Today I was going to go out with the weed whacker and trim around my raised beds but first, I picked a bunch of...

As I was out working in the garden today, I was thinking about a blog post and I laughed. I’m surprised there are any readers here! This blog has no real focal point. One day it’s dogs, one day it’s cross stitching, one day it’s cooking. One day it’s gardening! So, here’s a huge thank...