Boys Will Be Boys.....

So Franky got this idea to trap birds. (This is what happens after we spend a week upstate, it's hard to take the woods back out of them)! Anyway, He took the time to find the right trap, all the other supplies he needed and then to set it up. So outside he waited and waited, after awhile I went to check on him and to call him in for dinner, just scroll down to see what I found.....

Needless to say, he didn't catch any birds that day!!!

(Take notice of the string tied to the chair)

What A Disaster!!!

Yup, a whole brand new bottle of Balsamic Vinegar, not a little supermarket brand but a big BJ'S bottle!! On days like this I'm not so happy to be "the lady of the house" !

Oh well, life goes on and on and on....

The true signs of spring...

I always plant a vegetable garden, sometimes a big one sometimes not so big, but always something. This year some that I planted last year are already coming up on their own. I always leave something to die on the plant so this way maybe some seeds will fall off and plant themselves, just for fun.

This is mint starting to come up, to be truthful, you can't kill the stuff so it always comes back and double than the year before!!

I love fennel, I put it in my salad, it really adds to the taste. I was so happy to see this growing again.
The celery you get from your own garden is so much more tender then what you buy in the store, I also put this into my salads, and pot roast, stew, soups... but when I buy it in the store I only use the leaves, when I grow it that's what it mostly is. leaves and very thin stalks, perfect!

Franky boy made me a bird house and feeder, as soon as he hung them in my cherry tree we had tenants! I could watch them all day!

My Franky working so hard as usual trimming my now dead Japanese maple tree!!!

I knew this would be out there!!!

I was always fascinated by the "topsy turvy tomato plant holder" I checked it out and didn't really want to spend the money on a plastic bag that I still had to add my own tomato plant to. So I looked around google and found the site to help me make my own. You can also plant peppers, eggplant, or probably just about any stalk vegetable plant. Oh, and strawberries too!!

If it's too much trouble to get buckets you can use large soda bottles, or gallon size juice bottles. Just cut off the bottoms, and put plant into the small spout end, save the bottom you cut off to use as a cap so your dirt doesn't dry out or get washed away when it rains. An added tip, when you make your small hole to insert your plant cover the hole before you add your dirt ,with some sort of mesh material and make an even smaller hole in that to hold some more of the dirt back.

Just click the picture to get to the site... Have fun!!

111 Springtime Recipes....

111 SPRINGTIME RECIPES

Just click the above link for 111 springtime recipes. I love to look at different recipes, sometimes I don't even make the recipe exact, but take ideas from a few different ones and make the dish my own! Enjoy and let me know if you see anything you like.