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As the end of summer looms near (sorry to be so dramatic) I’m given to thoughts of what to plant for a fall/winter harvest.

I’m in Zone 8 BTW.

So far I’ve been thinking of.

Carrots (carrots don’t like me. I have to work on them)

Lettuce (I didn’t do that great with lettuce this year)

Swiss Chard (we’ve been really enjoying swiss chard this summer)

and my Egyptian Onions should be arriving soon.

The late summer start has me thinking I should wait a few more weeks before starting anything but I’ll be tilling the soil to prepare soon.

Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

~Psalm 100:3

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My lone garlic put out this funny curly looking flower/bulb thing this week and I wasn’t sure what to do with it. So in my internet browsing I discovered that this is a garlic scape and I can use it for cooking! So this week’s link up is to more information about garlic scapes, what are they and what to do with them.

Going to Seed: This was the most informative blog post on garlic scapes I found. How to identify what kind of garlic you have and the whole harvesting garlic process. Nice information.(there are two different links here).

Enjoy!

Related articles

• Tis the Season for Scapes (blissmati.com)
• Hello Summer! Garlic Scape Pesto (leeksoup.wordpress.com)

We went berry picking the other day. It was great.

There are so many farms in our area I have to work hard to keep from banging my head as to why we haven’t partaken before this.

It was a great outing for the Sweet Peanut. Something fun for our tiny family to do together and we worked together until the end.

We all picked, washed, and processed together.We picked 27 pounds total.

I made freezer jam, strawberry tarts and a berry pie (mixed berries).

We gave about about 8 pounds and froze the rest. They were very sweet which, you know, strawberries sometimes don’t live up to their name. But these were great!

Here are some pics.

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So to celebrate the upcoming holiday season Sweet Peanut has asked me to make her a fourth of July outfit.

So cute. She thinks mommy sews better than she does.

So I had a pattern and fabric for some cute pants (pic coming) although my brother-in-law did mistake them for pyjamas….

But I was at a loss for the top.

I still am at a loss but I happened upon some cute free tutorials that might help someone else out.

Makin’ it Immakulate: This was SOOO cute! I might try it later. I’m awed by her talent to just whip this up from one of her daughter’s t-shirts. Very cute and she makes it seem easy.

A Little of This, A Little of That: This is from last year but is so quick and easy you can make it in time for this year’s celebration.  A 4th of July t-shirt.

~Enjoy!