I have found that not all pressure cookers are equal, and you have to be careful not to make mistakes. Our pressure cooker does not go above 9-10psi no matter how high our gas stove is. Where a friend of mine has no problem going higher and has to be watched very closely and finding…
Author: Courtney
Jalapeño Strawberry Jam The Gift That Spices Life Up
Today was the day to try something new, jalapeño strawberry jam (click the link for the recipe)! Starting off my day I collected jars so I could make sure they were ready to be filled with greatness. A trip to the garden provided the jalapeños that I needed. They noticed that strawberries were on sale…
Loving The New Laminate Flooring Now That It’s Fixed
About a year ago we installed our laminate flooring which I love! The one thing I don’t love is cleaning it. It never seems to stay clean or look clean after I’ve mopped it. It was a great day to be looking out the large window to the backyard when I noticed that some of…
Crunchy Carrots Small but Great for Savory Soups
Hopefull Start Carrots have always been a challenge for us. We’ve tried growing them at both houses and have had little success having a healthy crop. We ended up with about 20-30 carrots total after planting a whole row of them. It should have been more like 60-80. We’ve tried different things such as adding…
Baby Blue Spruces find a New Home
Arbor Day Arbor Day is a great time of year to find a loving home for a “few” baby blue spruces. We enjoy supporting our local Arbor Day with donations. Our family also loves it when they send us native plants for some of our donations. We want to encourage native plants as much as…
Fresh Fruit From a Grateful Heart
Starting summer two owning our forever home, we decided to spend extra on fruit trees so we could one day enjoy fresh fruit. We found a great deal for fruit trees that were all 3-4 feet tall already. So we bought a variety of trees and paid attention to what they needed to become pollinators….
The love of Pickles and Canning
Cucumbers It also has been a great year for cucumbers, those I do love to eat fresh from the garden. All of us love eating fresh from the garden cucumbers. These last few days they have just exploded with growth. I’ve been picking 10 or more every day which means that we will be eating…
The Dream Life – Gardens, Trees, Preserving, Love For Farming
Building Our Dream Life with Faith These last few years we have needed faith to get throw the trials we have faced. After selling our house 5 times, not that we needed to do anything but financing was a issue. We remodeled our new home and decided to take on a large projects to make…