This Year's Seedlings...

I've been having fun this year raising my seedlings. I'm still trying to use up my old seeds that I bought in 2008, 2009, and 2010.  Surprisingly many of them are coming up.

Check out these Sumter Cucumber seedlings.  I've never seen cucumber seedlings do this long legged thing before.  Too funny.  They are getting plenty of light so go figure.  They are just starting to work on their first set of true leaves.  :-)

These are my tomatoes and peppers and some herbs.  My sweet peppers were old and they have been very slow to germinate.  The tomatoes did well.  Some of them were new seeds so I expected them to do well.

We used old Christmas lights to keep them warm (an idea I saw on Pinterest)--especially at night when the temps had been dropping down into the 30s and 20s outside and in front of the window got quite chilly.  I think that helped those seeds out a lot.  And now that we're having warmer weather and strong sunlight they're really taking off. 

What do you think of my little toilet paper roll seedling starter pots?  I had a lot of fun making them.  :-)  They're potted in plastic Christmas containers.  My attempts at frugal seed starting.  :-)  I have some seeds planted in the tp roll pots inside milk cartons too.  I have some old herb seeds planted in them and hope that they will come up too.  If the seeds come up I'll post some pictures of them too.

I can't wait to get everything into the ground!

Happy Easter!!

HAPPY EASTER!!!

HE IS RISEN!!! 

We had a wonderful Easter today.  I made our usual Easter dinner and wanted to try the "stained glass" or "marbled" Deviled Eggs that I had seen on Pinterest.  They turned out awesome and were a big hit.  :-)

Tasty!

Our youngest Easter Bunny with the colored eggs

and his Peeps on a stick that I made for the

kiddos as part of their Easter basket candy.

Son #6

CUTE!!!

Our Easter Activities Coordinator!

Daughter #2

Check out those nifty socks!!

The Ellis Family 2013

Hope you had a blessed Easter too!!

Spring Snow Days

On Sunday morning we awoke to the snow coming down.  The forecast for our area was 7 to 12 inches.  Some of it melted as it was coming down and throughout the day.

Sunday Afternoon

It snowed all day Sunday and by Monday morning I measured 8 inches--but it had still continued to melt overnight.  Who knows how much we would have had if it had just been a few degrees cooler.

Monday Afternoon...

I gathered the kids up and we went out to build a snowman.  After a while the little boys got tired and wandered off.  Daughter #4 stayed out with me as long as she could before she felt too cold.  So there I was out in the front yard, a grown woman, building a snowman all by myself!!  :-)  I gave him an Easter basket for laughs!  Happy spring, right?

Tuesday afternoon this is what it looked like in our yard. 

Everywhere we had been walking was mostly melted with

the warm sun shining down.

I got my suet feeder full of yarn scraps put up!

I hope we see some of the bird nests with these scraps in them.

Visit Juniper Moon Farm for directions.

(Yarn scraps must be between 4 and 8 inches long!)

My New Love...

I confess here and now, without any shame at all...  I love Pinterest.  I've seen some bloggers slamming Pinterest lately because it makes them feel all aggrivated and frustrated to see how other people are being creative.  And I just don't get that.  Whatever.  When I see a pin from Mary-Sue showing how she crafted her own wrapping paper I don't go "Ugh!  Well, good for you!  Grrr.  Grumble, grumble!"  I think "Cool!  You go girl!!" and I feel inspired.  OK, sometimes I feel too inspired and I want to do all that stuff too!!  :-)  To each her own, right?  So those who feel uncomfortable with Pinterest should just abstain and those who find a treasure trove of ideas can feel free to dive in. 

I've put up a link to my Pinterest boards on my sidebar for anyone who wants to follow me.  I do find so many good garden and craft ideas.  :-)

A case in point...

Yesterday I discovered a neat little article on the Sustainable Kentucky website called 75 Ways to Live More Sustainably in 2013.  I was surprised how "green" our family actually is.  Sometimes it was not by choice to do a certain thing, but circumstances that made the demand.  But that's OK.  However we get there isn't the issue.  Mind you, we'll never hit #55 "Be a nudist".  Lol!!  That's a bit much methinks.  So if you're looking for ideas to be a wiser steward of this ol' earth that our Lord has given us to manage, you can take a peek and see if you find some inspiration.  Don't be afraid to dismiss anything that you feel uncomfortable with or to adopt an idea that rings truth for you.  The Lord leads each of us uniquely.

Until the next time...