This Perfectly Imperfect Life

Saturday morning I decided I want to make my blog here my happy place again. The place I turn to when I want to share the good as well as the bad, not just photos. I've started a journal specifically for The Portable Homestead - for my notes on turning it around and giving it a renewed focus. I've also begun doing a lot of research on blogging in general and so far it's fascinating & inspiring!  Here's to new beginnings! Stay tuned...

In honor of today's #plantchat topic on ways of preserving your harvest, I wanted to re-post this 'how to freeze green beans' from my Adventures In Gardening Archives.  And so appropriate as I harvested the first green beans this afternoon! ( #plantchat is hosted by @CoronaTools each Monday afternoon at 2pm est on Twitter). Title:   Preserving The Harvest (What To Do With All Those Beans!) Original Post Date:  Saturday, September 22, 2012 Happy Autumn everyone andwelcome to my first (official) "how-to" Adventures In Gardening! In my last post , I mentioned I was up to my eyeballs in (green) beans this year, so much so that I've been freezing my near daily harvests to enjoy during the colder months. Today I wanted to share with you how easy it is to freeze beans! Let's get started.  Yesterday I used a fresh batch of harvested beans.  (I clip them off right into zip lock bags so they can go right into the fridge if being used that day or the nex...

Are you on Instagram? Me too! Without intending to, my Instagram has become my micro-blog. It's now my immediate go-to when posting photos along with short text posts. I didn't expect how much I would enjoy using IG as well as the interactions with other users there.   I didn't mean to get derailed here once again! There's so much to keep up with in the online (and offline) world anymore. Add my unpredictable health to the mix and it's all too much at times, even though I've always been conscious about using what sites/apps I enjoy vs what the status quo is at any given time. Our recent vaca was a great technology/app break and I've tried to keep that going to a large degree since being home. (Coming down with a wicked awful sinus infection the day after we got home on 7/20 and only starting to feel better on 8/3 has helped with the extended break!) What I'm going to try focus on in the weeks to come is sharing here at The Portable Hom...