Getting my hands dirty

Bet you’d never guess what I been doing all weekend?!

I know I mentioned that I might not be doing a garden this year because of Europe… but I’m crazy like that I guess.

My thinking is that if I promise someone my harvest for that three weeks, they will come water for that time. What do you think? Even enough trade?

Garden of 2013 has begun

Here it is the end-ish of April and it is snowy/rain mix outside my windows, so I am focusing on the positive!

Here are the pictures I took of my garden this weekend. It is now in bloom, although I pray it’s not all getting frost bit as I type :/

   

    

    

            

    

Strawberries & Love

 

Remember the other day ago when I was being a negative Nancy, then I found a wonderful strawberry? Well now look how many we got?! WOW right? They looked so good I had to try at least one, but the rest I handed to my daughter, when she handed me flowers

I love this picture… it melts my heart <3

Can I be a Negative Nancy today?

I know it is Friday and all, but it is almost the Memorial Day weekend, and booooo… It is crappy outside! I am so sick of this rain, the nasty wind, overcast skies, & TORNADOs! Can it just be nice outside already.. Come-on I have FUN projects to get to outside. Okay we all need to vent a little some times, thank you for listening. You’re all true friends if you made it through this much… now for your reward (no thanks to negative sunshine outside).

Isn’t she a beauty? My first strawberry from the garden… I washed her off carefully, skimmed the tippy-top off and popped it into my mouth! My reminder that summer is right around the corner… Right?! Gee I hope so...

Strawberry Crepes

You may or may not have seen our crepe cart we made for Miss Alisa's 1st birthday party. Let me tell you a little story about Palacinke and crepes. When my husband started dating he introduced me to his favorite dessert, palacinke. He went on and on about it before I actually got to see, smell, or taste them. I later found out they are indeed actually what we Americans call crepes, with Nutella in/on them. I am not {I know this will disappoint many} not a big fan of Nutella so I really didn't care too much for them. As you might guess this upset my then boyfriend. If it was up to him he could eat them everyday {no joke}. He would, however, need to inlist the help of me to get this ;) I was intemidated by making those flimsy things. So I all but refused. Fast forward a few years, we came upon a crepe shop in an outdoor mall. Once I it occurred to me that I could put anything on a crepe I wanted, this quickly became our favorite spot to be. They later closed down that shop {because midwest Americans do not appreciate them for what they are} and I started to buck up a little and tried my hand at them. I of course messed them up time and time again, until recently....

I snuck into the kitchen, my family oblivious to what was coming, and tried my hand one more time, with no one teaching, hovering, or judging. I quickly realized what I was doing wrong all along, and no Mr. hubby it wasn't the amount of oil, or them temp of the pan... It was the fact that I didn't give it enough set up time! I was so scared that they were going to burn before. What about you all? Do you love crepes? Are you intemidated by making them? What are your favorite ingredients on them? My ingredients of choice are Strawberries, Whip Cream, and Cheesecake pudding. YES! They make that! So goooooddddd........