by Daisy | Aug 28, 2009 | Conversation, Fencepost
It happens over and over again. I look and look, with scratched hands and itchy arms, searching under the fuzzy, broad cucumber leaves for one more cuke. The one I know is there, the camouflaged, (shape-shifting?), hidden-in-plain-sight cucumber. Eventually the...
by Ivory Soap | Aug 27, 2009 | Household, Simple & Frugal
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracy_olson/ / CC BY-SA 2.0 We’ve already covered the grocery store, but what about the rest of the household expenses? Yes, being weird suburban homesteaders reduces those costs too. 1. Have a little house. Small houses require...
by Daisy | Aug 26, 2009 | Recipes, Snacks & Sides
The surprise success of the garden this year was acorn squash, for two reasons. One is that I seldom have much success with squash, what with fighting squash bugs, borers, and beetles. The other reason is that I didn’t plant any acorn squash. HA! So what to do...
by Ivory Soap | Aug 25, 2009 | Household, Simple & Frugal
WOW, that calendar is blue, huh? Trick of the camera, but the more important thing is that it’s also really EMPTY. And this is a really busy week for me! 1. We shop only once a week and refuse to go back. If we’re out of milk, that’s just how it...
by Daisy | Aug 21, 2009 | Conversation, Fencepost
Guess what he (she?) ate to get this size? Jalapeno. The entire plant. See that nekkid stalk in the background? All that’s left. I’ve been going around bragging how the birds were keeping my tomatoes hornworm-free this year. I didn’t even know they...
