Friday, March 21, 2014
Well I am home recouping from surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff and bicep. Before I went in yesterday I was able to finish transplanting most of my plants. I am building a fun little corner that I have named "My Boudoir Garden" I have secured 2 toilets, and a bathtub. All I need is a pedestal sink for my pineapple. The tub is for my artichokes and this beauty below is my white eggplant and my black beauty eggplant.
Saturday, March 15, 2014
March 15, 2014
Today we picked our first radish harvest and they are so tasty! We now have almost everything in the ground and growing well. Today I will be working on our "Toilet" planter for an eggplant and some herbs. I will post a photo when it is complete. While much of the U.S. is feeling the full brunt of winter we are very sunny here today and about 79 degrees so the plants are just going crazy. Here is what we have harvested this week:
This is the last tomato from our winter plant. This single plant gave us over 50 tomatoes. It was an heriloom brandwine. The sweet potatoes I had thought were all harvested and I found these just turning the soil for the coming spring planting.
Here are the radishes that we picked from the garden today. They are cherry belles and they only take 22 days from the date of sowing to harvesting. They were my 4 year old's first gardening attempt. I think we will have to nickname him Farmer Boy!
We are on Spring Break here in Pasco county so we are really enjoying this weather. We are planning to go strawberry picking this week and then making jams, pies, and shortcake this week. Probably going to get blueberries as well for pies and fruit empanadas. I should have plenty of pictures for all of you this weekend so you can see how things are plotted and growing. Until then...
Today we picked our first radish harvest and they are so tasty! We now have almost everything in the ground and growing well. Today I will be working on our "Toilet" planter for an eggplant and some herbs. I will post a photo when it is complete. While much of the U.S. is feeling the full brunt of winter we are very sunny here today and about 79 degrees so the plants are just going crazy. Here is what we have harvested this week:
We are on Spring Break here in Pasco county so we are really enjoying this weather. We are planning to go strawberry picking this week and then making jams, pies, and shortcake this week. Probably going to get blueberries as well for pies and fruit empanadas. I should have plenty of pictures for all of you this weekend so you can see how things are plotted and growing. Until then...
Thursday, March 6, 2014
At the Beginning...
March 6, 2014
Welcome friends, family, and friendly strangers. I have had many of my friends ask me many questions regarding my gardening and homesteading and thought that I would share my successes and failures here for everyone.
I am a married young woman with two young children (11 years old and 4 years old). I am a full-time homemaker, chauffeur, gardener, zoo keeper, handy-woman, fitness buff, and a self proclaimed apocalypse junkie. I love to read books about the different ways the world could end and my favorite television show is The Walking Dead.
Why I do what I do?
A few years ago I had a one year old that continually was getting hives and rashes. Turns out he was allergic to the antibiotics they feed to farm animals so he would break out every time he drank milk or ate eggs. So I switched him to organic milk and we have not had a single rash in 3 years now. We had four hens that I had kept from a batch of 2 dozen chicken eggs I hatched in my classroom. They gave us fresh organic eggs until we had to relocate them due to our county's ordinance. This is changing this year and many people will be able to enjoy their own fresh eggs.
At this time I took inventory of my life and made the committment to lose over 200lbs. In order to do this I had to adopt a healthy lifestyle. I am now about 40lbs from my goal weight and I feel so much better. I am addicted to Bodypump by Les Mills and love how strong my body has become (comes in handy hauling tons of dirt around the yard).
My intention with this blog is to inform and entertain you as well as learn from you. So I hope that you will check back frequently and see how things are progressing.
Welcome friends, family, and friendly strangers. I have had many of my friends ask me many questions regarding my gardening and homesteading and thought that I would share my successes and failures here for everyone.
I am a married young woman with two young children (11 years old and 4 years old). I am a full-time homemaker, chauffeur, gardener, zoo keeper, handy-woman, fitness buff, and a self proclaimed apocalypse junkie. I love to read books about the different ways the world could end and my favorite television show is The Walking Dead.
Why I do what I do?
A few years ago I had a one year old that continually was getting hives and rashes. Turns out he was allergic to the antibiotics they feed to farm animals so he would break out every time he drank milk or ate eggs. So I switched him to organic milk and we have not had a single rash in 3 years now. We had four hens that I had kept from a batch of 2 dozen chicken eggs I hatched in my classroom. They gave us fresh organic eggs until we had to relocate them due to our county's ordinance. This is changing this year and many people will be able to enjoy their own fresh eggs.
At this time I took inventory of my life and made the committment to lose over 200lbs. In order to do this I had to adopt a healthy lifestyle. I am now about 40lbs from my goal weight and I feel so much better. I am addicted to Bodypump by Les Mills and love how strong my body has become (comes in handy hauling tons of dirt around the yard).
My intention with this blog is to inform and entertain you as well as learn from you. So I hope that you will check back frequently and see how things are progressing.
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