Karen's Dangling Conversation

Amanda loves her garden The first Strawberries from Mackay's Garden The first Raspberries of the year Mackay's Garden Liz's garden threatens to over grow her plot! My garden of greens, lettuce, kale, beets, spinach and carrots

I grow a lot of lavender in my garden.  I can't resist it.  The way it smells when you walk by and happen to brush up against it.  The way it brings the bees to the garden.  The wonderful things you can do with it.  And did I mention it smells good.....so divine!  I was noticing the other day that the flowers were just at their peak and so I decided to preserve some of them to add to little gifts or stick in a vase or lay on a table. So I gathered them into little bunches and hung them upside down to dry.  I could hardly get them away from the bees they love them so! It's as easy as 1, 2, 3: 1.  Gather Lavender in small little bunches. 2.  Secure with a twist tie. 3.  Hang them upside down to dry or use as is. Enjoy your lavender inside and out! Linked up to Traditional Tuesday at Whole New Mom

My sister came to visit me from Denver last week.  Have I mentioned that I have a lot of sisters.  I am so blessed.....blessed seven times with sisters.  Have I mentioned how much I love my sisters.  I do not think I could have made it this far in life without my sisters.  They are my mothers, my friends, my cohorts, my confidantes and I would not like to know life without them!  So back to my sister Jana's visit.  We were going to be traveling to our cabin in Beaver for the 4th of July weekend and so of course we needed to make a few treats.  She suggested we make Dessert Burgers which was her specialty from our childhood.  We all had a specialty because back in those days we didn't have so many handy treats and anything we wanted we had to make....from scratch!  So here it is one of our favs from our childhood....you might also know these as Whoopie Pies but we grew up in the Pacific Northwest and no one had ever heard of those! Th...

The best thing happened today!  I went to visit my friend in her garden today and I left with a jar of honey. Not just any jar of honey mind you.  This is a jar of honey made in her own back yard.  This is a jar of honey made with her own little bees from her own little beehives.  This is a jar of honey that has been gathered by the bees from all the wonderful herbs around her beautiful garden.  This is the best jar of honey I have ever received.  I love the way it sparkles in the sun.  I love the way it still has some of the bees wax on top.  I love the way it tastes....yum!  Thank you to my friend for sharing her lovely honey with me and a bit of Garden Therapy to go with it!  As she would say.....See you in the Garden! The Best Jar of Honey!