Tag: spring

Seasons

Things I Haven’t Photographed Lately

 

The 60 tiny onion plants I put in the p-patch over the weekend and the countless buckets of winter weeds I removed. The daffodils in the backyard. The lobelia around them is starting to bloom as well, so parts of the garden have the classic yellow/blue combination going on. A box of 3/4 in washers, a result of yak-shaving. A flower spike on our amarylis – with any luck, this time it won’t commit suicide before it blooms! The first of the star magnolia blooming by the house. Absolutely everything piled up on tables in preparation for our first professional …

Caitlyn, Seasons

It’s Ice Cream for Breakfast Day!

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Or, it was. And, yes, it’s a thing. Our local ice cream place has hosted an event for International Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Day for the last three years. It’s seems to still be a small thing, though, so if you missed it, I won’t tell if you have a slightly delayed celebration. The story is that it’s cold and dark and dull in the Northern Hemisphere, post-Christmas and pre-daffodils. So, someone declared a fun holiday right in the middle of it. There’s a long tradition of marking this point in the year: Imbolc, the pagan Gaelic festival celebrating …

homesteading, in the kitchen

Pantry Inspection

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Once the farmers’ market starts up around here, it’s time to review the pantry. What’s left of the things I put up last summer? What did we run out of and what are we still eating? Do the storage goals for this year need to be adjusted? Will I be able to defrost the chest freezer before it’s time to start putting new things in it? I seem to recall that in previous years, this process usually produced a surprise or two. Dried carrots aren’t good for much more than soup, for instance, and that only grudgingly. Bing cherries are …

Seasons

Not about sewing at all

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I keep meaning to get out side with the camera and show off the garden, but it’s just not happening. Meanwhile, the garden isn’t slowing down. It’s a real spring this year, and things are off to a good start. In the backyard, the peas are close to 10 inches tall. The potatoes are in and sprouting; it’s actually almost time to add some more soil around the new plants (more soil depth now equals more potatoes later). So far, I’ve remembered to keep the carrot seedlings watered. The basil and squashes I started in the sunroom last month are …

Caitlyn, in the kitchen, Seasons

Easter Treats

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Last week, I found Betz White’s photo tutorial for some super-cute, adorably tiny Easter baskets made from 3 oz. Dixie cups. Naturally, I decided that I needed to make these for Easter. And put homemade candy in them. Never mind that I came up with this plan about a week before Easter. Clearly, it’s a very sensible plan. We painted our cups (instead of using markers like Betz) and I glittered some of them. Someday I’d like to upgrade the paint in our craft supplies from the washable Crayola stuff to something that doesn’t feel like chalk when it’s dry. …