~ from my home to yours ... ~
I love our little home, it's perfect for us! There's warmth and love within its walls and yes, mason jars, home preserved foods, herbs, books, WIP projects, lots of snuggly quilts, a swing on the front porch and a rocking chair nearby! We call it home and we call ourselves blessed. We give God the glory for He has had and continues to have His hand in it all!

Saturday, April 18, 2026

From My Home to Yours: 4/17/26

 From My Home to Yours

4/17/26

~ Gardening! ~


Can you spot the cabbage in and amongst the radish plants?


I harvested the first 2 radishes this week ... they were delicious!


We're not finished with installing the arches, but here's an update on our 3 newest raised beds (The 2 smaller ones and the longer one next to the trees are the new ones)!

Planted in the first smaller one on the left is a climbing rose bush, parsley and lemon balm.  Planted in the longer one it is connected to by the arch is another climbing rose, same variety, storage onions and squash.  The other two raised beds haven't been planted as of yet.

I continued reading book 6, Carried Forward by Hope, in the Bregdan Chronicles, by Ginny Dye.   I finished listening to Coronation Year by Jennifer Robson and started listening to After the War is Over by Jennifer Robson.

No sewing this week but not because the 'want-to' wasn't there.  The need to get the garden planted is a top priority right now. I'll get back to sewing after the garden is planted.


My roses are starting to bloom ... such beauty!

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  

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10 comments:

  1. What a gorgeous rose. Your time is well spent with grocery prices rising just about daily. My husband was in Sam's Club today and commented to an employee about the condition of all the produce. He said all of it is arriving in poor condition these days. So it is expensive and if we don't eat it very quickly it is no good.

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    1. Lana, we have also noticed a difference in the quality of produce available in the stores.

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  2. Hi Patsi,
    I just found out that volume 22 "Lifted by the Wings of Destiny" of the Bregdan Chronicles has finally been released. I order it today from our library. I"m also reading "Somerset " by Leila Meacham. It begins in South Carolina and moves to Texas in 1836. It's very good. Cookie

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    1. Cookie, it's so good to see you starting to comment again. You continue to be in our prayers.

      That is wonderful news about another book in the Bregdan series. I hope there are many more!!!

      I've added Somerset to my reading list, thank you for the suggestion.

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  3. I love your raised beds and arches. It looks such a practical system, but attractive too. I can't wait to see them filled with produce in the summer months.
    I have been pottering in the garden this week and one of my jobs was tying climbing roses into my ornamental arch. I am hoping for lots of roses this summer.
    Inside I have been working my way around the living room spraying the edges of the carpet and the baseboards with insecticide as I have carpet beetles. I tried another more natural treatment a few weeks ago, but it didn't seem to work. It is my own fault. I spotted a cluster of small beetles on the wall by my fireplace during lockdown. I thought that they were baby ladybirds and decided to let them over-winter there. If only I knew then what I knew now!

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    1. Tracy, beetles are a beast to get rid of when they get 'established' aren't they!

      I hope your roses do well on your arch. I am watching and waiting for the 'arms' on my rose bushes to get long enough to tie up and train as well.

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  4. If you enjoy historical fiction, two of my favorite authors are Loula Grace Erdman ("The Years of the Locust" and "The Edge of Time") and Agnes Sligh Turnbull ("The Nightengale" and "A Gown of Glory"). They wrote other books, but these are my favorites.

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    1. Thank you, I will add those titles to my reading list.

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  5. I like your arches. They will be so nice this summer. We have North Carolina strawberries in our local grocery store here in Virginia. Our strawberries have not come in yet. We did have frost last night so I hope the strawberry beds with be okay. We don't have a strawberries planted, but have a pick your own farm nearby.
    Hopefully, the stores will soon have locally grown produce and it will be better. I am having a hard time finding garlic that is not sprouted. Hope everyone's gardens do well this year, a little rain sure would help. CindyD

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    1. Cindy, we desperately need rain in our area too.

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