Here's a bit of what's going on at our house this week via grainy cell phone pics. I am linking up to Insta- Friday at Life Rearranged. You should too! It's fun!
My husband's hobby this winter is to be researching how to put in a garden at our new house. We have never had one so we have much to learn! We took a trip to the library after dinner and got this stack to get us started...
And soooo we also took on a compost pile. We got a bin on mega clearance so decided rather than buy our compost next spring we might as well make some. Here is my little bowl of food scraps to be brought out. I still need to search for a canistar or something. What do you use for your compost scraps?
I had been trying my hand at couponing and had a good trip to Wallgreens this week! got this haul for about $1.90!
We have been making and canning applesauce, apple butter, and I picked up some delicious tart apples at church for *free* this sunday so I made this apple pie filling! So yummy! And it will be heavenly to make {or buy} a piecrust around the holidays and just dump in and bake! *In season* apple pie all winter long!
We did an Alzheimers walk last this Saturday with a family who is being affected by the disease. The girls don't look to happy there but we all had fun and purposed to talk to our older one about helping out others every time we are able! Thanks to friends and family who donated!
My three year old working on tracing! A laminated sheet I made from a free printable by Confessions of a Homeschooler.
And lest you think we only do productive things this was the next activity that she talked me into sticker fingernail polish!
Whatever keeps 'em happy, I guess! They are only 3 for a moment!
Thanks for stopping over for insta friday! Comment so I can hop on over to your site and check out your week!
What a darling family! I love the sticker toe-nails :) Just stopping by from Insta Friday and I'm a fan!
-Robyn from http://tipsfromtheheart.blogspot.com
Posted by: Robyn Rasmussen | October 14, 2011 at 12:06 AM
apple pie filling, yes please!
love the sticker nails;)
Posted by: hannah singer | October 14, 2011 at 12:18 AM
I put my 'compost' items in a pot with a cover. An ice cream bucket works good too! I don't know that name but they are the antique pots that are painted white with the edge of the lid, pot and handles accented in a color. I see them all around flee markets and antique stores. I don't compost though, it's actually for my chicken. :-) yay for composting, gardening, couponing and homeschooling
A fan from ND!
Posted by: lexie | October 14, 2011 at 01:10 AM
LOL! I love the sticker nail polish - so creative!
For our compost bucket we recycled a dishwasher detergent bucket. It closes nice and tight so no odors. It closes so nice and tight that I can't open it so it has become hubby's job to clean out the sink of all the 'peelings' when I have finished cooking a meal. He also empties the bucket because the compost bin he built is tall and the lid is not easy for me to maneuver. Not MY fault he built it that way! ;)
Posted by: CJ | October 14, 2011 at 02:53 AM
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Posted by: nicole | October 14, 2011 at 07:28 AM
The apples will be so yummy in a pie for the holidays!!! Good job!
I havent seem the sticker fingernail polish....i think I might have to get some for Mercy, she is 5!!
enjoyed stopping by!
Posted by: Cindy Morris | October 14, 2011 at 07:32 AM
We had a garden for the first time this year & it was SO much fun!!! Good luck!
Posted by: mel @ the larson lingo | October 14, 2011 at 12:07 PM
LOVE that nail polish! :D
Posted by: anna | October 14, 2011 at 01:49 PM
Sticker finger nail polish? That is pure genius. And yay for composting. I need to get on that train.
Posted by: Wendy Hagen | October 14, 2011 at 04:14 PM
Those apples look yummy! Great pictures :)
Posted by: Jodi Hall | October 14, 2011 at 04:48 PM
We did a garden for the first time this year. You have to look up Square Foot Gardening!! It was so wonderful -- we never had to weed! And I've made the apple pie filling and used it when I make crepes! Mmmmm!!
Posted by: Rebekah | October 14, 2011 at 07:43 PM
We tried gardening last year, but our tiny yard does not get a lot of sun. The kids and I want to do some container gardening on our balcony, but we haven't planted yet. Thanks for the inspiration!
Posted by: deborah aspuria | October 14, 2011 at 07:52 PM
i like to recommend mel bartholomew's "square foot gardening" for first time gardeners. it's an easy formula to follow while producing a high yield and he has some great general information on gardening. good luck!
Posted by: lynn | October 14, 2011 at 08:01 PM
Thank you ladies for all the gardening advice! i will definitely look for that book and those compost buckets! We are excited for out next adventure!
Posted by: jody | October 14, 2011 at 11:20 PM
great pictures! looks like a fun week! we tried our hand at gardening over the summer and it was a bust, I'll have to pick up some of these books too!
Posted by: Abby | October 15, 2011 at 01:59 PM