The end of summer always makes me feel wistful. I wonder if we’ve done enough fun things, if we’ve done enough work on the farm, if we’ve spent enough time with the kids, if Kevin and I have spent enough…
How to make a pumpkin trellis
It’s been years since I saw the first dreamy images of vertical gardens on Pinterest. At that moment I promised myself that one year, some day, I would try it. This year, someday happened and we made our first vertical…
Creating an outdoor potting bench
As soon as we put the greenhouse up this year, I knew it would be a place where my plants could grow and thrive. But I also realized it was going to be full of dirt and a new place…
Creamy Zucchini Soup
This is the time of year when my garden always goes from quaint, farmhouse garden to the jungle from Jumanji. All the vegetables are expanding and pushing out of their little spaces into the aisles and encroaching on each other….
Family room summer decor makeover
I wanted to lighten up our home this summer – make the summer decor more simple, more purposeful and above all, easy to clean up. During the summer I really like to shed the fussiness of the winter and even…
Storage solution for the farmhouse family room
Our family room is the heart of our home all year round. Since we have an open floor plan you can see everything in the kitchen, dining room and living room. This can be a blessing or a burden. Somedays,…
Mini Blackberry Lavender & Lemon Icebox Cake
Summer can often feel too humid, too hot and too busy to fit in a meal. Here it’s been in the 90’s for weeks and the humidity has been intense. You start sweating the second you walk out the door,…
DIY Planter from old chicken feeder
I love when I can take something that’s been discarded and give it new life. I wouldn’t call me a junk collector by any means. Clutter typically isn’t my thing. But I love it when I can find something that…
Lessons from hatching chicks on the farm
When we bought our farm, I dreamed of having animals. I did months and months of research before I carefully selected the chickens we purchased and each step of the way, the process was exciting. But that excitement was nothing…
Zucchini bites recipe with creamy garlic dip
How many zucchini’s do you have growing in your garden right now? If you’re growing zucchini, your answer is probably, “Too many.” I love, LOVE growing zucchini but I always end up have too much of a good thing in…
Watermelon Lemonade Recipe with mint
Lemonade is the quintessential drink of summer so I felt like I couldn’t let the summer go by without sharing a lemonade recipe. But… I didn’t want to share just a regular lemonade. I love flavored lemonade and seeing what…
Bacon & Blue Potato Salad Recipe
When I was a child, we would have a family picnic each summer. It would be a large party at a local forest preserve and include distant and extended family we would only see that one time a year. It…
