“Growing a garden is as much food for the soul as it is for the body.” p. 5 Whether you have been gardening for decades or this is your very first year, once the Christmas decor has been packed away (or maybe even before!) we find ourselves pulling out the garden seed catalogs, graph paper, … Read More about Book Review: The Family Garden Plan
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Start in the kitchen: good, better, best
One of the easiest things you can do to simplify your kitchen is to think about the ingredients you use to make your family’s favorite recipes. Choose one item on the ingredients list and ask yourself: “Is this a good option, a better option, or the best option?”
Here we go again!
Before 2016, I rolled my eyes at the idea of “one word” for the year. But then some things happened that made me re-think the concept. Almost every year since, while I’ve never deliberately set out to choose a word each year, one gets impressed on me in the first few days or weeks anyway. … Read More about Here we go again!
The first step toward a simple life
And no, it’s not purging your closets or getting chickens or even starting a garden. I grew up on a 10-acre hobby farm (we didn’t “farm” for profit). I can’t remember a single moment from my childhood where we didn’t have chickens, and even the majority of the time we also had pigs (eggs and … Read More about The first step toward a simple life
Try again (the peaches story)
When was the last time you had one of those “I can’t do anything right!!! 😭” days? Mine was last Saturday. I’ve decided to learn and preserve as much food as I have the resources and energy for, so I was excited to see the beginning-of-the-season baskets of peaches at the farmers market in the … Read More about Try again (the peaches story)
The Great Zucchini Bread Secret [and recipe]
The second summer after my husband and I were married, I knew I wanted to have a vegetable garden in the raised bed on the south side of our rental house. We planted peas, broccoli, carrots, green beans, sweet peppers, watermelon, and zucchini. I learned three things: Lesson #1 for first-time gardeners: Don’t spread yourself … Read More about The Great Zucchini Bread Secret [and recipe]
