Small Batch ~ Pumpkin Butter

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Where you live it's probably not time to harvest pumpkins . . . but harvsting, we are! I'm relieved this is our harvest time, today was 110F/44C! Will just picked all of our late peaches, and we picked 3 Sugar Pie Pumpkins. We'll start a fall garden when it gets below 100F.

Update on our Three Sisters Gardens

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This year was our first attempt at companion gardening with corn, beans and pumpkins . . .

Our 3 Sisters (Will's) Garden and 2 Sisters (Julie's) Garden

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This spring Will and I both planted a special heirloom garden . . . Mine was planted in very fertile raised beds . . . Will's garden? . . . In our old horse pasture with a bit of mulch added.

Lamb Shanks . . . Tender, Juicy . . . Cooked to Perfection!

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Growing up, once in a great while, Momma would make a leg of lamb. It was disgusting . . . With a strong musky flavor, and that mint jelly? . . . Don't even get me started! Momma was a good cook, but not when it came to lamb!

Gardening . . . Making good choices - part 2

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Here are the garden photos I promised you! I hope you get a sense of how excited I am to wake up each morning surrounded by such beauty! Hope you enjoy the tour!

Recent Harvests

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Just thought I'd send a quick post to show you what we have harvested so far this week.

 

Rhubarb, peaches, boysenberries, sweet mini red peppers, tomatoes and a sweet onion oh, and a lemon!

We harvested 4 potato plants so far, and some of our garlic, tomatoes and more peaches and a quart and a half more boysenberries!

This was our first year growing potatoes (Yukon golds) and our first crop of boysenberries. The blackberries are abundant but small and hard this year. Not sure what went wrong.

Harvest sure makes a pretty photo . . . Over at Julie's!!!

Photographic Tour of the Garden

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Yesterday I fertilized all my garden plants in the front yard with Alaskan Fish Fertilizer. That stuff is very stinky, draws flies and my hands and feet always get a soaking while I'm applying it! The things we do to have an organic garden! ;^ } While passing by my blue and gold macaw, Libby, with my smelly self, I stopped to say hi. She literally turned her head and body away from me because I smelled so horrid!

Meet Our Girls

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Ah, chickens! There are chickens and then there are CHICKENS!

Harvesting Garden Seeds

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Being able to save your own garden seeds year after year has many advantages. You save lots of money. You are not dependent on retailers for your seeds. You're getting pure seeds and not ones genetically engineered or covered in poisons and you can trade seeds with others. Make sure the seed packet has "heirloom" printed on the front. Hybrid seeds will not work!

Busy Times Over at Julie's

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I love living in Arizona! It's springtime for us in the desert. Our citrus trees are just beginning to blossom, so a delicate perfume hangs lightly in the air.

Alive and Still Thriving

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I know most folk in the US of A have freezing weather this time of year and the only comfort they find is curling up in a cozy chair with an afghan and their favorite seed catalogue, dreaming of warmer days.  If that's you, you have my sincere sympathy!