bluefinstudios (72)in #proofofbrain • 8 days agoChristmas Cookie Day!It's CHRISTMAS COOKIE BAKING DAY! For the past few years, the ladies in my world have gathered, before Christmas to bake cookies, and catch up. When My parents grew up, all of…bluefinstudios (72)Hive Gardenerin HiveGarden • last monthMaking The BEST Lavender Lemon Jelly!Making Lavender Lemon Jelly! I've been growing Lavender for 10, 15 years? Something like that. But this yer, was a first for me! I finally made something edible with the…bluefinstudios (72)Hive Gardenerin HiveGarden • 2 months agoMy FIRST EVER Sweet Potato Growing Season!Sweet Potato Harvest! THIS IS A FIRST for me! I've never grown Sweet Potato. I usually only eat it, once a year. It's just not my most favorite vegetable. AND, I usually only…bluefinstudios (72)Hive Gardenerin HiveGarden • 2 months agoEND of My 2024 Outdoor Growing SeasonEnd of My Growing Season, for 2024 WAaaaaay back in February when I first started seeds for this season, this time of year was a very distant thought. At the time, it was…bluefinstudios (72)Hive Gardenerin HiveGarden • 2 months agoPlanting Garlic NOW, for Spring HarvestPlanting Garlic Cloves I live in New England, East Coast, US, and we have longer, colder winters. We don't have mild seasons, like California, for instance, where the majority…bluefinstudios (72)Hive Gardenerin HiveGarden • 3 months agoMaking NEW Raised Garden BedsBUILDING a NEW Raised Garden Bed "I NEED MORE!" said EVERY GARDENER EVERYWHERE! Last year, my garlic and onions were grown in Fabric Grow Bags and a small in ground bed.…bluefinstudios (72)Hive Gardenerin HiveGarden • 3 months agoEARLY September Gardens Tour and Update** September Garden Tour** Right at the beginning of September, I was both about to get very busy with work, and extremely NOT BUSY! I didn't know it, but COVID was about to…bluefinstudios (72)Hive Gardenerin HiveGarden • 4 months agoHow To Cook Cast Iron Pot Roast Over An Open FireAN AMAZING FirePit Pot Roast! For me, there's nothing like a Pot Roast for comfort foods! AND, who doesn't love cooking over an open fire, for a good, hearty meal? I combined…bluefinstudios (72)Hive Gardenerin HiveGarden • 4 months agoWhat Does My SECOND POTATO Harvest Look Like?Second Potato Harvest (and some Garlic, too)! Potatos are a staple of my family's diet in Fall, Winter, and Early Spring. I try and grow as many as I can, and put as much as I…bluefinstudios (72)Hive Gardenerin HiveGarden • 5 months agoWhat About My Garden In The Hellish Heat of July?Late July Tour and Harvest! SUMMER TIME, and HOT, HOT, HOT! It's very easy to start to get down and distracted when the temps turn this HOT and there's often a lot of brown…bluefinstudios (72)in #proofofbrain • 6 months ago1st Potato of 2024MY FIRST Potato Harvest of 2024! This is my fourth? fifth year of growing Potato. Each year, I add to the Fabric Grow Bags that I use for my potato harvests. Each bag is a 25 gallon (95 liter) fabricbluefinstudios (72)Hive Gardenerin HiveGarden • 6 months agoThe FLORIDA WEAVE for Tomato and Cucmber!FLORIDA WEAVE for my tomato and cucumbers! With the new TRELLIS Arch, I needed a strong, flexible way to trellis my Tomato and Cucumber vines, to increase airflow and grow…bluefinstudios (72)Hive Gardenerin HiveGarden • 6 months agoTOMATO TRELLIS Update, and Garden TourFINALLY! My trellis for tomato and cucumber is in place! If you've been following me, you know we had some snow and storms. After a challenging winter, I finally had a…bluefinstudios (72)Hive Gardenerin HiveGarden • 7 months agoMulch, Maintenance, And MORE Garden FUN!Mulching, Garden Maintenance, and Much, Much MORE! If you've been following me, you know that April And MAY were EXTREMELY busy times for me, for work. I spent an absurd…bluefinstudios (72)Hive Gardenerin HiveGarden • 7 months agoWant To Grow Great Peppers? To Get The BEST Peppers, CAREFULLY handle the seedlings! Here I show how I am transplanting my Pepper Seedlings, into their Fabric Grow Gags. I've been following this method…bluefinstudios (72)Hive Gardenerin HiveGarden • 7 months agoMy Secret Recipe For AMAZING compostTo Get The BEST Vegetables, You NEED the BEST SOIL! Great vegetable harvest need great soil. AND, I do NOT leave my soil health to chance. I actively FEED my soil. FEED THE…bluefinstudios (72)in Ladies of Hive • 8 months agoMy Mom's Influence In My Kitchen! LOH #185Family CookBooks Thru the Years! The Cookbook I made of my mom's recipes, on top. Back about 20 years ago, I started thinking about family recipes. I knew I could always call…bluefinstudios (72)Hive Gardenerin HiveGarden • 8 months agoPlanting My 2024 Onions!Planting My 2024 Onions! Onions are from a family called Alliaceae. they also herbaceous perennial flowering plants and flowers. Sometimes, people know them as Allium. What…bluefinstudios (72)in Ladies of Hive • 8 months agoMy First Love, Mom. For The Ladies of Hive Contest, #184no idea who shot the image, as we had tons of disposable cameras at our wedding, but this is one of many received that wonderful day, almost three decades ago! Most of you…bluefinstudios (72)Hive Gardenerin HiveGarden • 8 months agoSquish, Squash, I planted my SQUASH!Squish, Squash, I planted my SQUASH! FINALLY, getting even more in the ground! It's taken some time for the ground to warm up enough to be able to plant anything in ground…