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 View Post
Spring Has Sprung, So what are you planting this year?
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 View Post
Tomatoes and basil — for the freezer
I had a semi-productive afternoon today -- how was yours? :) View Post
DIY Garden Markers + Gardening Puns Ahead — Lettuce Know If You Have Any to Share!
This week's Frugal Homemade feature is: DIY Garden Markers. Choose from two different types -- both are easy, inexpensive, and get the job done! Since so many of us do our planting over Mother's Day weekend, I thought this would be a quick, fun View Post
My Energizer bunny of a tomato plant
Outlander had asked where I was getting so many tomatoes. Behold: The miracle Roma plant. This crazy thing is just lying on the ground -- it got completely smashed in the big storms we had a while back -- the cage is destroyed, and if you try to lift View Post
Garden Ice Cubes — How to freeze pesto, How to freeze herbs!
So today's Sunday Scratchups is less a recipe than a how-to, in case your garden is also going nuts producing basil, oregano, and more fresh herbs. This week I started freezing both fresh herbs and pesto in ice cube trays for easy meals and View Post
