Ever visit your local farmer’s market and find yourself loaded up with an abundance of fresh, yummy, locally grown fruits and veggies, and then find yourself back home looking at it all on your counter top and saying to yourself…”Now what?, now that I have all of this yummy goodness setting here, what can...
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To make the mobile:
10 fluffy chenille stems
organza type wired edge ribbon in colors of choice (I chose pale blue and pink)
bead garland or other glittery type garland (I used about 24 inches of a tiny plastic flower garland in silver color)
small fabric quilted heart (or other embellishment of your choice that has a little...
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3 Bean&Wild Rice Soup
3 beef bouillon cubes
1 can garbanzo beans (undrained)
1 can field peas (undrained)
1 can black eye peas (undrained)
1 cup wild rice
3 cups water
1 can Mexican stle sliced stewed tomatoes
1/2 teaspoon of each of the following spices: garlic powder,tarragon,basil,celery salt,crushed red pepper flakes,crushed oregano
2 tablespoons celery flakes
Put all into a...
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The Radish- one of the fastest growing root vegetables your garden is likely ever to meet. Ready to serve at your dinner table in less than a month, the radish is also very popular for use in children’s gardens as something that promises results very quickly.
Did you know that radishes are related to both...
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I’m sure you’ve experienced them before…those delicate,delightful,wee little baby greens found in your salad at your favorite fancy restaurant. Microgreens they are called. Now with the wisdom shared in “MicroGreens;A Guide To Growing Nutrient-Packed Greens” (Eric Franks & Jasmine Richardson/Gibbs Smith 2010) you can learn how to grow your own for fun or even...
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This past weekend when I went with my husband to our local Publix grocery store, I did not have wine on my mind. In fact we were nearing the end of our little shopping outing and I was getting tired. But when my husband asked me if I wanted to pick up a bottle...
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Today I convinced my mother in law and my oldest daughter to join me for a visit to ! Carnaval! an exhibit organized by the Museum of International Folk Art and toured by NEH on the Road. This display was being shown at the Webber Center Gallery in Ocala, Florida from June 17th-August 11th....
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Have you ever wondered how other farmers do what they do? How they keep the family farm going despite rough terrain and trying conditions? What the passion is that drives them to rise at the break of dawn and work from sun up to sun down and do it all over the next day…again...
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I want to tell you all about this awesome sale going on through the end of July over at “Andrew’s Reclaimed”! Several select items are now available as “Buy One/Get One” offerings! Wow!
We have featured Andrew’s wonderful work on the Small Town Living blog HERE .You can read all about the story behind this...
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This planter without a doubt is one of THE BEST container gardening planter systems I have ever owned.
Seriously..and with no exaggeration folks. The reasons why I say this is because I have numerous times killed plants that I have attempted to grow in containers. From a variety of reasons, but mainly because the soil...
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