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    Missing Tea

    June 19, 2012 - By 

    I never realized that I’d be busy over summer.
    Honestly, I don’t know where the times goes.
    I’m afraid my Tea Tuesday friends from Kimmie’s blog may have forgotten about me or worse, thought I forgot about them.
    I’m skipping the tea for today and going for a big glass of ice water.
    We’ve had so much rain here. Now high temps and humidity…with more storms due tonight.

    My garden is mud…
    Luckily the plants aren’t seeming to mind.

    I’ve got tomatoes on every plant.

    In addition to gardening, I’ve been “home-schooling” this summer. Trying to keep the kids brains engaged so they can retain the info they’ve already learned. 

    Other craft goodness has been on the agenda as well. 
    We just came home from knitting group… 
    And I’ve been sewing as well. 
    So I guess when you add up everything going on, it’s not to difficult to see where the time went. 
    What’s keeping you busy this summer?

     

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    Garden and treasured tea

    May 15, 2012 - By 
    It’s that busy time of year. 
    Getting the garden prepped and planted. 
    I started with my herbs that hang along the deck. I was able to over winter both a thyme and a flat leaf parsley this year. Additionally I started seeds early this Spring and picked up a couple small plants at the greenhouse yesterday. 
    We love having fresh herbs in our food.

    I have 12 tomato plants this year of 4 varieties that I started from seed back in mid-March. 
    Six live here… along with some green onions and basil I’m hoping will sprout.

    The other six are in the “big garden”. They are sharing space with green beans, snow peas, kohlrabi and jalapenos.
    I got the fence up immediately this year so  the wildlife wouldn’t get any snacks from me.

    This morning I saw that one of my book purses was this Etsy treasury.
    Just had to share…makes me happy when something I’ve created is appeciated.
    Lots of fun stuff was featured….
    Are you gardening this year?
    Thanks for stopping by for Tea Tuesday with Kimmie and the gang.

     

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    Garden 2012

    April 1, 2012 - By 
     Preparation for this years garden has begun.  
    All of my seeds have sprouted into these cute little seedlings…hooray!
    I have 4 varieties of tomatoes, basil, mint, parsley, thyme and dill in one tray and petunias just getting started in the second. 
    Not sure if  the flowers will be big enough by the time I want them outside but I had to try anyway.

    The garden plot is waiting to be prepped as well.  
    I haven’t dared do any raking or hoeing since hurting my back. I’ve got plenty of time though, we usually don’t plant anything outside until after Mother’s Day. Then the chance of frost is pretty slim.
    Can’t wait to get the rest of the seeds into the ground! 
    We love having a garden to eat from.