From My Home to Yours
6/20/25
~ Hot & Humid! ~
It's that time of year when the weather turns hot and humid making it dangerous to be outside for any length of time ... it's my least favorite time of the year!
It's the time of the year when anything done outside or in the garden is done in the early hours of the morning shortly after daylight. It doesn't cool down until about 8 p.m. but then the mosquitoes are just waiting to have a feast on you if you tarry outside too long!
It's the time of the year when I regularly give thanks to God for our HVAC unit!
In spite of the weather, our sweet potatoes and zucchini are doing well. So far, they are not showing signs of heat stress. I hope the zucchini can hold on long enough to give us a harvest, they don't like this heat. The sweet potatoes won't be ready to harvest until fall, so they have a while to go!
This is not a very good picture of our tomatoes, but at least you can see our setup. We are in the process of setting our pots/containers on concrete blocks for two reasons, (1) to make it harder for fire ants to get into them and (2) for ease of tending to and harvesting from. We don't have all our pots/containers done yet; in fact, it will probably take the rest of the year to complete this task since I'll be working around the heat and humidity.
We are making big changes to the way we garden this year, and this is one of them. The changes we are making are in relation to our aging; we just can't do the physical work that we could do even 5 years ago ... but, where there is a will, there is a way!
I shared with you last week that I was using a planner I had purchased on clearance to start tracking our expenses. The purpose is to make us more aware of where our money is going. I told you I would update you on how I used it, here's what this week looks like so far ...
Monday was a no spend day
Tuesday, we purchased groceries and gas (for groceries I color coded it green and gave gas a yellow color code)
Wednesday, we spent a little more at the grocery store and recorded that
Thursday was a big spending day for us ... medical (color coded orange); groceries; eating out (color coded blue); and more gas
At the end of the week, I'll total the different categories and record those. At the end of the month, I'll total up each category for the month and see how it all shapes up.
I can tell you that this is already making me more aware of what we're spending. I'm looking forward to the end of the month ... I think it is going to be a real eye-opener!
In the herb garden: the echinacea is ready to start harvesting ...
the Holy Basil/Tulsi is thriving in this pot ...
and finally, the spearmint looks pretty good too!
I love the lifestyle we've chosen for ourselves! Most nights we fall into bed worn out from the day's activities, but it is a satisfying worn out.
Our days are filled with activities that keep ...
our pantry filled ...
our bodies nourished ...
our bodies moving (this is so important as we age) ...
and our minds busy (an idle mind is the devil's workshop).
I haven't had time to do any sewing or creating for the past 3 weeks and I'm really beginning to get the itch to stitch, if you know what I mean!
Some meals we cooked this week include:
meatloaf, fresh from the garden potatoes
hot dogs, buns and chips and all the trappings that go with hotdogs
smoked sausage, sauerkraut, young green peas, roasted vegetables
haystacks (taco pie)
And finally, ladies, the next lesson (lesson 6) in our Bible study on Hagar has been posted HERE! I hope you'll pop over and take a look.
That's all for this week!
I hope you've found something in my ramblings that will help and or encourage you in the upcoming week.
Until the next time ...
mrs. patsi @ A Working Pantry
She looketh well to the ways of her household … Proverbs 31:27
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