Garden, the beginning

 A few weeks ago, I came across a groupon that I couldn't pass up!  I ordered 50 packets of seeds.  I ripped open the box.. and stared in horror.  What was I thinking? I carefully have spent the last few days wading through the mess I created.  and picked out a few to start with.

Tomatoes, peppers, peas, onions, lettuce, cucumbers, carrots, broccoli, and beans!  :) I am really excited.  I see canned beans, pickles, salsa, my own tomato paste, frozen carrots, onions, broccoli!

In my excitement, I turned to my nook for a new app I heard about.  Garden minder.  It gives all kinds of fun tips!  Plus it walks me through when to start seedlings, when to plant.  It's kind of limited if you want to think outside the box, but it has the basics, and spring & fall versions of many plants.

Soon I'll have many more updates, I'm hoping to get some of me starting my seedlings & the building of our garden boxes.  Although they might not look as organized as the ones above!

Canning

There are so many things I want to can this summer, I'm sick of spending money on stuff I can make my own, and freeze!

Strawberry Jam
Blueberry Pie Filling
Raspberries
Apple Pie Filling
Hot Damn Applesauce (it's amazing!)
Grape Jelly
Crimson Honey Grapefruit
Peaches
Salsa
Homemade Ketchup
BBQ Sauce
Pickles
Tomatoes
Spaghetti Sauce
Roast Beef
Stocks

This book below is helpful for all homemade things in the kitchen, including how to freeze.

Frozen:
Green Beans
Corn
Carrots
Broccoli


Also learning about green cleaning (if you haven't seen my post on that, click here) & how to use kitchen supplies and live off the "land", to save money with a little hard work is very important to me! I also have a book of Martha Stewart's that details cleaning. I'll share that soon, with some tips of my own that I've adapted from the book.

Cory might want to think about a bigger house :) haha.