I had a pretty busy weekend, the garden is taking up more time, with seedlings popping up and starting new trays of seeds for some early spring planting, and I have been working on some homemade beauty and household cleaning products. Yesterday my brother and I made laundry detergent pods out of soap berries, theContinue reading “Busy days and Relaxing Evenings”
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A Fool’s Spring Cleaning
Some spring renovations have happened in the greenhouse and we are ready for the seedlings to enter the building. We had some shelves in the house that we weren’t using and as usual I was running out of room in my little seed starting area, so we moved that shelving out there and it wasContinue reading “A Fool’s Spring Cleaning”
Healing Winter Hands Salve
With the cold New England weather dry hands are bound to happen. Luckily this Calendula & Rose Hips Salve will come to the rescue! The calendula flower has been noted to promote cell repair and new growth while being gentle and soothing on the skin. Rosehips add antioxidants and essential fatty acids to give yourContinue reading “Healing Winter Hands Salve”
Smoothie Meal Prep
This past year my husband and I have been focusing on our budget and really tracking where our paychecks go. We have noticed that we waste a lot of money ordering food instead of making it at home. John tends to buy his lunch but breakfast has always been my takeout meal, picking up anContinue reading “Smoothie Meal Prep”
Peas and Bees
We have our first real big snow storm of the year and it’s February! It started coming down this afternoon and should last until sometime tomorrow, with about 14 inches dropped on the ground once it moves out of here. One thing that I loved about today was that while there were snowflakes falling IContinue reading “Peas and Bees”
January in the Greenhouse
We have some new life in the greenhouse! I was trying to decide what would be the safest veggies to plant throughout the coldest part of the year and went with peas and a few different types of lettuce. I was getting a bit discouraged when I kept checking and there were no baby seedlingsContinue reading “January in the Greenhouse”
C’est La Vie and Orange Spiced Tea
Well friends, I have some bad news, we had a really chilly night and an issue with the electricity in the greenhouse a few nights ago. Unfortunately most of my plants are not the cold-friendly kind and I am now starting over with some new seedlings. The only survivors were my nantes carrots, garlic bulbs,Continue reading “C’est La Vie and Orange Spiced Tea”
Cinnamon Christmas Ornaments
I normally love this time of year but I have been struggling to get into the holiday spirit. I think it is just such a strange time and it doesn’t feel as festive without being able to see all of our friends and family. Some of our traditions won’t happen this year, including our annualContinue reading “Cinnamon Christmas Ornaments”
Beans and Other Things
I have been missing in action for the last few weeks after gracefully dropping my laptop onto the floor and smashing my little traveling computer into messy bits. For those that know me well, the fact that I dropped something would come as no surprise. They would know that I should not be trusted withContinue reading “Beans and Other Things”
The First Storm
Welcome to New England where it may snow in October and be back up to the 70 degrees in November. Winter swooped in to ruin our outdoor plans for Halloween and to test the structural soundness of our greenhouse. Bad news, no candy for the kids; good news, the greenhouse held up throughout the storm.Continue reading “The First Storm”
Acorn & Birch 