Join Mavis Butterfield for vegetable gardening and canning tips, easy recipes, and saving money strategies (Rug hooking, too!). Simple living at its best!
Yesterday the HH tried to move the chicken coop and it didn’t go so well. We thought it would be {somewhat} easy to move the coop down by the corn patch were there was a nice level spot, but it was a total no go. And so now, the HH has decided the chicken coop Read More >>
First sunflower Quality control High fashion The calm before the storm Cucumber and dill salad is on the menu for tonight Pesto for days 5 for $2 If they don’t sell I’ll make pepper jelly. Double trouble Harvest wise, it was a great week. We were able to pick over 30 pounds of homegrown vegetables Read More >>
Yesterday the HH and I headed out the garden to check on the vegetables and blueberry patch and boy were we surprised when we got out there! Finally, something more exciting than Swiss chard and turnips were ready to harvest. He had to set up a ladder just to harvest the beans. I’ve always preferred Read More >>
Does anyone know what these mysterious red berries are? I’m too afraid to try them but the chickens seem to gobble the berries up faster than I can pick them. I vaguely remember somebody mentioning something but I can’t seem to remember now. Speaking of chickens…. Look at how PLUMP they are getting. We are Read More >>
Have you grown sweet potatoes before? How do these look to you? Am I going to have a crate of sweet potatoes to harvest this fall? Will there be loads of them to last us through the winter? I planted 50 slips, and I don’t know much about sweet potatoes but I think these are Read More >>
Error: No feed found.
Please go to the Instagram Feed settings page to create a feed.
