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March 31, 2026 – Last Day of March 2026

March 31, 2026May 25, 2026adminLeave a comment

Hello! Just stopping by. My goal is to post on this blog at least once a month. I am really cutting it close!

March isn’t the greatest month, but a few good things happened. I started seeds for our garden. It’s kind of a pain because I don’t have a lot of room to work with. We live in a subdivision. I don’t have a potting shed, or any shed for that matter. I have a corner of our garage where all of my garden stuff sits. Mice die in that area where DD sets traps. But every year I drag my stuff out, plant tomato and bell pepper seeds and dream of fall when I will harvest and preserve yummy veggies for next winter. I love fall and pumpkins, and crunchy leaves, and Halloween, and cool weather, and…… oh, yeah. My garden! Starting my garden makes life less dreary in March in Wisconsin.

Starting our Garden for 2026

I am still working as the hot lunch coordinator at DD2’s school. Right now it is Tuesday of our week off for Spring Break. I am counting down the days until summer. I really prefer to work alone and be at home. I am overwhelmed with all of the social aspects of the job. I want to get back to making things with my hands that aren’t food. I will hang in there until the end of May. I will be grateful for summer break, even if it is hot!

Have a great Tuesday!

Missie S. (giggleFritz) 🙂

July 16, 2024 – Late Container Potatoes

July 16, 2024November 28, 2024adminLeave a comment

Back on July 4th, we stopped in at Stein’s Garden and Home in West Bend after dinner. I expected the yard to be pretty cleaned out because it is now later in the summer gardening season. I was looking for a white geranium and hoped they had one or two left. There was a LOT left in the yard.

We looked around at some leftover vegetables and herbs, I found a ton of geraniums, and we looked over the nursery stock. I selected a white geranium and we headed inside to pay. On the way up to the register I spotted a few bags of seed potatoes on a shelf at 90% off! I was pretty excited about that because I had been kicking myself for not trying to plant some potatoes this year. The price of everything has gone up and I should have tried for a larger garden. It’s late in the season, but we purchased the seed potatoes for under $1.00.

My garden is planted and I didn’t have space for potatoes in the ground. The plan was to throw these sprouted potatoes into containers and see what I get. I had leftover potting soil and I saved some coffee grounds. I planted seed potatoes in containers a few years ago and they turned out ok. I planted just three containers out of this bag and so far, so good!