The Bee-Friendly Garden by Kate Frey and Gretchen LeBuhn with lovely photographs by Leslie Lindell Kansas Dad is the only re...

And Then It's Spring by Julie Fogliana with illustrations by Erin E. Stead This is one of the very few books I came across in a bo...

The Gardener by Sarah Stewart, pictures by David Small This book, set during the Great Depression, is written through letters from Lydia...

Our strawberry harvest was very sad this year. Last year it was wonderful. This year, we've made one batch of strawberry jam, a double ...

1. We made our first batches of strawberry jam! So far we have four pints of strawberry jam and seven pints of strawberry lemon marmalade. T...

Serious question now. Which do you prefer: strawberry jam or jelly OR strawberry something for pancakes and ice cream (sauce or syrup)? ...

I made a stand-by for breakfast recently, Blueberry Oatmeal, only I used strawberries instead because we still have some in our freezer from...

Over the course of a couple of weeks, we picked 96 pounds of strawberries from our garden. (Kansas Dad spent a lot of time on his knees pick...

From the 11pounds of strawberries Kansas Dad picked on Friday: 7 pints of strawberry jam 4 cups frozen strawberries ate about 4 cups with...

Kansas Dad just picked eleven pounds of strawberries. Eleven.

We've been dreaming about a big herb garden since we moved in, but didn't have a chance to even start anything before this year. We...

Second Daughter is nearly as troublesome as the birds when ransacking the patch. Kansas Dad plans to put bird netting over all the rows when...

I just happened to search for our absolute favorite zucchini recipe online and you can find it here ! (It's from The Food You Crave: Lus...

I grabbed my camera and took a few pictures yesterday. I love this patch of flowers. It used to be a pasture of some sort but has gone to se...

It was late when Kansas Dad was debating to plant any corn. He decided he'd try a small plot and asked if I wanted popcorn or sweet corn...

Learn more about the tomato hornworm here , here and here . It looks like we can feed them to the chickens . Anyone know otherwise?

On Monday, Kansas Dad wanted to plant corn. Instead, he spent four hours digging up, dividing and transplanting irises for me. We need to do...

I have a brutal headache and a lot to do tonight, so I'm just going to throw all these pictures together in a single post. Kansas Dad ha...

I'm so pleased the yellow iris is blooming! I think the two other irises in the same bunch are going to be a different color, so I'l...

Kansas Dad had a surprise for us when we arrived home from a birthday party over the weekend: two new swings so all three kids can swing at ...