HOMEGROWN GIFTS FROM THE GARDEN
08/01/2023
‘Tis the time of summer when gardens are overflowing with vegetables and herbs and flowers are bursting. While my tomatoes are slow this year, our neighbors have tomatoes coming out of their ears. They have been brining over bags of tomatoes every night. Not wanting any fresh produce to go to waste, I spent a few hours last weekend making a large batch of homemade spaghetti sauce. I looked up various spaghetti sauce recipes and combined a few to create my own sauce. Ten pounds of tomatoes along with fresh basil, parsley, onions and garlic from my garden simmered together to make four jars of preservative-free, zero added sugar goodness. After a delicious Sunday dinner of spaghetti and homemade crusty bread, I froze two jars of sauce for later use. I thanked the neighbors for sharing their tomato harvest with the final jar along with a bunch of fresh...
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TIPS FOR LARGE, FULL BOSTON FERNS
07/27/2023
Let’s do a midsummer check of how the front porch ferns are doing. I have Boston Ferns on my west-facing, part shade front porch every year. And every year I’m amazed at how much they grow from spring to fall. I buy the cheapest hanging Boston ferns I can find each spring at either Wal-Mart, Lowe’s or Home Depot. My urns are filled halfway with dirt. I pop the hangers off the fern containers and stick the ferns, still in their plastic containers, into the urns. I make sure, without fail, to water every other day. When the temperatures near the high 90s, I water every day. The key to big full ferns is consistent watering and bright, indirect light. Full shade will cause your ferns to be sparse and leggy. Full sun will cause your ferns to burn up. I try to fertilize once a month with fish...
To date, we have remodeled three of the four homes we have lived in over the past 30 years....
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It’s hot outside and my spotted puppy girls don’t enjoy the heat. They are also a bit on the...
Did you see the viral butter candle TikTok trend from awhile back? I finally jumped on the bandwagon and...
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