living simply and embracing imperfection
We finally have a regular week for the first time in 2 months! Just in time, too, as I went through the freezer gathering all last year’s garden items to use up in preparation for this year’s harvest. Within the next month I need to use corn, broccoli, some containers of roasted vegetables for soups [...]
The Organic Vegetable Gardening Checklist is available as a PDF file. Simply click on the picture above to open and then print it out. This is a checklist I developed to help me keep track of our optimum planting schedule here in the Pacific Northwest, plus seeding and fertilizing information. I created this a few [...]
As I was getting dinner last night, it occurred to me that this is one of the reasons why I grow my own vegetables. It wasn’t the normal height-of-summer meal of grilled veggies or main dish salads, but one using a roasted vegetable marinara I froze from last year plus the new baby lettuces just [...]
I’ve seen some magazines (and bloggers) who have beautiful hoop houses that they use to protect their vegetables from frost and cold weather. They might be covered with plastic, spun row cover or shade cloth, depending on the time of year, but they always look tidy and neat. This is my Oregon Cottage tomato cover [...]
I believe a cottage can be anywhere or anything (condo, ranch, farmhouse) as long as you have a "cottage mentality" which puts people above things, celebrates imperfections, embraces simplicity, and finds joy in everyday life. Thanks for joining me!
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