Edible Arrangements Now Available

I have had a few people ask me about making my Edible Arrangements for upcoming holidays and occasions.  So I have finally decided that I will take some orders but am limiting my orders. This is a hobby I love and not a job. lol Right now I am offering a few sizes.

• Small. . . .(Kid Size). . . . . . . . . $10.00
• Medium. . . . (great for a couple people). . . . . $25.00
• Large. . . . (family size). . . . . . $35.00
• Extra Large. . . . . . . message me for details.

There are tons of options. . . .


Starting with the fruit
Chocolate covered Strawberries
Sliced apples

Cantaloupe

Honeydew

Pineapple

Grapes 

Oranges

 then added touches of what is in season and cute decorations that vary depending on the holiday or occasion.
* You can choose a mixture of all or just the favorites.

Prices vary depending on the container or basket that is comes in.

Plastic flowerpot. . . . Included
Decorative ceramic flowerpot. . . add $5.00
Weaved basket . . . . add $3.00
Cute bowl. . . . add 5.00
Adorable Tea cup flower pot . . . . add 10.00

• For holiday orders I am only taking a limited amount of orders.
• Orders need to be placed a few days in advance. To insure I have time to get everything together.
• Delivery is available
• Special request are also available just message me.

This morning I was doing some finalizing research for my edible arrangements and decided to check out the website for the ones you see for sale on TV. They are similar to the ones I make the main difference is the price! They make a small arrangement the base is a coffee mug and the price starts out at. . . . are you ready for this $42.00. That is just crazy. They also make and sell one similar to my Large  and they start at $79.00. . . .

Like I said earlier, I am doing this as a hobby and love making them. I try to keep my prices affordable. Message me if you are interested in one!!! I will start to post pictures of the ones I make and of the options as I go!!!!!

Getting ready for Easter!

Easter 2011

I bought Reed an Easter book last year titled, An Easter Gift for Me.  It is a really cute book that Reed has fallen in love with. So much that he reads it all the time! Here is a small taste of the book.

 Jesus came to Earth as a baby. When he grew up, he thought people about God. "But some of the people did not understand the way Jesus fit into God's special plan." He died on a cross, and that was sad. But he came alive again and lives in heaven today!

I love how he knows the real meaning of Easter and not just the Easter bunny. Now don't get me wrong, he loves the Easter bunny too. This post is actually about the cute things the Easter bunny does at our house!

Our Easter routine: The night before we read his Easter book, this year now he will read the book to me or at least read how he sees it!  Then we talk about the Easter bunny, now that we have a big enough house I have some fun cute ideas planned for the Easter bunny. 

The day before Easter we are going to make lots of Easter cookies and treats!

Then that night  I will have to make sure Reed leaves a carrot out! The Easter Bunny may be hungry! 

On Reeds night stand the Easter bunny will leave his first egg and note, Reed will then follow the bunny prints (flour on the floor that looks like footprints) leading Reed to the kitchen table.

Then

The Easter bunny will be leaving a small edible arrangement * (More info on edible arrangement at bottom of post.) (a mini version with strawberries, grapes, cantaloupe, Peeps and the chocolate marshmallow eggs)  an empty Easter basket and another note.

Now time to fill the basket!

Let the hunting begin. . .  Eggs, Peeps, carrots, a couple small toys, a little chocolate. . . not to mention the piles of  bunny poop (crunch a bunch) he will find. Yucky. Imagine the look on his face when mommy eats it! lol

At the very end Reed will find a new Buzz Lightyear (he has been begging and begging for one) with another note.

Time for Reed to help his little brother look for some eggs 

Gotta hide some eggs outside.

Then that evening a Wonderful Easter dinner! 

Check back for my recipes!

* I have had lots of requests for the Easter Edible Arrangement.  I will only be taking 15 Orders I have 6 spots left! The small (kid size) is $10.00 and a large (family size) is $35.00. Message me for more details. Either on Facebook or my email. kyndale_dailey@yahoo.com

Germinating Seeds Part 2

So today I continued checking my seeds that were germinating and planted the ones that were ready into soil! This is Boring to some people or VERY EXCITING to someone like me!!! Yeah I'm a gardening nerd! 

Let me remind everyone I am terrible at  directions. . . . That's why I post pictures!!!

Supply List:

Containers for planting

Good garden soil ( Monrovia Organic is what I use)

Labels

Tweesers

Skewer 

Plastic dome

Directions:

Go through plastic bags with seeds and see which are ready to be planted and put them aside

Fill containers with soil about 3/4 the way. using skewer poke a hole in soil about 3/4 the way down

Open one baggy at a time, using tweezers gently pull seeds (you will see a bit of green and a long white root) away from paper towel and  place root end down into the soil gently cover up leaving the tip exposed.

Don't forget to label them!  When all the plants are in soil lightly water and cover with plastic dome! 

*Never let soil dry out! (Roots are very sensitive and will die easily) 

* Lift dome often to get fresh air in! ( I leave my one at night and left off first thing in the am and just check if soil starts to dry out, water and put dome back on.

 Soil and Planting containers!

 Labels . .  gotta know what's planted!

 Work station. . . well until dinner!!

 Dirt added

 Paper towel with my seeds all sprouted

 Planted. .  look closely you can see it. . lol

 Lettuce sprouts

All ready to grow covered with the domes!

Hope this helps. . . .check back as they get ready to go outside in the garden!!!!

Germinating Seeds

A few days ago I started germinating my seeds for this years garden. . . . this is the first year I have done this I usually buy starts.  So I laid out all my seeds and sorted them out. Some you start indoors now and some go directly into the soil later in Spring.  It has been 2 days since I started the germination process and I check my seeds probably every hour. . . hoping for a little plant to emerge! hehe Well today was the day, some have started to sprout. So now that I am successful in getting the seeds to pop, I will give the oh so easy instructions!

Supply List:

Seeds

Bowl of water

Paper towels

Ziploc bags Size small

Sharpie

Kitchen towel

Old shoe box, with dime size holes punched in side

Directions:

1. Figure out which seeds you want to germinate, I did tomatoes, lettuce, Bell Peppers, Spinach.. . ect. 

2. Label each Ziploc bag with seed type, and date.

3. Dip paper towel in water, remove and lay flat on kitchen towel.

4. Sprinkle seeds on paper towel, then fold up and put into Ziploc bag. DO NOT ZIP SHUT they need air.

5. Place all baggies of seeds into shoe box, close box and put in dark cool place.

Seeds should sprout in a couple days! Then you are on your way to your very own organic garden starts for a fraction of the cost to buy them.

Check back for the next step as I pot my seeds and get them ready to be planted outside in my garden!!!

Here are a few pictures!!

My very CLUTTERED Seed Box!!!

 Labeled with name and date.

 All in the shoe box getting ready to go in the closet!

The Sun is Shinning!!!

The SUN is out and it is BEAUTIFUL!!!

 Today is a great day to plant my bulbs and my strawberries!!! I am so excited!!!

When we bought this house I slowly realized that whom ever lived here before had spent a lot of time and money on landscaping. Ian didn't see it, he thought we were going to have to spend hundreds of dollars to make this yard the way I want! Well time will tell!!! I will post some before pictures later today and some after in a few weeks when it is all done and maybe some photos of my progress along the way!  

Now you have to remember that the house/ yard sat empty for over a year. So by the looks of things I am going to be able to uncover lots of bulbs and perennial flowers and shrubs. . . . now keep in mind I have no idea what kind of flowers or shrubs these will be, but I am so excited to find out!!!! I bought a few of my own bulbs and shrubs also so no matter what I will have some color around the house,  lets just hope it matched what is already here!!! Well time to get to work!!!!

Oh and a short list of what will be planted over the next few weeks are:

Gladiolas

Dahlias

Pansies (winter/frost hardy)

Wave Petunias (hanging planters)

Snap dragons (my all time favorite and very winter hardy)

Forsythia 8 of them!!!!!

Cherry, Dwarf Flowering 6 of them!!!

Rose of Sharon Hedge 24 of them!!!!

Ranunculus

Siberian Elm, (shrub) 24 of them!!!!

Lilac, Purple 5 of them

Garden Huckleberry

Giant Ranunculus

Giant Windflower

And whatever other pretty flowers I find at the nursery!!!

Fruit Trees are on the WAY!!!!

ALMOST THERE!!!

So we and by WE I mean Ian, my step-dad Fred and Uncle Mark. . . and my little sister Morgan . . .lol They have all contributed  TREMENDOUSLY!!! Fred has been falling these HUGE trees. 100+ ft Fir and Pine Trees!!! Mark and Ian have been cutting up and burning the branches and brush. Also they have been cutting and stacking the rest for firewood. :) Save some money next year!!! Morgan spent 2 hours in the pouring rain dragging and burning brush! WHAT A SISTER!!! I am sure about now you are wondering why I have not been helping. . . . well  you try having two boys one that runs around like crazy and the other one who crawls around like crazy! Not to mention they take naps at DIFFERENT times!!! So I stay inside and take care of the boys and run the worker bees water/beer or beverage of choice and also I make sure they are fed! They don't work unless they are FULL!!! lol  Anyways they have cut over 50 TREES!! (don't worry we are planting new ones)

 As of right now the trees are down (we have TONS of firewood) the stumps are ready to be removed, and My orchard is mapped out!!! ALMOST THERE!!!! 

        I have done tons of research to make sure the trees I get are well taken care of and pollinate each other and produce tons of fruit!!! They are very picky from the soil they are planted in to the direction they are planted (facing the sun or not), to how much water they get to the fertilizer. The Main this is to keep them healthy and bug free so they can be completely ORGANIC!!!

So this year I am planting 11 Trees!!!

Fuji Apple

Golden Delicious Apple

Elberta Peach

Redskin Peach

Bartlett Pear

Bosc Pear

Bing Cherry

Black Tartarian Cherry

Plumcot (Plum mixed with Apricot)

Darkskin Plum (rich purple plum)

Banana (yep you read right a banana tree that is hardy to our climate)

Not to mention  the trees that can't be planted outside because they have to come inside during the winter

Kumquat

Dwarf Lime

Dwarf Lemon

Dwarf Mandarin

I can't WAIT to enjoy all these fruit trees!!! I love the fact that my boys will be able to go and pick there own fresh organic fruit!

Next year we will put in nut trees, a mini grape vinyard, and a big berry garden.  Can't wait for that either!!!

Made my Very First Edible Arrangement!

I made this Edible Arrangement for Ian's Boss Krystal! She put up with so much of Ian's crap since he at Dutch Bros 8 YEARS AGO!!!! LOL HAHA! Now that she is switching to a different stand we wanted to do something and for some reason this option seemed so much better then real flowers!!! LOL and I am sure it tastes a lot better too!!!! SO here is a couple pictures of the final product!!!

Pork Roast with Oven Roasted Potatoes and Green Beans

So I have missed the last few days of my recipes! Since the boys are asleep and I mean all 3 boys are sleep, and I am awake catching up on lasts night Bachelor I figure I will catch up on my blog!!!

Pork Roast with Oven Roasted Potatoes and Green Beans 

 Ingredients 

Pork Roast

Can of Cream of Mushroom soup

Fresh Thyme

Fresh Rosemary

Potatoes (cut into pieces)

Green Beans

Bacon

Directions 

I use a Corningware round baking dish with lid but anything will do just cover with foil.

 Pre-heat oven to 400

Place Pork Roast in the center of baking dish, place potatoes around roast. Cover roast with cream of mushroom soup(do not add water). Lay fresh Thyme and  Rosemary  on top of soup. Cover with lid and place in oven. Cook for 35-45 mins depeneding on size of roast. Let rest for 10 mins before slicing.  

While the Roast is resting. Slice bacon into small bit size pieces, add to hot pan and fry till done leaving grease and bacon in the pan add frozen or fresh Geen beans and cook a few mins until done.

Then Eat up!!!!! Yummy