Here’s a yummy treat from the insides of your Halloween pumpkins (or any pumpkin, for that matter). Roasted salted pumpkin seeds. There are a few ways you can dry your pumpkin seeds for eating, but this is my favorite because it’s fast and makes them nice and crispy and the salt doesn’t come off when […]
Friday Funny: Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?
Had a friend send this to me and had to share. Enjoy! And now you know why the chicken crossed the road! Have a great Labor Day weekend everyone–more Preparedness Month fun and games next week! Keep preparing! Angela *************************************************************** Subscribe to my email newsletter for updates and special deals. Please be sure to follow
Interesting Little Tidbit
Now here’s an interesting (albeit kind of disgusting) bit of information for you. If your kids find a corn worm while you’re all shucking corn and decide to keep it as a pet in a jar with a bit of corn so it has something to eat and then put it somewhere that you don’t […]
Squash Bugs
Let me just begin by saying I despise squash bugs. I don’t remember having any trouble with them in our garden when I was growing up in Colorado, but they have been a constant nuisance since I’ve been gardening in Utah. The first year sweet husband and I planted a good sized garden, we found […]
Catch Up–Mostly on the Garden
Holy buckets! Things have been a little crazy here lately. I keep thinking maybe after (insert event, month, etc. here) things will slow down, but it seems they never do. Things just change and I get a different kind of crazy. The garden this year is fair. I’ve got peas that have gone to seed […]
The Garden Drip Water System (so far)
The garden is happily being water via our fancy schmancy drip water system. Yes, right now. We’ve used some variation of the drip system to water the garden for about 10 years now. The drip system is fantastic for so many reasons. One is that is saves water. We only water what we want when […]
Sew Like a Pro Tip: Don’t Cut Your Patterns!
Here’s a little known sewing tip that will save you tons of hassle. Don’t cut your patterns. You know how you open up a pattern, especially a multi-sized one, and there are a bunch of different sizes all drawn on top of each other? Don’t cut out the one you want to use. Trace it […]
Some Thoughts on Learning to Sew
Learning basic sewing skills is never a bad thing. Knowing how to patch a hole in a pair of pants or stitch up a tear in a sleeve are valuable skills, especially if there comes a time when clothes are not so plentiful and we need to repair what we have when they start showing […]
Super Quick Garden Update
Got most of the garden planted now. I say most, but really we have a lot more to go, I’m just hoping it won’t take too long–the prep work is mostly done. Trying out a couple of new kinds of dry beans since we had so much fun with that last year. They’re not very […]
Best Thing Since Sliced Bread . . . Oh, Wait, it is Sliced Bread
Had ball practice for my girls last night and I haven’t been feeling too good lately, so after dropping them off I went to the store and bought some bread and a frozen pizza. This almost never happens. My 5 year old is done with practice first and she gets in the car and sees […]
