I suppose it’s time to update the blog banner with a picture of my new house? While we’re not in the middle of a big city, we’re in the suburbs and I’ll be continuing my “Homesteading in the city” blog.
I began my garden, and currently have corn, green beans, acorn squash, butternut squash, and summer squash in the ground. I have some herbs and veggies in the house waiting to sprout, and tomorrow I’ll probably buy tomato seedlings (with our move, I just didn’t have time to start seeds myself for tomatoes… and really didn’t want to move 35+ seedlings!) and put them in the ground along with more peas, broccoli, cucumbers and more.
My husband is going to build a clothesline soon, and I’m trying to come up with creative ways to use the space we have. We have a larger backyard, but I want to leave a lot of room for the dogs and kids to run.
My pantry inside my kitchen room in the basement is full of empty mason jars. Literally. Every shelf in there has mason jars. i didn’t realize I had so many, but I’ll need them come canning season! Not only for my own excess produce, but also for the several bushels of apples, peaches and pears we usually buy from a small family orchard.
I’m excited to get back into the swing of things, so start looking for more regular postings!
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melissa // May 5, 2009 at 3:49 am |
I am glad your move went smoothly, I love all the ideas I get reading your blogs.It helps me to be organized with my two children that are 11 years apart.I figure if yo can do all the things you do with for young ones I can certainly be more organized and add more from scratch things with a teen and toddler.Thank you again for the interesting and great blogs.