Spring Babies
Many of you have been posting photos of your gorgeous spring babies recently, so I thought I would get in on the action and show you some photos of what’s been hatching here on the urban homestead. I was out taking a peek to see …
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More Garden Shots
We’re busy packing these days (just over two weeks until we move!), so I’m afraid I can’t muster up much more than a few more garden photos. Irises are popping up all over the place. The Concord grapes have such pretty pink leaves. I think …
Spring Garden
I love spring! Everything is so green, and the air smells incredible. Here’s what’s going on around the garden. The lilacs are largely responsible for the sweet smelling air. This one sits at the edge of the veggie garden, and there’s a white one in …
The Secret Garden
Thank you all for the nice birthday wishes!My daughter and I finally made it out for our “high tea” date today at our favorite tea house, The Secret Garden. We’d planned to go for Bee’s birthday last month, but every week between then and now …
Weekend Goodies
The first week in May is always fun for me, the biggest reason being that my favorite local potters club always holds its semi-annual pottery sale on the first Saturday in May. My mom and I were there when the doors opened as we always …
Things I Love – Freecycle
I know, I know – I may have mentioned how much I love Freecycle a time or two since starting this blog, but I’ve never actually dedicated an entire post to it. Just in case there are some of you out there who haven’t yet …
Yummy Apple Muffins
With the warm weather we’ve been having lately, some of the apples that we’ve had stored in the garage (we got 70 pounds last fall when they were cheap) are finally starting to go bad. I’m really happy with how well they’ve kept though, and …
Seeds and House Plans
There was enough of a break in activity over the weekend that I finally managed to plant some tomatoes, peppers, eggplant and cabbage. It’s a little later than I would like, but according to the planting chart that I have from West Coast Seeds, I’m …
