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winter garden 2008

Goodbye Winter Garden, Hello Summer

March 11, 2009

The end has come to our winter garden, we still have several cabbage and lots of spinach left so we picked it all and DT tilled the garden. I have been busy making Sauerkraut. I am so excited for how it will turn out, it takes about 4 weeks to ferment, so my fingers are crossed. I [...]

Garden Variety Week 14

January 23, 2009

I haven’t posted any garden updates in two weeks since we aren’t at the house and have been consumed by the remodel. Our garden is growing wonderfully in our absence. The carrots are coming along nicely so hopefully in a week or two we will have garden carrots. The broccoli is almost fully picked, and [...]

Garden Variety Week 12

January 2, 2009

The garden has come such a long way and in just 12 short weeks. So far we have harvested, mustard greens, spinach, lettuce, green shallots, broccoli and just today cabbage. How exciting! We have had a very mild winter this year in texas and today it was 75 crazy right? For weeks now we will have a few [...]

Garden Variety Part 10

December 19, 2008

Wow its been 10 weeks since we have planted the garden and it has grown so much its amazing. I broccoli and Cabbage heads are really getting bigger and hopefully it won’t be long before we have some to eat. The carrots are coming along well and getting bigger I am hoping they will be [...]

Garden Variety Part 9

December 12, 2008

The garden is growing along wonderfully and this week we harvested some mustard spinach, spinach, and green shallots tops. I made a great dish and used all the garden veggies. The cabbage now have very distinct heads forming and the broccoli have about 1-2 inch sprouts, its so exciting!! The weather has had it’s up’s [...]

Garden Variety Part 8

December 5, 2008

The garden is doing great still growing strong and the broccoli has the start of broccoli heads, I am so excited! The greens are ready to eat and we are going to pull some this weekend and use it in the Busy day lo mein recipe. I can’t wait it will be so much fun. [...]

Garden Variety Part 7

November 30, 2008

This week has been so busy with the boys birthday, baptism and thanksgiving. The garden has been slightly neglected but still doing amazingly well. The Mustard Spinach is ready to eat but we haven’t had time to pick it just yet. But we will soon! Garden week 7 Garlic Shallots Broccoli Butternut squash new sprouts [...]

Garden Variety Part 6

November 21, 2008

The garden is really coming along beautifully. We have had some wonderfully cooler weather in the 40-60′s and the garden is handling it very well. The transplant butternut squash didn’t do quite as well but a few plants are thriving and even some new sprouts are popping up, so that’s neat. The shallots we planted [...]

Garden Variety Part 5

November 14, 2008

I can’t believe it has been 5 weeks already! Well we decided to take the greens out that were looking so bad, and transplanted my Butternut squash I had in the house in their place. We also planted some more garlic and shallots. This is our first time with shallots so I am very excited [...]

Garden Variety Part 4

November 7, 2008

The garden is growing so quickly I almost can’t wait to pick something and just eat it right on spot. Ok not really I will wash the dirt off first. But still I am so excited about this garden. I have come across a couple of new recipes I want to try with the greens [...]

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Howdy, y’all! Welcome to my blog world. I am Sweet Pea, a 20-something Texas native and a newlywed…well, almost. We wed May 2006. Shortly after we were blessed with identical twins boys born November 2007.

My husband, whom I lovingly call Double Trouble (DT), owns and operates a trucking company, and we use our CB handles as our names here.

I however recently converted from a working mom to a stay-at-home mom. I love the new challenges that it brings and enjoy sharing my triumphs, messes, and adventures with you. I hope you enjoy reading about our busy lives with babies, cooking, gardening, trucking, and bargain shopping.