We are still getting beans. The green beans are doing much better than the wax beans. I may change what I plant next spring. Either way, it's way more than we got from last year's garden.
Pioneer Woman at Heart
One Flourishing, Frugal and Fun Family!
One family learning to live off the land, cut back on expenses, and to live a simpler and a more self-sufficient lifestyle.
Adopted Motto
"Eat it up,
Wear it out,
Make it do,
Or go without."
~A Pioneer Sampler, by Barbara Greenwood~
Friday, August 12, 2022
Garden ~ Extreme Clean
Thursday, August 11, 2022
Loofah Seeds ~ Life of a Loofah Plant
The to-do list(s) are staying continuous, and in doing so, I found a small flower pot with loofah seeds that some how ended up at my house (from Mom's house). They are from my Aunt J, from Florida. I know many (many) years ago, Mom gave me some, and I could not get them to grow here.
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
Corn Freezing Day
Tuesday, August 9, 2022
Fun Finds ~ Hot Banana Peppers and other ramblings
While shopping in Amish country, we walked thru a few antique stores, and I found a butter dish to match my salt and pepper shakers. By the way, there was one store that had a ton of this Jadeite in their booth.
I also found a few more mini hen and nests for the cubbies in the kitchen.
I tried a new fresh salsa recipe and it was so good! We are getting tomatoes from the garden now. I also made a lemon cheese cake pie that was also a new recipe. It's a keeper.
Another produce stand has closed their doors. I counted on them, when I needed just a few more hot banana peppers for my canning recipe. Sigh. More and more small town restaurants are now closing their doors at 2-3pm, and not open for dinner anymore (lack of employees, which I just don't understand).
I was just told that the large oil company my husband works for is being bought out. He's been told the insurance for us will be better, but I hope it doesn't change any of his retirement.
Monday, August 8, 2022
Happy Homemaker Monday
Friday, August 5, 2022
Gaining Progress ~ New Recipe Tried
My husband got the ceiling piece back up over the kitchen sink. He had to use screws (old house, old house rolling eye moments), so I'll be painting over that, taking down the curtains, and finally putting in the last window blind. We are gaining slowly, but love what we've accomplished.
It rained all morning, so instead of taking the donations, I spent several hours upstairs. I made several trips to the burn pile, trash, and put stuff in a box for our friend to scrap. I also added to the donation pile.
I finally got a few minutes to prepare onion dip to try. I decided to make it earlier in the day, and put it in the fridge until we wanted to bake it. I'm just a stickler on getting dishes done and put away, and don't like to do them later after dinner.
Anyway....it was delicious. It's from AllRecipes. It's made from sweet Vidalia onions (these come from GA), organic mayo, organic swiss cheese, and organic parmesan cheese. It's called Vidalia sweet onion dip. So good! Perfect for a group of people, appetizer, get together dish etc. Easy, very little ingredients and bakes in a short time. Great on a toasted baguette bread, cracker or even potato chips. Honestly, as I type this, I wonder how it would taste topped on a grilled burger now. Oh, and I can't wait to try this cold. I heard it was good that way too after baking it.
Thursday, August 4, 2022
Canning Day
We had a heat advisory yesterday, and they were not kidding. It was over 100 degrees and humid as heck.
I finally got bread and butter pickles canned. Daughter E stayed until about noon and left to go enjoy the county fair with her boyfriend. She saw I was crocheting a new item for the holiday craft shows, and took two. I'll get photos soon.