Yesterday I hit 20 weeks in this pregnancy. A lot of people will say, “Wow, 20 weeks! You’re halfway through! But that’s only part true… while a pregnancy may last 40 weeks on average, for …

You know how people say, “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade” to mean, “take something not-great and turn it into something awesome”? Why is that? Lemons are wonderful! They look gorgeous on the trees, …

I think at the beginning of the spring, I promised to be better about giving garden updates, but that didn’t happen, did it? I guess my problem is that I take pictures of the garden …

We planted watermelons this year. Cute little ones that only get about 6 inches in diameter.
So far our plant has only made 2. The first one? We picked it way too early. It’s impossible to …

Oops… I kind of got behind on the green bean harvest. You know, those suckers are GREEN. And the leaves are GREEN. So they tend to blend in and not scream “pick us!” so…. I …

Our garden LOOKS impressive at this point. Our neighbors comment about how jealous they are that our garden is doing so well. By this they mean that they see lots of green leaves. I keep …

So I haven’t posted in a while. Life happens.
I finished up the school year with my preschoolers; went to South Carolina for my oldest friend’s wedding (I don’t mean she’s old. I mean I think …

I love zucchinis. I think I could have 10 zucchini plants all producing and feel like it wasn’t quite enough. Last year there were so many zucchini recipes I wanted to try, but never got …

That’s the term I googled when I discovered them… aphids. Ugh.
See, I noticed the bottom leaves turning brown…

And at first I thought it was because they don’t get enough sunlight. Which… maybe they do, maybe …

So you saw the beginning of the square foot garden boxes, but this is how they stand now:

We filled them with a peat/vermiculite/compost mixture, but we couldn’t find much compost so it’s mostly peat and …

Last year, we tried our hand(s) at growing vegetables in containers in the back yard. We went with containers because we’re not allowed to dig up our yard without returning it to its pre-us state …

After only a few days, look what’s happening!

Cucumbers, popping up like nobody’s business! The craziest thing is that a few hours after I took this photo, I peeked again and there were several more that …