First Place Winner!!! Victory! After starting late and planting many things only to have them fail or be stolen by the squirrels, it was a sweet victory when she harvested her only crop of the summer: a lovely double carrot with dancing legs. Sweet victory, indeed!
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The purpose of the From Seeds to Harvest Gardening Challenge this summer has been to encourage families to get out and garden, even if it was just in a pot. Hopefully we have sparked an interest in our young people, learned some science and are thinking of ways to be more self sufficient.
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This week's From Seed to Harvest update will be a bit different. I want to share with all of you a story of how God may use a love for gardening to reach someone else's heart. As of this week our daughter, Olivia (18), is living with a family about 45 minutes away from us. The wife in thi
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The winner of July's From Seeds to Harvest Gardening Challenge is Audrey! :o) Audrey wins Olivia's e-book, Making and Managing Money for Teens. Thank you everyone for sharing about your gardens. Now it is time to get the fall gardens growing. ;o)
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Not much going on in our garden, in fact we are ready to pull everything up and get our fall garden in. I've about decided that if you want a great summer garden you cannot do much of anything else, no vacations, no building projects, just weed, water and harvest. If you think about it I am
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Gardening update: Ours is about played out! I am grateful we can by from local farmers!!! A friend of ours who farms delivered 10 dozen ears of corn last night...yeah! I'm off to teach a canning class today as part of our Domestic Classes. I Love sharing homemaking skills. Next we
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...and boy am I glad!!! We have two blueberry bushes that produce a lot of berries. Since our girls have been gone Jeff has had to do all the picking by himself. Every couple days he picks about a gallon. He does such a GREAT job picking. When he brings in the berries there is
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He who gathers in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who brings shame. Proverbs 10:5 Whether you're harvesting your own fruits and vegetables, buying from the local farmer's market or buying straight from the grocery store, summer is the best time to st
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This month we will be giving away a free copy of Making and Managing Money for Teens e-book. This is a $16.97 value! When children work for their money they value it so much more! The best education a child can receive is from REAL LIFE while
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Mother Hen of the Chicken Coop won our From Seeds to Harvest Giveaway for June. Send me your address Mother, and I will get this out to you!
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A little gardening FYI: 1 bushel of green beans = 4 pecks OR aprox 28 pounds OR aprox 4 Wal Mart bags full OR 38 quarts canned! It's been a busy day! As soon as I started canning today the first jar broke...ugh... Then my pressure cooker had steam coming out from
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Our garden seems to have hit some issues. We have not tended to it as much as we need to and the weeds are about to take over. ugh! We have just been so busy and it is so hot outside, it is hard to find time to do it all...can anyone relate? There are a lot of life lessons in this.
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It's time for all that wonderful squash and zucchini to be coming in. Even if your squash or zucchini did not do well, you can buy them for a good price right now and for the next several weeks, so store up for the winter. Remember to buy while items are at their peek and buy local i
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We have a problem with our cats doing their business in our garden, espcially the herb garden. Here are a few ideas I have read about to keep cats out of the garden: Plant: garlic geraniums marigolds lavender Spread: coffee grounds lemon or orange peals mothb
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Here are a couple of interesting things I found on the blogs of our fellow From Seeds to Harvest gardeners. Do you have spots on your leaves? Blight? Hop on over and read what one of our sweet fellow gardener found out with her research and blight! Remembe
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Because of where we live, the BEAUTIFUL and FERTILE state of Alabama, there are farmer's markets and corner vegetable stands everywhere! I love being able to buy from local farmers, just as I posted about where we buy eggs. It is good to keep the money in the community, not to mention that p
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Here are a few of our friends that are taking part in the From Seeds to Harvest Gardening Challenge! I have gotten some real neat ideas from looking at how some of you are doing things! If you would like to have your picture(s) added to our slideshow just let me know. I LOVE the pictures t
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This looks like a fantastic freebie for those of you gardening with your children. Make the most of all the work! Skip past the advertisements and go to the free printables. Don't you just love FREE?! You do have to sign up for their website, but that is free too! Lapbook Lesson f
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May's From Seeds to Harvest Gardening Giveaway winner is... Stephenie Pyles !!! She wins the basket of skin care products from Southern Belle Bath. Be sure to hop on over to Stephenie's blog and read how she is gardening with her children. ***
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Ya gotta love the free stuff! Even if you don't want these for yourself, think how your kids can use them to make their gardening lapbooks and science notebooks! They can cut the pictures apart and make puzzles or memory games with them. Free subscription to Organic Gardening Magaz
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