Late morning through early afternoon, wonderful strawberry smells arose from the kitchen. We bubbled and brewed 2 batches of the most delicious stove-top jam! My expert canner/jammer friend came to help guide me through the stove-top jam making process. We washed, dried, de-topped, smashed, cooked, jarred, and hot-water bathed while our 5 little boys played (her 2, [...]
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Strawberry Jam Makin’ Time!
Posted in Cooking and Baking, Urban Farming on June 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Strawberry Pickin’ Time!
Posted in Outings, Skills and crafts for kids, Urban Farming on June 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It is strawberry picking time! Last Thursday we went picking with friends. The fields were ripe and scrumptious, and we kept finding ourselves eating just one… more… berry. ” A fresh strawberry IS a fresh strawberry”, I’ve heard it said. So absolutely right, nothing compares! May all of you have stained mouths, hands, and clothes sometime [...]
Urban Farming Attempt…
Posted in Around the Bungalow, Keeping Things Tidy, Urban Farming on June 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Time for a quick update and news from our Bungalow. Mama’s too tired to write much tonight, though…my three little boys continue to be wiggly, warm-hearts that provide me lots of wonderful work, and so at the end of the day sometimes I’m just plain weak. Thought I would show a few pictures, though, of our continued urban farming attempt. What [...]
How To Plant A Fruit Tree
Posted in Skills and crafts for kids, Urban Farming on June 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Some friends of ours chose a nice sunny spot in their yard, cleared the “land”, and decided to make it (and call it) an orchard. What a novel idea…the size of one’s yard doesn’t matter, anyone can have an orchard! One can even train fruit trees, grapes, and/or berries along a fence for a surprisingly large harvest (kiwi comes to [...]
Homemade Salad Dressings
Posted in Cooking and Baking, Urban Farming on May 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We are finally harvesting salad stuff from our garden. I’m always late to get my first greens into the ground even though I think about it all winter long…one of these years I’ll make it by the beginning of spring when stuff like salad greens can first be planted (and thrive). So, now to dress them up: Making salad dressing [...]
A Backyard Afternoon
Posted in Around the Bungalow, Keeping Things Tidy, Urban Farming on May 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We’ve been having good days and bad days over here as we’ve continued to struggle with illness. Lately, I’ve felt like a little gopher that just peeks its head up to look around when it can – then after taking a quick peek, it must hide again to work hard on a task. However, all of our heads were “peeking” out today, [...]
The New Hen House
Posted in Around the Bungalow, Holidays, Outings, Skills and crafts for kids, Urban Farming on May 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Some good friends of ours (who have become wonderful allies in chicken-keeping), gave us an amazing urban farming gift – a chicken coop! They have decided to take a break from chickens, and have taken up honey bees instead. (We loved seeing your hives by the way!) On Saturday we drove out to their farm in [...]
Community Garden Day
Posted in Outings, Skills and crafts for kids, Urban Farming on May 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This is the first year we’ve ever been a part of a community garden – it’s wonderful, I can’t tell you what a warm, friendly, happy feeling one gets when walking through a community garden…especially when you get to be a part of it. I hear they’re popping up everywhere, so if you’ve been thinking about joining one, here’s offering [...]
Ladybugs Have Arrived!
Posted in Around the Bungalow, Outings, Skills and crafts for kids, Urban Farming on April 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Ladybug, ladybug fly away! Can’t remember the last time two little boys were more excited. Today, we released one-thousand ladybugs into our yard to be used as pest control. When we drove by our favorite nursery this afternoon, we saw a sign that read: “Ladybugs have arrived!” The bug enthusiasts that we are, we felt we had to [...]
