by Stacie | Jan 13, 2021 | Garden
I worked on starting our new homestead orchard this week and put together a step by step guide how to plant bare root fruit trees. I ordered three varieties of peach trees from Legg Creek Farm: the Rio Grande Peach, Red Baron Peach, and Florida King Peach. Ordering...
by Stacie | Jan 7, 2021 | Garden
I absolutely love holiday cacti and I was gifted one by a good friend several years ago it’s been a joy to watch it grow and bloom. Holiday cactus care could not be easier and they are very low maintenance. There are three different kinds of holiday cacti: the...
by Stacie | Jan 6, 2021 | Recipes
We welcomed in the new year and ate a traditional meal to bring prosperity and luck into the new year. It was just the two of us this year so we did not need a huge feast. We had a meal of grilled ribeye steaks, creamed spinach, black eye peas and cornbread. Black eye...
by Stacie | Jul 22, 2020 | Recipes
We have been home more these days and can take the time to make sandwich bread from scratch. My milk and honey homemade sandwich bread uses only six simple ingredients out of my pantry. This bread is great to use for a turkey sandwich, Texas toast for breakfast with...
by Stacie | Jul 14, 2020 | Garden, DIY Projects
Planning and ordering seeds for my garden is much simpler now that I have learned how to store and organize seed packets. My previous storage method had several different shipping boxes and envelopes stuffed with seed packets. There was not an order to the madness and...
by Stacie | May 27, 2020 | Garden
We went to visit friends in Palestine, TX, a few weekends ago and got an East Texas Garden Tour. They are in grow zone 8b; you can find your grow zone through the USDA’s site using your zip code. Their garden is quiet large with over 20 raised beds, oodles of...
by Stacie | Feb 19, 2020 | Garden
January or February is the time of year when I start fertilizing lemon trees on our homestead. Fertilizing coupled with weekly watering has proven successful and this fall I was able to harvest quite a few lemons. Living in zone 9A, I planted my lemon trees in the...
by Stacie | Jan 31, 2020 | Garden
Lettuce is one of the easiest crops to grow and growing lettuce from seed is so economical. A packet of lettuce seeds is generally less than $2.30 and contains hundreds of seeds. I have been growing lettuce from seed in my raised beds and containers for years; you can...
by Stacie | Nov 27, 2019 | Garden
This month I took a lunch tour of P Allen Smith’s Moss Mountain Farm in Roland, Arkansas. It was a grand experience full of lots of education and garden design ideas. The tour was a full four hours long and included a tour of his home, one-acre vegetable garden,...
by Stacie | Oct 13, 2019 | Garden
It is officially fall and time to focus on October gardening tasks for the southern garden. In zone 9 we have a long growing season and can grow many plants and flowers into winter. I started some broccoli, kale and lettuce transplants indoor last month. You can also...
