we bought a food chopper and started making some baby food for clementine. we have this great book called super baby food, which has been a big help in preparing and storing the food, as well as when everything is age appropriate. so far we’ve made apples, bananas, sweet potatoes and carrots! – ryan & [...]

i found myself with a pumpkin that needed to be put to rest and a pan of hot bacon grease and wondered, can you fry up pumpkin seeds? the answer is definitely yes and that they are quite tasty in fact. just fry them until golden brown and add salt. highly recommended! – ryan -next [...]

i tried filming time lapse of one of those mystical gardens earlier this week. it looked pretty cool, although it took way longer than expected. the box claims everything would finish within 10 hours, however after 24+ hours, 10,000+ photos and 3 camera battery changes, the mystical garden was still growing and we had to [...]

we picked all of the green tomatoes from our garden this year before the first big freeze and they finally ripened. now we have a bowl full of nice red tomatoes to enjoy! – ryan & gub

gub’s mom converted an old playground in her backyard into a super cute gardening shed! it was a gradual renovation, but it turned out great. we were impressed with her clever re-use of the playground, which hadn’t been used in ages. here are some photos of the process! – ryan & gub

we made a vintage paint by numbers grid on a wall in our family room. we think it turned out great! the two cutout paintings were made by stephen & shauna from something’s hiding in here. check out our post on vintage paint by numbers for more details on them. – ryan & gub

we finally got our flor tiles for the finishing touches on clementine’s nursery! the rug really ties the room together. our good friend debbie also loaned us this folk art painting by mose tolliver. it was recently included in the “we are folk” exhibit at the hudgens center where gub works. it’s perfect for the [...]

we recently fried up some okra from our garden and it was delicious! we ate the tasty treats with ribs and collards from maddy’s and cole slaw from chik-fil-a. it was a hodge podge of our favorite southern delights! fyi, maddy’s collard greens recently won best overall at the east lake farmers market collard greens [...]

here are some progress photos of our summer garden! as you can see, it’s moving right along. – ryan & gub

we had a nice 4th of july! although the storms prevented many activities, like parades and fireworks, we enjoyed baking a tomato pie and hanging out with clementine! recipe to follow. ryan & gub tomato pie recipe: ingredients: pie crust 3 large tomatoes sliced 1/2 onion sliced 1 cup cheddar cheese shredded 1/4 cup mayonaise [...]