Some links in this email are affiliate links- if you click through and purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.* Hi Reader, I'm going to make this an occasional theme for the Saturday email since it's a fun way to highlight different recipes on my end - and you might find a new recipe that others are loving on your end! For this batch of reader raves, I picked six recipes that are perfect for warmer weather and all have earned enthusiastic 5-star reviews from readers...
8 days agoΒ β’Β 2 min read
Some links in this email are affiliate links- if you click through and purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.* Hi Reader, This week I thought I'd talk a little about the garden in July. It's a time of growing harvests and reaping the rewards of March and April planting, and it's also a time of trying to keep everything alive in the heat.π³ During July and August I have our watering system set to run for 3 hours every 3 days (up from every 4 to 5 days in the spring...
15 days agoΒ β’Β 2 min read
Some links in this email are affiliate links- if you click through and purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.* Hi Reader, Happy 4th of July!! We will be celebrating with family on the Oregon coast and we're supposed to have nice weather after a couple weeks of gray and drizzle here.π I'm looking forward to morning beach walks with our dog since it's the only place she really likes to walk (you should see me trying to walk up our lane with her: walk a few paces,...
22 days agoΒ β’Β 2 min read
Some links in this email are affiliate links- if you click through and purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.* Hi Reader, We've got a rainy weekend here in western Oregon (much appreciated by the garden), but it's supposed to clear up in time for the 4th and be sunny and 70s. I like the summer weather, but I'm trying hard to enjoy the clouds and rain for the garden, lol. We've planted some shrubs that would like to not be scorched for a bit while they settle in and...
29 days agoΒ β’Β 2 min read
Some links in this email are affiliate links- if you click through and purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.* Hi Reader, Tomorrow is Father's Day, which is actually going to be a bit quiet around here since our extended family is doing a big BBQ for all the dads next weekend and our kids will be coming to that. So I wanted to make some of Brian's favorite foods for this weekend and asked him to tell me what recipes of mine he likes. Surprisingly he didn't hem and...
about 1 month agoΒ β’Β 3 min read
Some links in this email are affiliate links- if you click through and purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.* Hi Reader, If there's one thing I LOVE, it's hearing how my recipes turn out in your kitchen! I thought maybe you would, too, so I gathered five seasonal recipes that earned gushing 5-star reviews from readers who made them in their own kitchens. I hope you find something here you'd like to make, whether it's for a dinner in your menu plan or a new thing...
about 1 month agoΒ β’Β 2 min read
Some links in this email are affiliate links- if you click through and purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.* Hi Reader, How was your first week of June? For me it was filled with my annual checkup, watering plants (the gray clouds I hoped would produce some rain only gave us a bit of mist π), and a date night with Brian to a brew pub and a fun movie (see more on that in the last section). Don't get me wrong - I did enjoy the couple days we had of 80 degree days...
about 2 months agoΒ β’Β 4 min read
Some links in this email are affiliate links- if you click through and purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.* Hi Reader, How has your week been? May is almost over and then it's June, which always seems like summer to me even though it doesn't officially start for another couple of weeks. After getting back into the swing of things from our England vacation (Missed the shots I shared? You can see them here!), it was all things garden this last week. I planted...
about 2 months agoΒ β’Β 2 min read
Some links in this email are affiliate links- if you click through and purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.* Hi Reader, Even though I've been popping into your email, I was actually on vacation in the south west of England for two weeks! (That's the joy of scheduling emails π) We've been back a week, but it took me a bit of time to deal with the worst jet lag I've ever had (and we've flown 15 hours to Australia!). In addition to the known sleeping issues, we both...
2 months agoΒ β’Β 5 min read