I love gardening in the summer evenings. Picking weeds, admiring the colors of the sunset, listening to the birds chirping, feeling the cool breeze brush by, picking herbs or vegetables, watering all the plants and flowers… it is all enjoyable and I am grateful I can get outside, be in nature and enjoy a beautiful…
Zucchini Relish
This summer, our zucchini plant produced a lot of wonderful zucchini. Since we had so much, I decided to make this zucchini relish. It tastes great with crackers or taco chips, on hamburgers or hot dogs as a condiment, with sandwiches, with fresh cut vegetables, in a salad, or eaten as you would a pickle….
Pickled Mustard Beans
I have been enjoying these pickled mustard beans since I was a child. It was something my mom made at the end of every summer from the abundance of yellow beans we had growing in the garden. Its tangy mustard flavor goes great with an array of meals. This year the beans were bountiful. We…
Borscht aka Beet Soup
I have grown up eating beet soup. I always enjoyed when my mom would make this hearty soup — it was tangy yet a little sweet. It was a delicious soup that we enjoyed with a spoonful of sour cream or even just the soup as is, that had a bounty of fresh garden vegetables…
Let’s Check the Garden
It is August already and we are reaping the benefits of all of our hard work in our garden this summer! This summer has been quite hot with bouts of heavy rain. When it has been hot during the day, we either water early in the morning or in the early evening so the water…
Our Garden’s Latest Progress
Its July 26, 2020 and our garden is making great progress! It is amazing how much changes in just a few weeks! The weather has been hot and stormy but we have definitely needed to water on those hot, muggy days!Let’s check on the garden! The patty pan squash (also known as sunburst squash or…
Old Fashioned Tic Tac Toe on the Go
Who doesn’t love playing Tic-Tac-Toe!?! Want a fun, quick craft that you can put together in 30 minutes? Look no further! Kids of all ages will love making this entertaining version of tic-tac-toe to take on-the-go, and is perfect for the summer! You can cinch up this simple bag, snap it closed or velcro it…
Fried Dough
When I was younger, anytime my gramma would make bread, she always asked us if we would like fried dough, and of course we always did. The fried dough smelled like a doughnut, tasted like a doughnut but it was simply rustic and old fashioned and did not resemble the typical doughnut shape. She always…
