What Does Your Garden Need in July
July Gardening Tips Gardening is one of my favorite hobbies, but it can be a lot of work if you don’t stay on top of all your plants and flowers.…
July Gardening Tips Gardening is one of my favorite hobbies, but it can be a lot of work if you don’t stay on top of all your plants and flowers.…
I was up early this morning feeling pretty ambitious. I had challenged myself to try a few homemade mixes after really studying the ingredient lists of some of our favorites.…
I love to watch the birds in my yard. Where I live, there are an abundance of cardinals, blue jays, doves, sparrows, thrashers and adorable red-headed woodpeckers! We also have…
Basil plants everywhere else have grown wild this summer and now you’re probably wondering what you’re going to do with the rest of your abundant supply. Your first instinct is…
My brother called me a couple of days ago. Seeing his number on the caller ID generally puts me in “what happened and is everyone ok” mode. Not that he…
Costumes? Check. Candy? Check. Creepy decorations? Check. Creamy Tacos? Check. (BONUS! Our traditional Halloween dinner – see recipe at the end of this post.) Dang. There was one more “C”…
If you’ve been around the Nest a while, you’re probably aware of my affinity for anything made with pie crust – like these Pie Crust Cookies and these Chocolate Stars Pie…
When I was a kid, I was in Campfire Girls. We didn’t have Girl Scouts in South Texas and it didn’t matter. Campfire Girls rocked! We sold candy instead of…
When my daughter was three years old, she dressed up as an LSU Cheerleader for Halloween. She was adorable! We always went trick-or-treating in my parents’ neighborhood in New Orleans.…
We have recently discovered the joys of homemade peanut butter. All these years I’ve spent so much money on jars of peanut butter at the grocery store, having had no…