Winter Wonderland

With 2 feet of snow and drifts 3-4 feet high, I do not think that I will be doing any more gardening this year!

I look forward to gardening with you in 2010!

Gifts from the Garden

This year's fall garden, I planted some turnips for the first time. Although turnips can grow quite large, they are best when they are about 2 to 3 inches wide. All of my family loves turnips. We think that they are best sliced with salt and pepper. You can cook turnips like potatoes, but they lose some of their flavor.

I gave some of the turnips to Grandpa. The turnip greens that I harvested went to Grammy. Turnips are one vegetable that she did not have in her fall garden this year. We will also be giving salsa made from the garden this year to Grandpa. You can go here for some other gift ideas.

Quotations from the Garden

"I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in."

-George Washington Carver

Happy Thanksgiving!

My family and I are celebrating our Thanksgiving with our Momma's dad, and Daddy's parents.

Ben and I love our Grandma's recipe for Cranberry Salad. It's a good way to remember her on holidays. (We make it on Christmas, too.)

Cranberry Salad
1 can apple sauce (we have used both chunky and regular)
1 can whole cranberry cranberry sauce
1 large box cherry jello
1 cup boiling water
1/2 cup nuts (optional)

Mix jello and water until dissolved. Add other ingredients. Mix well and chill before serving.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Holiday Savings

We love the savings on the day-after-Thanksgiving. However, Momma and I do not like to fight the crowd. This year, Teaching Good Things and Generation Cedar are offering discounts on their products.

Teaching Good Things is offering a sale with 30% off of all their DVD's and e-books, plus free shipping and free gift wrapping. (This sale excludes the DVD bundle, which already has 40% off.) All that you need to do to receive this sale is to enter the coupon code BIGSALE when checking out! This sale starts on Thursday, 11/26, and ends on Tuesday, 12/1.
I have enjoyed learning to crochet and decorate cakes with their DVD's. Right now, I am using their crochet DVD! It is very easy to follow and informative.

Generation Cedar is also offering a sale on their products. The sale is $10 off orders of $50 or more, or $5 off orders of $25 or more. This sale includes their e-book bundle, which has 40% off normally, their skin products, Scripture Songs CD, both tangible and downloadable, baby gift items, and single e-books. This sale is only applicable the day-after-Thanksgiving.

I thought that you would like to know about these sales so that you don't have to fight the crowds!