by Stacie | Jun 3, 2019 | Garden
Things are heating up in our area and the plants are thriving!! Lots of harvesting was done in May. We have naturally growing dewberry vines in our pasture and were able to harvest enough dewberries for snacking and the best Dewberry Skillet Cobbler! Out in the...
by Stacie | May 29, 2019 | Garden
Several years ago while browsing the seed displays at my local nursery I saw a packet called bean and pea booster. Curious, I did some experimentation in my garden and found out that my beans grew better with this addition. What is soil inoculant? It’s used as a...
by Stacie | May 19, 2019 | Garden
Tomato growing season is upon us and you may or may not know, but tomato plants are either classified as determinate or indeterminate. What’s the difference? Well, there are quite a few major differences in how they grow, how and when they produce tomatoes and...
by Stacie | May 8, 2019 | Recipes
The dewberries are ready and I couldn’t help but make a delicious cobbler with my first batch. Have you never heard of dewberries? Well, let me tell you they are divine!! In the spring in Texas, we have wild briars that are loaded with these little black berries...
by Stacie | May 2, 2019 | Garden
We grew a bountiful carrot harvest over the fall and winter and I harvest over 4 pounds this weekend. We’ve enjoyed a bunch of fresh carrots of the last couple of months, but now it’s time to preserve the harvest. I’ll show you what I did to freeze...
by Stacie | May 1, 2019 | Garden
Things are moving along this month in the garden. We had a couple of April showers so the rain really helped the corn seeds to sprout and the tomato and pepper transplants have tiny little fruits on them! The cherry tomato bush is loaded! These are going to be perfect...
by Stacie | Apr 9, 2019 | Recipes
Homemade lemon bars are my weakness and this recipe does not disappoint. A little sweet and a little tangy with a sprinkling of powdered sugar. It’s definitely warming up outside, the high today is going to be 94! Did we skip spring and move directly into...
by Stacie | Mar 31, 2019 | Garden
Today is the last day of March and we’ve had much cooler weather than usual. Of the 36 tomato seeds I started, I was able to get a total of 9 tomato seedlings that were viable enough for transplanting into the garden. What can I say? You win some and you lose...
by Stacie | Feb 13, 2019 | Garden
My fall garden has been growing quite a bit with all of the recent rains we’ve been having. Pests ate my broccoli and sugar snap peas before I was able to harvest any of those. The pests for the most part though have left the remainder of the garden alone....
by Stacie | Feb 9, 2019 | Garden
I have been starting seeds using a heat mat and this past weekend I started my pepper seeds indoors so they’re ready to transplant outside when our temperatures warm and the threat of a freeze has passed. Many people ask… Do I really need a heat mat for my...
