Join Mavis Butterfield for vegetable gardening and canning tips, easy recipes, and saving money strategies (Rug hooking, too!). Simple living at its best!
The weather here in Seattle has been a wee bit wet the last few days. With no signs of letting up, I’ve decided to tackle a few greenhouse projects this weekend rather than brave the rain. This is all subject to change of course if we get an hour or two of sunshine. I’m on Read More >>
We’ve had a nice batch of sunny days in Seattle lately. So nice in fact I’ve been spending all of my free time in the garden. Which is good. It keeps me out of the bars and discos. Ha Ha Ha. Do you remember the cabbage and stinky brussels sprouts I started from seed under Read More >>
This morning at breakfast I asked the monkeys “If you could only have 1 fruit or vegetable to eat for the rest of your life what would it be?” Monkey Boy was quick to answer “Bananas”. The Girl took a little longer with her reply, “An Irish potato from the late 1700’s. {I gave her Read More >>
With sunny skies and temps in the mid 50’s, Sunday was a perfect day for planing spring crops. This time around I planted French Breakfast & Crimson Radish seeds as well as Monstrueux de Viroflay Spinach from Botanical Interests Seed Company. The French Breakfast Radish is a new one for me. I’ve seen these yummy Read More >>
I spent yesterday morning re-potting 120 117 of my heirloom tomato plants. I had 3 casualties. Not bad. Re-potting tomato seedlings really gets me excited about gardening. There is no greater taste on earth than biting into a real, sun ripened, heirloom tomato grown right in your very own backyard. Caution: Growing your own tomatoes Read More >>
Error: No feed found.
Please go to the Instagram Feed settings page to create a feed.
