For the most part it has been a beautiful week weather wise in our area and we've been 'making hay!'
(picture) The forsythia is in full bloom, and I couldn't resist cutting some to bring inside!
We ticked off another item on my ‘get it done list’ for 2022. We need to replace the steps that lead up to our front porch but before we could do that the old ones had to be removed. We got that done this week and the old ones on the burn pile.
We had a day of all
day rain so the next day we burned the steps along with all the tree trim trimmings
we’ve been working on around our property. We're almost finished with the 'winter cleanup' of our property and I can't say I'm sorry! Whew, glad it's almost all done, it's been a lot of work!
My clothesline needed the lines replaced and we did that this
week, another item checked off my ‘get it done list’ for 2022.
I have a wash tub of hostas that have needed dividing for
several years, this week I finally got around to it and now I have hostas
planted in three different places, 2 in beat up old washtubs and one in an in-ground
location.
I dug up and moved raspberry bushes to a new location too. This gives me 2 areas where we’re growing
raspberries.
Anywhere I had any space available in the raised beds, end of garden rows, etc, I planted beet seeds.
When a space in the garden comes open, I plant something in
it! I plan to do this throughout the growing season. In my humble opinion this is not the year for missed opportunities when it comes to gardening!
Can you see those small brussels sprout plants? The large green on the right-hand corner is flowers from my mama's yard.
I started work on cleaning up and organizing the greenhouse for the 2022 growing season, we try to do this in the fall and again in the spring. I didn’t get finished but I’m over half done.
We got St. Patrick Day mail out to our grands this week. I can’t wait for them to get their little packages from G & G (grandma and grandpa). We have as much fun picking out little goodies to send them as they do receiving them!
The asparagus beds were given a good feeding and some new soil
added as well. I also added another
asparagus bed.
I mentioned in an earlier post that I was working on putting together a prayer journal that would help me be a more effective prayer warrior. This week I made great strides and feel like I finally have something that’s realistic for me, not burdensome and that will naturally aid me in my prayer endeavors. I’m very much a practical kind of person and that is reflected in how I have my prayer journal set up. I’ll be sharing more about it in an upcoming post.
We use tea tree oil/fractionated coconut for sinus pressure and
with all the ‘outside’ activities we’ve been doing (seasonal allergies causing lots of sinus
pressure) we had used all that I had made up.
This week I made up two more bottles, one for hubby and one for me. I’m not a doctor and have no medical training
so here’s where I have to say, consult your physician or medical professional
before trying this method. Having said
that, here’s how I make it and how we use it …. Add 10 – 15 drops of tea tree
oil to a roller bottle, top off with fractionated coconut oil, put roller back
on, put cap back on and shake to mix.
When we’re feeling sinus pressure, we simply swipe the roller bottle
across the sinus and cheekbone area.
Gently massage it in and you’re done.
Take care not to get it in your eyes! This works well for both hubby and I!
My ‘home-education’ continued this week, I watched these videos and or read posts and took notes …
Go Off-Grid With Your Health by Homesteading Family (This was really interesting.)
How to Grow Cucumbers … by Hollis and Nancy’s Homestead (I picked up a couple of tips to add to my cucumber growing knowledge from this video.)
The Floods and a Preparedness Lesson by The Bluebirds are Nesting on the Farm (you really need to take a pen and paper for notetaking on this one! There are some great preparedness things to take note of in this post)
I ended the week with getting the strawberry plants in my strawberry barrels cleaned up and ready for a new growing season. After amending the soil, I hooked the watering system back up we have in place for them … let the strawberry season begin!
And finally, each week I’m updating my Goals 2022 page, check out what I ticked off the list this week!
Look around you, how are you using your
resources and time, what’s that in your hand?
patsi
She looketh well to the ways of her household … Proverbs 31:27
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It sounds like you're ahead of me. I have daffodils & hellebore blooming but no forsythia yet. I did plant some spinach & will plant more in another 2 weeks.
ReplyDeleteI want to do better at preserving homegrown herbs this year. I've never grown tumeric? I'd love to see a post on the herbs you're growing...maybe you can update through the season & when you harvest?
I struggle with keeping a good garden since my husband is not interested in it. He helped me when he was younger. I keep trying & hope to get a few good things this year.
Jenny, I need to get some spinach planted asap! Thanks for the reminder!
DeleteThis year I want to focus on growing more medicinal herbs and herbs for making tea. Of course, culinary herbs are always important as well. We've started trying to make our own spice blends so those culinary herbs are a necessity! I'll update my herb growing as we go along.
I'm the gardener in our family, hubby loves the end results and helps when I ask, but he doesn't enjoy it like I do. He's a great supporter and the muscle and builder behind all my ideas!!
You two accomplish so much every week! I found that healthcare video interesting as well. The 10 minute visit and being dismissed is a good bit of why we left traditional medicine. Annabel's post was food for thought, too. Our credit card had some fraudulent charges so we are waiting on new ones to arrive and it has been a huge inconvenience not to have an electronic way to pay so everyone please keep some cash on hand as you never know when it might happen that you need it.
ReplyDeleteI have 12 Rubbermaid produce keepers of various sizes and shapes and most of them are hard at work keeping our produce fresh at the moment. I just have to be diligent to get foods prepped and in there and they keep for a long, long time. We also used our vacuum sealer to seal beef roasts and 12 pounds of coffee beans. I am drying mint leaves that needed to be cut back for tea. I also cut back the kitchen basil but it has been so prolific that I can't use anymore stored so I shared with my neighbor.
Lana, I'm sorry you're having to deal with fraudulent charges on your credit card. We've all become accustomed to the convenience of electronic paying haven't we, I hope it all gets sorted out soon, what a mess!
DeleteThe doctor we have now is really good about taking time to spend with us and really talking/listening to us, but before we found her, the 10-minute visit and being dismissed was the norm. I always felt like it was all about the money and after watching the Homesteading Family video, I realized I was right.
Are you growing your kitchen basil inside? Is that why you're able to still be harvesting?
We are growing herbs in one Aerogarden and dwarf tomatoes and leaf lettuce in another hydroponics garden. Some herbs do great and others not so great but we can hardly keep up with the basil and mint. We have harvested three large heads of leaf lettuce so far and our cherry tomatoes are just starting to ripen. It has been a fun way to garden over the winter.
DeleteLana, I remember you telling me about that now!
DeletePatsy this week has been all about getting Bluey well enough to be able to manage the 300km journey home. It is usually a two and a half hour journey but due to the recent major floods will be closer to 4 hours straight. We have factored in a couple of stops and will have a thermos for coffee, filled water bottles and a picnic bag.
ReplyDeleteI have been doing a lot of reading and note taking this week. I have set up a page of things I would like to achieve. I am not setting these as goals as life has had a habit lately of stepping in and changing what can and cant be done.
I am loving how far you have come with your garden. I will be in catch up mode once we get home. Our plan is to head off early tomorrow morning.
Jane, I pray you all are able to get home safely soon. I know it will do him a world of good to get back home. There's no place like home anytime but especially during a season of healing.
DeleteI like the idea of just making a list of things you want to achieve and work at them when you can. I have one of those type lists, no pressure, just work at them when I can.
I'll be watching for a post on FB that you all are home.
Love seeing your forsythia and garden progress. The weather has been so strange here that our day Lilly plants have started coming up. In my neck of the woods gasoline went up within a half hour's time while out on errands etc to $4 a gallon for regular and $5 for premium.
ReplyDeleteWe spent some time taking pantry inventories and filled in the where we were getting low. In doing this we found that Costco as well as WaiMart were limiting some items to 1 per customer. What I had in my hand this week were a couple of potatoes that needed using, some onions and cabbage and made a batch of colcannon and got 8 servings for the freezer. With the leftover heels of bread a pan of bread pudding was made. Zucchini from last summer's garden that was in the freezer became cream of zucchini soup that we enjoyed with dinner last night.
Cookie, our gas prices are rising too, daily. I've been doing the same with my pantry, it doesn't surprise me that stores are limiting some items again. The stores in our area are definitely have supply issues. I've never tried zucchini soup, does it have much flavor?
DeleteThank you for sharing the sinus remedy. My husband has sinus challenges, and I will make some of this up for him. We burnt a large brush pile, and made biochar for one of our gardens, which we'll till in. Onions and potatoes were planted. A bucket of stained items were soaked in stain solution, and all but one are gone. I think the other will be, with a second soaking. A few more wintersown containers were planted. I also cut a little bouquet for our house, with forsythia, snowbells and henbit. I helped my husband pull some wire for our solar system, which is working wonderfully well. All laundry was hung on the line. My first experiment in canning with reused lids worked great. All 18 jars of broth sealed. Not long ago, I purchased a jarkey lid opener, which doesn't bend the lids like my regular can opener did, so definitely a worthwhile purchase.
ReplyDeleteLaurie, I hope the sinus pressure remedy works for your husband. I would love for you to share your stain solution recipe; stain removal is something I work at on a regular basis! What is a jarkey lid opener and where did you purchase it? If it helps not bend those lids, I need to check it out.
DeleteLove the forsythia! Definitely spring time there.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tips! I have never tried growing sweet potatoes before, but may try this year. Need to research more though. Hope your brussel sprouts do well as well as your other plantings.
Hope you have a good week.
Kathy, we're hoping for a bumper crop of brussels sprouts too as we love them. We were amazed at how much better our home-grown one's taste than the ones we purchase from the grocery store.
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