HomePlace Magazine/ Summer 2021 Issue

Although it is still summer around here and the air is hot, heavy and thick, I am fervently busy putting together the third issue of HomePlace Magazine. It’s filled to the brim with sunflowers, bread baking, and all the Fall feels! It will be available for purchase mid-late September. In the meantime, I invite you…

Garden Tour

My gardens are running behind this year. It seems like every time I thought about putting out seeds and seedlings we would get another frost warning. So I waited. Knowing I only have one more growing season after this one left at this property, I’ve been anxious and in a hurry to get all-the-things accomplished…

January Video Short & Seed Catalogs

A this little birdie video short for you…   And what better to go with a January video than flower & veggie seed catalogs? This crazy warm weather has me hankering for Spring! The Hardest part is trying to figure out what I want to grow this go around. So many choices! What are some…

Oh my goodness it’s Sprinter!

I sure wish Mother Nature would figure out if it’s spring or winter, I’m ready for flowers!!! Come on Woman I can’t take much more of this cold weather!!! . . . Do not send me hate mail when I’m complaining about the heat in a couple of months, I don’t want to hear it!…

Summer is…..

Summer is….. Home-grown Tomatoes.. Ice Cream Trucks… Barefeet.. Night-time baseball games.. Fresh sweet corn… Treats before dinner… Big, bright full moons… Trips to the beach… Futbol de calle…. History lessons and deck scrubbings… Trips to see the waterfalls… Vacations and LOTS of swimming…. And Last.. but not least… Summer is gloriously exhausting!

It’s a Post, It’s a Post!

Well Crap, I haven’t posted in a week! I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I’ve thought about blogging a lot..every day actually, I just haven’t managed to get anything written! I’ve thought about it during my coffee drinking, news watching, Nora chasing mornings. I’ve thought about it while I sort laundry and determine which…

Veggie Doughnuts…what?

While two of my boys have been at soccer camp, this is what Henry, Nora and I have been doing…… Remember how I’m always sneaking in veggies???? Well..I managed to get some in here too! These doughnuts are baked…not fried! I came across this little Cutie and couldn’t resist! It works wonderfully!!! Just what I…

I love my garden!

Do I consider myself a gardener? No Do I like to garden? Yes Do I know what I’m doing in the garden? No Do I pretend I know what I’m doing? Yes How big is my garden? I have no idea….I don’t do numbers Do I plant in rows? Row-what? Do I use compost? Do…