Holly Berry~ One Of My Winter Garden (and Christmas) Favorites!
Holly is one of my favorite Christmas plants. It’s beautiful in the winter outdoor garden, and it also adds some beautiful red and green color to indoor decorations this time of year. I love holly’s waxy green leaves and beautiful red berries. Legend says holly helps to ward of bad spirits, that’s where the tradition [...]
Hay Bales In The Fall
I took a photo of the hay bales in our pasture this summer and shared it here: Round Hay Bales. Today I have another photo to share, this one was from just a couple weeks ago when they cut the hay down and baled it for the last time this fall. I love the fall [...]
It’s That Time Of Year! Garden Vegetable Soup!
September 9, 2011 by Linette
Filed under Featured, Food/Recipes, Garden
It’s been a little chilly and rainy here this week, so it put me in the mood for soup! I love this time of year when I can walk out to my garden and pick supper! Well, maybe not this year… My garden hasn’t produced much this year because of the dry weather, so I’ve [...]
Early September Arts and Craft Links
I was a slacker over the holiday weekend, so today I have some fun arts and crafts reading to share with you. Let me tell you these girls are so creative! You’ve got to check out some of the fun ideas they came up with just this week! Check out this teal garden sculpture Cherie [...]
Baby Raccoons In The Barn
An enterprising mother coon decided to move her babies into our barn a couple weeks ago. At first we didn’t know what was wreaking nightly havoc on the dog food and chicken food cans. They chewed the lids to the plastic garbage cans we hold our animal food in, and dumped the whole thing over [...]
Round Hay Bales
We used to bale our own hay, back when we had a couple steers in the pasture to feed it to. We haven’t had any steers for a few years, so our neighbor has been baling the hay for his own animals. He usually does the large round bales, then lets them sit in the [...]
We’ve Got Chicks!
We got some baby chicks the first part of June. They were so cute when I opened up the box. All fuzzy, soft and tiny. We started out with 16 all mixed up breeds. They came through the mail overnight in the box above. We kept them in a much larger cardboard box on our [...]
Nearly Wordless Wednesday~ Lilacs in Bloom
One of my absolute favorite springtime bloom is the lilac bush outside my bedroom window. I’m partial to the color purple, and I absolutely love lilacs.
It’s Starting To Look Like Spring In Ohio
April 14, 2011 by Linette
Filed under Featured, Garden, Ohio, Seasons/Holidays
It’s starting to look a lot like spring in my little corner of Ohio. The grass is getting greener, things are blooming, and the honeybees are even out gathering up some pollen. It was 80`F here on Sunday and sunny, then of course back down in the 50′s on Monday and raining, but that’s Ohio [...]
Building Some New Raised Garden Beds
We’ve been working on building some new raised garden beds this fall. It’s an ongoing project, I’m sure we’ll still be working on them in the spring. The first couple are going to be for perennials, you can see some strawberries peeking out of one above. I also have some asparagus, horseradish, red raspberries (maybe), [...]
