Baked and Bound

10/13/2026

Well we did it! I grew and picked about a half dozen lemons off my lemon tree this year. She was a 'rescue tree' aka the last one the rack and deeply discounted... to say homegrown lemons taste completely different is an understatement. I think I am overly determined to see what is possible with plants and food.

10/03/2026

This was the little lady's request for 14! I can't believe we are here. Her tastes are changing. 12 was what I like to call the chaos cake, 13 a cupcake and this year she knew exactly what she wanted. Vanilla cake, with a vanilla bean soak, whipped Nutella frosting and toasted hazelnuts, finished with italian buttercream. ❤️

09/14/2026

This summer I ended up prescribing to chaos garden method somewhat unintentionally. Every time I step out into the garden, I learn something from the ground I am trying to coax into producing again and myself. While finding the cucumbers that were hiding among the w**ds, I found myself thinking that there is gratitude and beauty to be found in all the moments and stages of life and the things we go through and I am so grateful for them

08/28/2026

Stepped back in the kitchen for a minute to create this pale pink and pearl Ferrero Rocher style cake for this little lady. This was new flavor experiment for me. Happy Birthday little one💗

08/23/2026

I truly have a passion for gardening and teaching people to succeed or helping them take steps towards the gardens they have dreamed about. Whether it's a backyard space or helping them grow their farm and talk about inter-cropping, it fills my heart. Today, there was a moment of success in my own yard. This apple tree needed so much love. Grafting to fix a large wound, trimming to get her healthy enough to produce and strong enough to survive the hail storms and the wind. Today I took an apple off to eat while working and was so grateful. It was delicious. Gardening has taught me about patience and the value of sitting with myself in silence. Mother nature is such a great teacher, she shows us to pay attention to and notice the little things.

08/15/2026

I love to support local farmers and local businesses. So when my oldest little asked if we could get corn we decided to go big. We shucked a lot of corn for the freezer. Half got bbq'ed and the other half cut off the cob. All of it was frozen because we love the taste of summer corn in December.

08/13/2026

Well 3 summers later we are starting to have some success! This is a big moment, I have always wanted to grow what I put into jars. This year I will able to as my 3 little gooseberry bushes produced almost 20lbs of berries. I shared some with the neighbors and the rest will get frozen or made into jam.

08/11/2026

And the trenching goes on.... part 2 of this project was to define the berry bushes along the fence even more. I like to use eco-friendly things that will help improve the soil and save money on the water bill. Once the second round of edging was in, I added a heavy layer of cardboard and then wet it heavily and added worm castings soil on top. This will break down over the next couple years and works great for w**d suppression. I added the straw for moisture retention and esthetics. Great part about this is when I need to freshen it up, it can all be raked into the garden and tilled in to keep building the soil.

08/09/2026

So I have been spending a lot of time in the yard lately, I spent more than a couple of days trenching and putting in garden edging. Its not sexy, but it is the next step towards starting to landscape the yard and give a few bushes and the grass line a stopping point. All the projects I post, I try to make doable and affordable. This one ran just shy of $200 between a package of stakes, 2 rolls of twine and 150 ft of edging so far.

08/09/2026