Homemade Baby Food

  I have had a overload of squash from our garden.  There is NO way I could possibly eat it all of it.  So I decided to make some baby food and freeze it for later.

I first cut all of the squash in half and baked it until it was soft.  I bake it at 350 degrees for about one hour.

I let it cool down then I scraped out the squash on the inside and put it in a bowl.  Then I blended it all up with a hand blender.

 Then you just fill up whatever containers you would like to use and stick them in the freezer. I got the little containers at Walmart.  They were about 6 for $1.   That's it!

Square Foot Garden Update

It is about time that I do an update on my Square Foot Garden.  It has really taken off within the last 2 weeks and we have already harvested a lot of yellow squash and zucchini!  It is SO nice to have fresh veggies!

 We have been really lucky because the fence that the garden is on really protects it from the Amarillo wind.  The fence has also been nice because my plants do not get too much sun.  We also have not had many bug problems either. 

My children absolutely LOVE hunting for the vegetables!

You can check out the progress of our garden by clicking HERE (the box), HERE (the soil) and HERE (irrigation)!

Cinder Block Sand Box

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I have had an excess of cinder blocks around my house and I was getting really sick of them piled up everywhere.  I decided that I will start making them into things.  The first thing that we put together was a sand box for our children.  Let me tell you, they absolutely LOVE it! 

Our yard is an obvious working project, but it is getting better.  My children loved making this sand box especially because on one side they planted some plants inside the cinder blocks.  They love to water the plants and so far they have been really cautious about squishing them.

This morning we even went and bought some sand toys at Walmart and they have been playing in it all morning!  It has been really nice!

Now I am excited to get the rest of the yard going!!

Easy Hanging Flower Pots

I wanted some hanging flower pots on my back porch.  It just can get so expensive buying the pre-made flower pot.  So I decided to make our own with my children.  It turned out to be a lot of fun and a whole lot cheaper.

I picked up the pots at Dollar Tree.  They were only $1 per pot.  We also went to Lowe's and I had my children pick out the flowers they wanted to plant.  They loved picking out their own!  We also bought some soil to plant in. 

It cost me about $4-5 per flower pot.  We made a HUGE mess planting, but my children LOVED it!

Having flowers hanging make such a huge difference in our backyard!  It makes me want to go out there all day!

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Square Foot Garden- Planting and Irrigation

Here our some more pictures of our Square Foot Garden...  This week we hooked up the drip irrigation and planted the garden.  Planting in this soil was super easy!  To find out what we used for the soil go HERE.

We planted tomatoes, peppers, zucchini, yellow squash, onions, okra, spinach, basil, cilantro, watermelon, cucumbers and then I bought a flower for each one of my children to plant and take care of.  They LOVE their flowers and check on them every day!

Click HERE and HERE to see other posts about our square foot garden and how it has progressed!

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Square Foot Garden- The SOIL

A few weeks ago, I posted the garden plot that my husband made for me. You can find that post HERE!  If you want more information on Square Foot Gardens- check out there website HERE!  We wanted our garden bed a little taller, so we added about 6 inches of sand at the bottom of the box.  The actual soil you use is an equal parts mixture of compost, peat moss, and coarse vermiculite.  We ordered this from a local greenhouse.

Here is what our garden looks like now with the soil.

My husband is the Irrigation Specialist for the Texas AgriLife Extension Service and here is a little video of him talking about Rainwater Harvesting and Gardening.  He explains things a whole lot better than I could ever do!  Take a moment to watch it!

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Iron Rake Jewelry Holder

I was walking around my parents yard the other day exploring their collection of antiques. I found this rake head and thought it would be perfect to hold all of my necklaces that always get tangled. It works perfectly and I love the way it adds a vintage flare to my room!

Square Foot Gardening

I don't know about everyone else, but I am SUPER excited for Spring and to plant a garden, have green grass and feel the warmth from the sun.  We had a girls weekend last week, and while I was gone my husband made me some big planter boxes for a Square Foot Garden.  They are not done yet, but I decided to post some pictures in case any of you are interested in gardening.  Square Foot Gardening is a super easy and efficient garden.  It is also ideal to do, if you don't have much space!

Here are the beginnings of our Square Foot Garden...

My husband made two long planter boxes- a total of 80 square feet.

 There will be more pictures to come as we progress with our garden!  I am SUPER excited!

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