PRESERVING FRESH CHIVES BY FREEZING
08/19/2024
I’m always looking for ways to preserve summer’s fresh vegetables and herbs for use through the long winter months. I think I found a winner when it comes to saving fresh chives and it’s incredibly easy. Thoroughly rinse fresh chives and allow to dry completely. Once dry, chop, drop into an empty water bottle and stick the bottle in the freezer. The chives will not stick together once frozen. When the snow is falling and the fresh garden greens are long gone, the pre-chopped chives can be pulled from the freezer at a moment’s notice and sprinkled on any dish. Your winter self will appreciate the 10 minutes of prep it took to freeze the fresh summer chives.
Sunflowers galore are blooming this time of year. The bees are enjoying the sweet nectar and soon the birds...
Back at the first of the year I adopted “make everyday special” as my motto for 2024. Still making...
HOMEMADE NATURAL WEED KILLER
07/08/2024
I admit, I was skeptical that an all natural homemade weed killer would work. But I’m here tell you, I think it worked better and faster than any chemical-laden over-the-counter weed killers. I’ll be going the organic homemade route from here on out. I purchased a 1-gallon sprayer specifically for my homemade weed killer and labeled it with a Sharpie. For the weed killer I used: 1 gallon 30% Vinegar1 cup table salt1 tablespoon dish soap Using a funnel, I added one cup table salt into the gallon bottle of 30% vinegar and let it dissolve for 30 minutes. (Be sure to use 30% vinegar which is six times stronger than white vinegar used for cooking.) Once the salt had dissolved, I poured the vinegar mixture into the sprayer and added a squeeze of dish soap, about one tablespoon. I sprayed any weeds growing in the walking paths of...
What a fun 4th of July weekend. I’m sad to see it come to an end. It’s back to...
We went out of town for one week and I haven’t planned our weekly meals since. It’s time to...
4TH OF JULY HOME DECORATIONS | 2024
06/28/2024
Is there such thing as too many flags for the 4th of July? Hope not because I’ve got a lot. Let’s take a tour of the dining room all decked out in red, white and blue. I don’t have anything new from previous years. I just put things in different places each year to change it up. I also use everyday items like dishes and silverware as decor. Clipped greenery from the yard always makes a big impact. The bar cart has just a hint of red, white and blue with the drink stirrers. I used my milk glass vase collection for the flags and added in more clippings from the yard. I made these wooden stars years and years ago back when I had a craft booth. I accidentally broke off a stem from my air plant so I put it in some water in a small blue...
It started with the three white baskets in the middle. It has since taken me three years to finish...
I’m still adding little magical touches to the wildflower/sunflower/pumpkin patch. The newest addition is this solar lantern bird feeder...
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