From My Home to Yours
1/16/26
~ the pantry is the root of the kitchen ~
I watched a video from Ali's Organic Garden and one of the things she said really made me stop and ponder. She said, 'we all know the kitchen is the heart of the home, but the pantry is the root of the kitchen.'
Let that sink in ... 'the pantry is the root of the kitchen,' what does that imply?
our pantries are foundational ...
our pantries keep our kitchens operational ...
and our pantries are the heart of our kitchens!
With a well-stocked pantry that's customized to our family's wants and needs, there is no limit to what we can prepare in the kitchen. Maybe it's a ...
yummy meal ...
healthy snack ...
delicious beverage ...
food gift ...
or herbal remedy ...
The kitchen is definitely the heart of the home, but that pantry ... oh yes, that well-stocked pantry ... it makes that heart of the home hum and bulge with possibilities!
With the above in mind, let's take a peak at my week, did I do anything pantry related?
How about we start with planning our 2026 garden, a bountiful garden helps keep our pantry well-stocked ...
January is the month that I start planning what we will grow in our garden. This year, since our gardening will consist of raised beds and containers, I'm going to attempt to develop a better system for management. The first thing I did was sketch out our raised beds and containers on paper.
The squares are raised beds and the circles are 25 gallon containers. The bottom pictured plan is of our raised beds in our orchard. Those 'trees' are a variety of semi-dwarf fruit trees.
Notice that each 'raised bed' and 'container' has a number. On a separate sheet of paper I'll list the numbers, what I planted in each, when I planted it and the expected harvest date. Since our gardening space is more than cut in half this year, I'll be concentrating on succession planting as a way to get as much from our garden as possible. I'm looking forward to having a garden that fits our needs but doesn't exhaust me.
I continue to inventory, organize and clean my pantry ...
This part of my pantry is a 3 ft by 4 ft closet ... yes, it is! My hubby put shelves in it for me and it can hold approximately 300 jars.
For my 2026 reading goal of reading the entire Bregdan Chronicles series, I'm 3/4 of the way through the 2nd book, On To Richmond. The Civil War has just begun and I'm so attuned to the characters that I can almost feel their feelings. Ginny Dye is doing an excellent job of drawing me back chapter after chapter!
I've been able to do a little sewing this week, you can pop over here to see my 2025 sewing roundup and here to see what I've stitched up this year thus far.
And finally, we've had some cold weather for our area this week and it has been a daily chore to keep our 'wood tub' filled and ready for use! In our opinion, you just can't beat wood heat for warmth when the temperature drops outside! It doesn't hurt that it helps keep our power bill manageable as well!
That's it 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
~ quietly holding the home front ~
She looketh well to the ways of her household … Proverbs 31:27
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