May 3, 2013

Garden Update


We made some major progress with the garden this past week.  Look at all we got planted!
  • Onion plants (Big Daddy - my one bundle held 48 plants)
  • Salad row (1/2 spinach and 1/2 arugula)
  • Potatoes (2 rows of Red Pontiac and 2 rows of Yukon Gold)
  • Beets (2 rows of Cylindra)
  • Peas (1 1/2 rows of Wando and 1/2 row of Champion of England)

our garden in April

Apr 26, 2013

Earth Day Giveaway Winner


Congratulations to Amber W!  Your entry was chosen as the winner of the IKEA recycling set. 

Send me an email at littlepatchofheavenhomestead@gmail.com and we'll get the set sent out to you!

Apr 21, 2013

In Honor of Earth Day {A Giveaway!}


We live rurally, but are lucky enough that the local highway department has a reuse/recycle center at their garage.  Recycling our plastic, metals, paperboard and glass has really cut down on how much garbage we have each week.  We used to have a 30 gallon bag of trash each week and once you take out all that we can recycle locally, we only have a 13 gallon sized bag every week.

Our recycling looked a little messy in all the grocery bags we were using.


recyclables in paper grocery bags

Apr 18, 2013

Online Deals and Steals {April 19}


 Here are some good deals I found this week...
 
 
On sale at Amazon
Up to 46% off!
Most are eligible for Amazon's Free Super Saver shipping
 
 
 
 

Apr 17, 2013

Plans for This Year's Garden


Hubz has already run the tiller through the garden once this spring.  He got a jump on it when we had a nice weekend.  My garlic is doing well.  See it there in the front?




I've got a good start on my tomato and cabbage seeds.  I started Amish Paste, Brandywine and Isis Candy Cherry tomatoes and Early Jersey Wakefield cabbage.  They are looking good so far.  I've also started some basil (Genovese).  I want to have a whole row of basil so I can have plenty for pesto this year.  I'd love to have several jars of pesto in the freezer by summer's end.

Apr 16, 2013

Spiced Doughnut Holes


Here is a quick little doughnut recipe.  I whipped these up in about 20 minutes this morning - frying time and all.