Broccoli, Cabbage, Brussel Sprouts oh My!

These are my little soilders saved from the peet pots and put in my cultivation box to get some growth on them before putting in the garden. I love having those boxes to transition plants!

This is May 7th. Brussel Sprouts are new to me so watching them closely! Everything started out so cute and small in the box and jumped drastically when put in the ground with some water and heat! Looking forward to so many good things from them: slaw, broccoli and cheese soup, steamed broccoli, steamed brussel sprouts in butter sauce, cooked cabbage just off the top of my head. Yummm! Can't wait!

Hope, Gardening 2012

Garden 1 on April 14th.

Garden 2 on April 14th













 HOPE is always the word when starting a new gardening season. You have visions of abundant bounty floating around in your head. You water and watch each day for the tiny shoots to poke through the ground and when you see the first one, it's always such a thrill! This year I have German Johnson, Cherokee Black, Roma, Pink Girl and Better boy varieties of tomatoes. Crowder Peas, Limas, Pintos, Green Beans for canning in long rows. Bell peppers, Jalapeno, Sweet Banana, Cayane round out the peppers. Cabbage, Broccoli, Brussel Sprouts and onions coupled with squash and cucs! The deck and house borders are full of herb plants just waiting to be dried and shared! Already have quite a bit of Rosemary dried and on the pantry shelf. I have canning jars on the ready and miles of string to support those marvelous fruits of my labor!

 If you are like me, every evening, I sit on the back deck with a cool beverage and listen to my babies grow! The soft breeze and chicka, chicka of the irrigation are all the music this old soul needs to be truly at peace.

Well, the journey into Gardening 2012 has begun. Happy Gardening folks!

Natures Twig and Giggle Berries

The first onion and potatoes from the garden this year!

Update on the garden.  July 2010.  Pulled up the corn.  It just didn't make and will be adding items for a fall garden according to the almanac the 11th and 12th of this month.  The sign of Cancer is supposed to be the most fruitful so we shall see!

My patio container garden that got real happy!

My first German Johnson will be supper tonight!  More on the vines to come and more plants staggered to keep them coming for the months ahead!  Nothing like that first tomato sandwich fresh from your garden!  There is just nothing to compare it to!!!

This is a little patch of brocolli plants.  They were given to me at the plant nursery past their planting time in the spring.  They lived in their cups with just water on my porch until last month.  I put them in the ground and we will see what happens!



Happy Gardening everyone!

Cookbook Shared Through Generations

This is a Well-Loved Cookbook!

I was given this cookbook by my mother when I got married.  I passed this down to my oldest daughter when she got married and you can tell... it has the BEST recipes by the amount of wear.  Look at all the dog eared pages, the stains, the notes, peeling binder... This is what a cook book SHOULD look like if it is good!  

My Hat is off to you Betty Crocker.  You have started many generations of cooks and saved  a lot of marriages!!!

A Southern Use for Recycling Soda Bottles

The perfect Southern Recycled Cow Fence

During my backroad travels I came across an old homeplace that had so many typically Southern beautifications that it made me feel exhilarated .  The one that best stood out was the use of old soda bottles to run the electric fence.  The cows were content and she didn't spend much on this fence.   No connectors, insulators, t-posts, miles of fencing... here you go.