A big THANK YOU to everyone who has sent in their photographs and stories. I hope by sharing other peoples pictures and stories here on One Hundred Dollars a Month we can all have a rock star garden this summer. Keep them coming!
~Mavis
Today my dear friend Jane from Thy Hand Hath Provided {you know, the one with the AWESOME cookbook}, shares her amazing garden pictures:
Nine years ago we moved out of a development and onto 1.6 acres just outside of town. We were both excited and overwhelmed when we thought of all the possibilities that lay before us.
We started out with a small garden and tried to maintain the many flower beds while we tackled renovations on the 100-year-old farmhouse.
Once the inside of our home met our humble standards, we turned to the outside.
We love trying new projects like Shiitake mushrooms, honeybees, fruit trees, and selling sunflowers, but it’s taken a little while to learn that it is only possible to do many different things IF we lower our standards and live with some weeds and things not looking perfect all the time.
We’re raising three children and care an awful lot about them and our relationship with God, friends and family. Those things take priority.
While it’s hard sometimes to see the work that still needs doing, I’m making peace with it and enjoying the fruits of our labor despite the imperfections. There is beauty in the weeds, too.
~Jane
Jane’s perspective is awesome and spot on. Just one of the many things I love about her!
If you would like to have your garden, chicken coop or something you’ve made featured on One Hundred Dollars a Month, here’s what I’m looking for:
- Your Garden Pictures and Tips – I’d especially like to see your garden set ups, growing areas, and know if you are starting seeds indoors this year. If so, show me some picture of how you are going about it.
- Your Chicken and Chicken Related Stories – Coops, Chicks, Hen’s, Roosters, Eggs, you name it. If it clucks, send us some pictures to share with the world.
- Cool Arts & Crafts – Made from your very own hands with detailed {and well photographed} pictures and instructions.
- Your pictures and stories about your pets. The more pictures and details the better.
- Garage Sale, Thrift Store and Dumpster Diving pictures and the stories behind the treasures you found including how much you paid for them.
If I feature your pictures and the stories behind them on One Hundred Dollars a Month, I will send you a $20.00 gift card to the greatest store in the world: Amazon.com.
Go HERE for the official rules.
Camille says
Awww…SO much fun to see two of my people in the same space! It’s lovely that Jane is featured here today Mavis. Hugs to you both! Camille
Lisa Millar says
Wonderful space! So inspiring to see what other people are doing with their bit of earth!!
It is good advice to not panic over all the weeds and the things that need doing! Things ALWAYS need doing… its like a constant evolving list! (that somehow doesn’t seem to get shorter)
Its nice just enjoying what you have and the things you do get done without focusing all the time on what hasn’t been achieved!
Its winter here, but these photos make me want to rush back out and do some more gardening in prep for spring.
(Maybe I will wait for the sideways rain to cease!)