Rooted in Appalachia

05/28/2026

Do you see what I see? Makes me smile 😍

05/27/2026

The wait is worth it! My broccoli is ready to harvest 🥦. i will enjoy the superior taste and nutritional benefits of homegrown vegetables, naturally free from chemicals and pesticides.

05/22/2026

Our first cutting of Oregano has been dehydrated.
Oregano is great for Italian and Mediterranean cuisine. But it has many other uses.
One of which is used as a "Repellant for Ticks" 🪳

05/19/2026

Bountiful blessings! Look at the size of these berries. 🍓 13 Quarts of strawberries picked this evening. What started as 12 bare root plants 3 years ago has multiplied into hundreds of plants that spread happiness to family and friends and all the extra plants are sold every Spring.

05/16/2026

The plan for today was to unload the truck filled with mulch. Little did I know rain was coming today.
So what do you do when your plans change? Go plant shopping 😆

05/16/2026

🍓🥧😋

05/14/2026

05/14/2026

With 16 quarts of strawberries picked before the rain arrived, today was all about making the most of the harvest - turning some into strawberry rhubarb jam, preserves, freezer jam, and pancake syrup, with 7 quarts still waiting for their next creation, like strawberry pie and ice cream.

05/10/2026

These are some large strawberries and yummy too. 😋

05/09/2026

Update on the garden
The garden got a good drink of water last night.🙌🙌
All the spring crops are doing great. Broccoli, Onions, Potatoes, Lettuces

Then I shall give you rains in their season, so that the land will yield its produce and the trees of the field will bear their fruit. Leviticus 26:4

05/06/2026

Start with the second income.
Subtract the taxes that hit it at the higher marginal rate, because it stacks on top of the first one.
Subtract the commute.
Subtract the second car, the gas, the insurance, the maintenance.
Subtract the daycare....and if there is more than one child, subtract it again.
Subtract the work clothes, the lunches out, the convenience food on the nights nobody has the energy to cook.
Subtract the cleaning service, because nobody who works two full-time jobs has time to scrub a bathroom.
Subtract the higher grocery bill from never having time to cook from scratch. Subtract the takeout.
Subtract the therapy.
Subtract the urgent care visits because everyone is run down and sick all winter.

What is left is almost never what they told you it would be.