July is when things usually start to warm up around here, and the garden takes off accordingly. After winter and spring of just a few things to harvest at a time, we suddenly get inundated as everything starts to ripen at once. The weather forecast has been in the high seventies to high eighties for…
Summer is officially here, with three days in a row of 85 degree temperatures. While I realize that isn't crazy hot for those of you who live in actually hot places, the Pacific Northwest doesn't regularly see temperatures this hot for very long, and so many places (especially homes) don't have built in air conditioning.…
The weather has turned the last couple of weeks and we've had a number of days in the eighties and a lot of sun, and the garden is responding to the summer like weather. While we had kale through the winter and some spring garlic to harvest over the past few months, it won't be…
After a pretend spring where we had a few lovely sunny days in the 60s (and one amazing one that hit 70), we're back into the rain and gloom for the foreseeable future. I'm usually pretty okay with the weather we get in the northwest, as it's generally not ever too hot or too cold…
This week was a pretty exciting one for me on a non financial note. About a month ago, I had been invited to apply to an unpaid public appointment position in my city, and I was selected as one of six to have an interview for the spot. To my complete shock, I got a…
Spring officially started this past week, and the garden is beginning to show signs of life beyond just the kale that grew all through the winter. Crazy enough though, we did see the tiniest bit of snow on Friday. It didn't stick, but low temperatures were down in the 30s yet again. We may not…
It's been a long week. Wednesday was a 13 hour work day (including a 3.5 hour dinner), and the preparation leading up to the day meant that Monday and Tuesday were reasonably long as well. On the upside, I did get in my run to work on Wednesday, and it didn't even rain on me.…
Hello, March! If you couldn't tell, I am past ready for spring to arrive. My garden keeps trying to start growing, but the below freezing temperatures have really put a damper on things. The kale is still alive, and the garlic and green onions are starting to send shoots up, but the ground is too…
In the last few months since we’ve embarked on the task of seriously slashing our grocery budget, we’ve eaten a lot of tacos. Not only are they quick and easy to make, but we all love them and don’t mind eating them weekly, so they end up on the menu again and again. There are…
Somehow, we are only 28 days from Christmas. I feel like it was just Halloween and now we’re passed Thanksgiving and into the land of 4:20PM sunsets. I’m definitely missing the long, warm days of Hawaii. I’ve slowly plugged along with making Christmas presents since July, but now that we’re into the last month before…