by IngridBarlow | Mar 9, 2015 | Gardening, Uncategorized
This weather has my gardening fingers starting to twitch. I feel like I am a little on the late side of seed starting, even though I know I am probably not. A local nursery told me that they plant tomato seeds on March 17th, so that is what I have been using as my...
by IngridBarlow | Jul 21, 2014 | Gardening, Good on the tastebuds
The boys, ages 3 and 4, LOVE a picnic. I am asked often and with pleading eyes for picnics. So when I heard the blueberries were in at a local farm I thought it would make a fun outing for them. We snagged dad for the lunch hour and headed over. A local gem that we...
by IngridBarlow | Jul 17, 2014 | Gardening, Homestead Life
Welcome to the garden! This is our main entrance…an old pasture gate from the property entangled with vines. The perfect way to say “come on in.” Espen and I had about a half hour in the garden this morning after we dropped Elias off at Vacation...
by IngridBarlow | Jul 17, 2014 | Gardening, Homestead Life, Simply Domestic
Jeepers! A lot has happened since I last posted. Our little girl arrived…over 3 weeks early! Rather a surprise. I was a bit worried when my water broke in my 36th week, but all turned out beautifully. Bergen Marie arrived on May 30th at 4:01pm. She weighed 5 lbs...
by IngridBarlow | May 21, 2014 | Crochet, Simply Domestic
I revisited an old project yesterday. {Continuing the theme of trying to get everything off my want-to-do list before baby arrives.} You Go Girl has a darling tutorial for crocheting trim onto your pillowcases. It adds kind of an old-school whimsy to pillows. Reminds...