Spring has sprung! My backyard oasis in progress — how’s yours coming along this year? Plus, check out my adorable new little patio set. 😉 It was randomly 85 degrees here in Chicago on a late April day yesterday (you know… after snowing last week, and thunderstorming today…), so I’ve made the most of the …
Welcome back to our irregular “one thing a day” series, where today, we are re-growing and re-planting green onions. What’s One Thing a Day? Well, this is the series where we increase our future selves’ happiness… when our current selves focus on accomplishing just: One thing a day! You’ll always find a little dish of …
I have garden tomatoes coming out my ears right about now (talk about problems to have, right?!) — so figured some of you might be in the same boat. Tomatoes, peppers, and a couple of fresh herbs are about the only things I manage to grow with any consistency, but I’ll take it. Beyond just …
How about some recipe ideas to help use up some of those fresh garden tomatoes this year? (More ideas will be forthcoming over the next couple of months, I’m sure — I’m scratching up recipes with mine all the time lately!) There are so many great garden tomato recipes, so here are just a few …
Last week I was walking through my local produce store and saw that they were selling “snip ‘n gro” salad colanders for $15.99. What a cool idea, right?! So, I thought it would be fun to put together a perpetual salad colander as a super useful and easy DIY Mother’s Day gift this week. (Or hey: …
It’s really starting to feel like spring around here these days! This past weekend one of my neighbors dug up a bunch of chives to give away, so I planted a few of those in a little corner of our garden along with some green onions I had regrowing in water on the windowsill. Even better, …
