UPCYCLED BED LINENS SALE TODAY ONLY...

TODAY ALL UPCYCLED BED LINENS ARE ON SALE IN THE SHOP-THEY ARE 30% OFF. THIS INCLUDES PILLOWCASES, SHEETS, FAT QUARTER BUNDLES, QUILT SQUARES, BED LINEN YARDAGE AND FLAT RATE BOXES. HAPPY SHOPPING...

A Garden Post

I think this is the first year of gardening that I feel confident of a good outcome. I usually get all excited come May and rush to get the gardens in, but after June and all the trips of the summer, things have gotten a bit too out of control to get it back and I find by the end of the summer, I am waiting to clear them all out and start over next year. Either the weather plays tricks on me and goes into a mysterious drought while we are away at camp or visiting family, or it gets desperately hot and the weeds overtake the gardens while we are away. Thankfully this year the rain and sun have cooperated with my summer schedule-how nice;) But Matt and I also went about the planning and planting more slowly, we built raised boxes to help with certain plantings, and have arranged the yard in a more manageable way for us. Another thing that has actually helped me to keep up with the garden is a new pool for the kids-I know that sounds odd, but it is situated in the back of one of the gardens which helps me to keep an eye on the kiddos while they swim as well as enjoying working in the garden. Knowing the kids will swim everyday, helps me to work in small chunks of time to keep up at a more casual pace instaed of a long miserable day each week of weeding and pruning. The pool is new this year, it is just small enough for our youngest to touch in, but large enough for the older kids and Matt and I to enjoy cooling off in as well.

Here is the box of lettuce when it was just first planted in mid May.

Here is one month later...lots of rain has done it well.

Here is one of our potted tomato plants.

And at the one month mark.. We put in around 25 brocolli plants this year hoping for a better year than last year.

Last years brocolli batch was sterile, and by the time we realized it, it was too late to plant new ones!

This year, we came home from camp just one month after they were planted, and I had a large bowlful of brocolli already for cutting. We have been happily munching on it all week! And there is lots of room for growth-looks like it will be a good year!

Here was an extra lettuce plant needing a home when we were planting.

And here is how it looks one month later! Along with the peppers and peas. The peppers are in need of some good old sunshine now after all the rain.

This was about 10 days after planting our bean seeds...and radishes below...

And here they are one month later-beans over in the right corner of the box...you can see the radishes are well under way along the front of the box, we have been enjoying them each day as well. We will be planting our second batch of radishes in about a week.

We have a new box for the watermelon, but, it takes such a long time to fill the box-so I decided to put a large container in the watermelon box for some overflow bean plants. The container allows them to be in with the watermelon and use the space wisely, but they will not be overrun when the watermelon takes off mid summer. Here they are about 2 weeks after planting the seeds...

and here they are a month later...

These are the climbing peas about 10 days after planting them...

And here they are a month later!!! I just love seeing the progress, it still amazes me... We added a different trellis before they started latching on to it.

These are some peas as well that we are using bamboo for it to climb. This was about 10 days after planting...

And here they are one month later...

This is our pumpkin patch this year:) We have alot of hopes in this one little plant...

It is off to a good start!

For the first time, I am growing yellow squash-I love to saute zuchinni and yellow squash in garlic and butter and then add some shredded parmesaen cheese to it, so I am very anxious for those veggies to be ready....

They are doing quite well one month later, it looks as though I will have my first crop in about a week!

Here are my butternut squash after planting-the perfect squash for Thanksgiving dinner!

And here they are one month in...

We put in a new strawberry patch this year because our raspberry patch took the old ones over.

I did not expect any berries this year but surprisingly, we have had a few tasty temptations!

I think I had mentioned in an earlier post about using some older ladders for the cucumbers to climb. Here they are when we first planted them, looked impossible....

But in a few short weeks, they are starting to look promising! I even noticed a little climbing action going on from one of them.

SURPRISE SALE...

HELLO LOVLIES! I AM RUNNING ANOTHER SURPRISE SALE THIS MORNING FOR A FEW SHORT HOURS. ALL PURCHASES ARE 50% OFF(SHIPPING NOT INCLUDED) THE COUPON CODE IS "SURPRISE50" AND MUST BE USED TO RECEIVE THE DISCOUNT. NO REFUND WILL BE GIVEN FOR THE DISCOUNT, THE CODE MUST BE USED IN THE PROVIDED COUPON CODE BOX WHEN CHECKING OUT TO RECEIVE THE DISCOUNT. HAPPY SHOPPING!!!

NOON UPDATE---SALE HAS NOW ENDED---BE SURE TO CHECK BACK REGULARLY FOR SURPRISE SALE INFO!

MONDAY SALE

JUST A QUICK NOTE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT EVERYTHING IS 20% OFF TODAY. PLEASE USE COUPIN CODE TO RECEIVE THE DISCOUNT WHEN CHECKING OUT. COUPON CODE IS "MONDAY20" BLESSINGS!

SUNDAY SURPRISE SALE...

I AM BACK FROM CAMP AND READY TO BEGIN A NEW WEEK!! I AM HAVING AN AFTERNOON SUPER SALE IN THE SHOP TODAY. EVERYTHING IS 50% OFF JUST FOR THE AFTERNOON. THERE IS A COUPON CODE THAT MUST BE USED TO RECEIVE THE DISCOUNT FOR THIS SALE. THE CODE IS "SURPRISE50". PLEASE ENTER IT INTO THE COUPON CODE BOX PROVIDED WHEN CHECKING OUT. I HOPE YOU ALL HAD A WONDERFUL WEEK!! LOOKING FORWARD TO SHARING A BIT FROM OUR WEEK AT CAMP THIS YEAR--SOON! BLESSINGS, MANDY

Big Fabric Sale...

It is the Tuesday Fabric sale once again. All fabrics are 30% off. Blessings, Mandy

Big Fabric Sale...

All fabric is 30% off today. Happy shopping and happy creating from crafty friends.

SECRET SALE....

I AM RUNNING ANOTHER SECRET SALE THIS MORNING! IT IS FOR 2 HOURS ONLY-10AM TO 12 NOON. TO QUALIFY FOR THE DISCOUNT, YOU MUST TYPE IN THE COUPON CODE "SECRETSALE35" -I WILL NOT BE REFUNDING DISCOUNTS, SO THE COUPON IS VERY IMPORTANT. EVERY PURCHASE WILL RECEIVE 35% OFF. HAPPY SHOPPING!!

Never Done Before Shop Surprise...

I am going to do something I have never done before. I am going to run a 5 hour sale of 50% off of everything in the shop. I am only advertising this on the blog. You will need to type in the coupon code during checkout in the coupon code box to qualify for this sale. The code is "surprise50". I will not be doing refunds on this sale so the code must be typed in to receive it. The sale will begin at 3pm and end at 8pm. Happy shopping and thank you for stoping by the blog:)

WeEkEnD sALe-FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY....

THE WEEKEND SALE IS UNDERWAY.....

25% OFF OF ALL PURCHASES.

UPCYCLED BED LINENS SALE TODAY ONLY...

TODAY THERE IS A SALE ON UPCYCLED BED LINENS IN THE SHOP. THEY ARE 25% OFF.

THIS INCLUDES...

PILLOWCASES...

BED SHEETS...

BED LINEN FAT QUARTERS...

BED LINEN QUILT SQUARES...

YARDAGE OF UPCYCLED BED LINENS...