Over the last 6 or 7 years, we have collected quite a collection of houseplants. Some of them have fared really well, and others I killed pretty quickly (like every beautiful orchid ever brought into our home).It's not that I intended for the plants to die; I just...
It's been a couple of weeks since I actually talked about my garden, so I figured it was time to make a few notes about what's growing, what's been harvested, what I've done out there lately and where it's all headed next. Since we've had a few batches of frost here...
Long-time NOH readers will find it no surprise that we have begun really enjoying to make wine over the last 3 or 4 years. It's not something I've really talked a lot about because it's a rather involved process, and we were really still trying to learn what...
The weather seems to be turning cooler every day here. We've gotten past the first light frosts without any losses, but I'm starting to consider what I should do with all these green tomatoes we still have on the vine. Some of them (like the yellows) seem to be very...
It's been one crazy year so far when it comes to our weather...and apparently our last burst of summer last week, which was followed with typical all rain and cool temps, will now be accentuated with our first few nights of frost. And you know what I have to say about...
Whew. What a week! It's been a bit crazy around here with all the giveaway craziness (have you entered yet??) but I am so glad the weekend is here! After several weeks of temps in the mid-seventies during the day and 50's at night, our fall finally seems to be setting...
You've seen a whole lot of my garden these last 11 weeks, and you've heard a lot of my thoughts and ideas. So I thought it might be a nice change to get some outside input...in the form of Other People's Gardens (OPG). Since people in Germany (or perhaps just Europe...
Welcome to the 11th edition of the Garden Life link up on No Ordinary Homestead. I know a lot of people are just focusing on harvesting whatever they can from their gardens now, and we are doing quite a bit of that ourselves. This weekend, I've got to can all the...
What?! It's Friday already? Not that I'm complaining! I have been up to my ears in work as I put together the Refueling Power Moms Giveaway (running October 6-10) and balance my other jobs and home as well. Our garden is kinda doing more of the same right now....
So as not to overwhelm you in my discussion about peaches, I thought I would share the basic canning peaches recipe today instead of last Friday when it was peach chaos. Of course that peach explosion was nothing like having 100 pounds of peaches sitting in front of...
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