Garden
Spring Tomatoes and Growing Where You're Planted
May 3, 2012
Spring is usually a busy time of year for me in the garden. This year it's busy for a whole bunch of different reasons. Without a garden I'm in a real season of "blooming where I'm planted" and being creative with what this looks like. Our housing situation is not ...
Getting Sick After Halloween
November 7, 2011
I'm a pretty strict mother when it comes to sugar. I wasn't always this way. There was a time when I would, without a second thought, whip up a batch of brownies to satisfy my cravings and happily serve this to my children. Ah, the good old days (smile). The ...
Some People Bake ~ I Make Soap
October 17, 2011
Welcome to soap week at FIMBY. My first ever attempt at having a theme for an entire week of posts. The rest of soap week posts: Soap Making Supplies & Where to Find Them A Soapmaking Journey Soap Making Q & A ~ An Invitation The fun thing about what ...
ChicoBag Giveaway
September 30, 2011
This summer when we went to Outdoor Retailer I was pleasantly surprised to come across a few companies with "green" home related products. I'm not a big gear junkie and most of Outdoor Retailer is all about gear. Gear for water sports. Gear for hunting. Gear for hiking. Gear for ...
Savoring Summer ~ Berries
July 1, 2011
I know for a lot of my internet buddies strawberry season is already just a sweet memory or fast coming to a close. For us, it's just beginning. But because of spring rains and grey skies I expect this berry season will be an especially short one. Today is opening ...
Savoring Summer ~ Calendula
June 29, 2011
Calendula is one of my many favorite flowers. As much as I love blossoms of interesting shapes - lady slippers, foxgloves, and lupins for example, I love the familiar daisy shape of sunflowers, calendula and rudbeckia. These calendulas came from the farmers market. Mom's flower beds are still in their ...
