Winter Potato Yield

Who would of thought I would get a potato yield from a few chopped off sprouts of potato's I used in a soup. I had thrown the sprouts, mid-winter no less, in a few of the backyard pots just to see what possibly could happen. I was finding quite a few of these little potato's; none bigger than the biggest shown in this picture.

Seed Collecting update

More seed collecting from some organic green beans that were ready to be composted. Sometimes I don't cook up my veggies in a timely fashion and a few become compost. I couldn't resist the seeds on the inside.

Survival of the Mystery Greens

New Leaves are growing from the older plant! I am still not certain what kind of lettuce that I have growing in the wine barrel planter; but here is proof that lettuce can, indeed, survive all of Oregon's seasons, even with freezing temperatures. I already ate a few salads from this plant and then I forgot about it until recently. It appears something else was feeding on it also. I think I want to keep this lettuce plant going as long as possible as a test to see if it will eventually spread it's seed, somehow.

Homemade Marshmallows

All the holiday baking led me to making marshmallows without corn syrup. They are simply divine and easy to make. The only downfall is that they would never hold up to a campfire. They taste best coated in dark chocolate. I would still make smores with them.

I keep wondering why we pronounce them as "marshmellow", but spell them with an 'A".

Baby Hand Christmas Tree Decorations

Look how much my girls hands have grown. I will be hanging these on the Christmas tree each year so they can see how much their little hands have changed each year. I simply used felt and squeezable acrylic paint. This particular brand of felt was made from recycled plastic bottles in the US.

Leg Warmers

So, I wish that I knew how to rotate pictures. Christmas leg warmers made from socks! One of my best recycles yet.

Baking the Halloween Pumpkin

Yes, these are pictures left over from early November; after Halloween, that I am just now blogging about! If there is anyone able to give me some ideas of how to deal with migraine's sustainably; please let me know! My computer usage slowed down tremendously during the last month and a half. So I will pick and choose what I should catch up on. The above jack-o-lantern yielded so much pumpkin that I will be making pumpkin treats for the coming year several times over, plus I gave some away!