Canning Strawberry Pie Filling for the First Time

Strawberry Pie Filling Amazon links are affiliated and I can earn commission from purchases made through the link. I own 4 different canning books and NONE of them have a recipe for strawberry pie filling. And I know maybe it’s not the most popular kind. I am guessing apple and cherry take the lead on Read More …

Jam Making and Canning

Jam-making and canning are what this season has been about. 2023 is my 2nd year canning and it just gets easier. Canning is a lot of work but is so rewarding Now, when I say easier, I mean feeling confident canning comes more easily each time I can. Canning is A LOT of work. But Read More …

2023 Seed Starting: How to

Seed starting time! Can you believe it?! Well, just onions so far. Last year I started them with the rest of the seeds; they needed way more time! So I bumped it up this year quite a bit. Burpee Walla Walla Onions To be 100% honest I chose Walla Walla onions back in 2021 because Read More …

Garden 2022 Season Completed: What I learned

I can’t believe the 2022 garden season is over! Follow along as I recap the garden season and what I learned and plan to change for the following year. What Did I Grow? Name Seed Variety Success/Fail Description Pests? Any Preventative? Changes for Next year Spinach Burpee Baby Leaf Hybrid Fail They grew but the Read More …

Harvesting and Preserving

The last week or so has been all about harvesting and prepping vegetables for storage. But it is like waiting, dealing with pests, harvesting, preserving, dealing with problems, and waiting some more. Some vegetables I haven’t harvested yet and others I am already done with for the season (insert sad face here). I wanted to Read More …

An Easy, Cheap, DIY Trellis

I had been dreaming of having my own honeysuckle plant since I was little. Growing up at my parent’s house, there was a honeysuckle plant that vined up along the front trellis of the front porch. I loved seeing the flowers bloom and knowing it was a welcoming spot for all the Hummingbirds. So when Read More …

My Quick April 2022 Favorites + Recap/Update

April just flew by! I can not believe it is May! Part of me thinks I didn’t get much accomplished and the other part knows I did. I didn’t really do many DIY projects and I am just itching to do some more. But I am trying to put the big projects on the backburner Read More …

Greenhouse and Garden Upgrades

I have talked about it on Instagram my upgrades to my greenhouse and ways I start seeds. Here is a post to show you everything I have upgraded. Last year a greenhouse was non-existent. It was my first year having my own garden so I didn’t have any tools. I knew that I wanted to Read More …