Broccoli

MDP was gone last week to training in Oregon. It's the longest we had ever been apart and I must say absence makes the heart grow fonder…at least for us. We were texting and call each other like teenagers. I took that week as an opportunity to get things done since sitting around missing him wasn't accomplishing much. So I cleaned out the pantry. It's a nice pantry (though I'm not really into the sunflowers they have in there but whatever). It was kind of a mess and I was surprised how much expired food was in there sadly even stuff that expired before we moved so I moved over expired food. Go me. In doing so I had to drag everything out only to realize I have a baking chip problem. :) 17 bags of just chocolate chips is totally normal right? I bought myself flowers because I had never seen coral colored peonies other than in a catalog before and well they are my favorite flower. Was eating some granola and was reading the label....ummm? Cats? Yeah, I know it … [Read more...]

Contain This: Floral Arrangements…

First off I want to say that who needs a traditional flower garden when you can have a Home Farm? Not only has having a Home Farm on my patio brought lush green to gaze upon (as well as all the salad greens I need), but many of those herbs and plants also produce flowers. Some of those flowers, like the one pictured above, are even edible as well. In fact, every flowering plant I chose for my Home Farm is edible. In case you are wondering what the lovely yellow flowers above are, they come from Arugula, also called rocket in the UK…my former neighbor is from Britain and she was more than excited to learn they were the same thing as she was wondering why there was no rocket here in the states. My particular flowers are yellow, but I am told they are often white. I’m happy to get the yellow as they add a pop to my lovely farm. Normally you want to remove the flowers but I am trying to promote bees to come on by since my strawberries don’t seem to want to produce any fruit and my … [Read more...]