Today is a day I need to spend in the kitchen. Lots of baking and making going on today! Also, letting some of my basil go to seed so it helps fill out this planter of blueberries. Seems like an odd pairing but they have been doing very well together.

I make granola to add to yogurt and fruit. I try to keep it as “healthy” as possible. I usually add my own home grown and home dried fruit. This morning, I noticed a small bag of dried blueberries in the fridge that my son left there for ….a long time. So I threw them in. He

Any reposting is *greatly* appreciated. I have no visibility on this platform. This is pretty much why I held off on self-publishing any of my work—if no one sees it, what on earth is the point? I’ll give the Substack novel a few weeks, but I predict it ain’t gonna last. 😔

Homemade bread with homemade apricot rosemary jam. The apricots and rosemary are from my garden. I usually stop eating by 1600 but I couldn’t resist a little snack before my bedtime routine. I was a grumpy Gus all day for zero reason so I’m putting down the electronics and

My single nectarine from my rogue tree that I planted from a seed from my semi dwarf tree. It’s delish. And all those peaches…they be small but they also be smelling like heaven as they ripen on the counter. Tomorrow I will need to make something with them

I have been online comparison shopping for a chest freezer for weeks. Every day I go looking for a sale or something on fb etc Today I went to Costco for a few things and BAM…right there for less than $200 out the door. Just what I needed. I was getting desperate for freezer

If there was ever a program worth donating to, this is the one.

Good night from the garden and one of its current residents. 😍👩🏻‍🌾

I usually don’t worry about bracing my pumpkins. It seems that if I just let them hang in the tunnel, their stems strengthen as they put on weight and I’ve never had one drop. However, I’ve only been able to get ONE bushel gourd to actually grow this year and I’m stressing a

This kid is going places! I can’t wait for the follow up

Good night from the garden! These beans 😍 35 days from seed to fruit!

My volunteer (can someone ID this for me) is growing nicely! 😂👩🏻‍🌾 A little mystery in the garden is a good thing!

I harvested this pumpkin mid November ‘24. It looked great on the outside but clearly I should have opened it because now its seeds are sprouting 😂 Should have processed it ay the very latest a month ago. I probably could have used it but the flesh was getting stringy and I

Here is your yearly reminder to start your fire cider for the year! Kids are going back to school and the crud will be spreading. there are a few different recipes but they all basically have the same ingredients. I used - horseradish (root) - turmeric root - ginger root -

Good morning and Happy Saturday.

Why am I like this? 🥴

Just a couple days later and the bean is turning red! Can’t wait for the rest of them!