Lemon Tartlet And The Dust Bunnies

A tartlet’s adventures in the kitchen, dodging an overenthusiastic kitten, an overly tall man who thinks he’s funny, and the ever present dust bunnies. Somehow, the food gets cooked.

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What He Lets Me Do

Posted by lemontartlet on May 14, 2008

He made them, but He lets me babysit them.

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He gives me beauty if I’m willing to get dirty in search of it.

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He shows me that when I’m patient, there really is a reward.

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Ain’t God the best y’all? Love You!

Love,

Leigh

 

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Meet The Plants!

Posted by lemontartlet on March 10, 2008

They’re little babies right now, ain’t they cute? This is from a week and a half ago, need to take pics today and get them up. Wanted y’all to meet my little guys and cheer them along, they need all the help they can get! This is with no fertilizer in the soil, it’s the sandy kind you find out here on the coast. There’s a compost pile we have started, but I wanted to see how they’d do by themselves at first so that i can get a good idea of what I’m working with.

179 Tiny corn, ain’t they perky?

Little onions a two different types, wanna use some for green onions.181

182 The first sprouts from the arugula.

A side pic of the arugula. 184

185 Nasturtiums!

The hardiest plants in the garden, the sunflowers. 187

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A Few Things I Want To Do This Week

Posted by lemontartlet on January 28, 2008

Make grocery bags so we won’t use the plastic ones.

Get the garden ready

Make the menu for the month

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The State Project Delay And Gardening

Posted by lemontartlet on January 16, 2008

Probably like some of y’all out there, I have a tendency to get a good idea and jump in without doing all of the planning I should have. The one week a state project is gonna happen, but it was silly to try to start it in the middle of the month with not much grocery money left and no menu planning. The 1st of February is when the new monthly budget begins, and I’m gonna start this then. Alabama is too deep in food tradition to short it by trying to do this with only what’s on hand without warning. The month of February will be Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, and Arkansas. Any suggestions from natives out there on what to make? If y’all have any ideas on what represents these states, do me a favour and let me know!

Speaking of projects, my seeds got here from The Cook’s Garden. There’s a whole mess of them, and this means there’s gonna be lots of work to do out back. Who knows how vegetable gardening in the land of the one season is gonna turn out.

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