Weekend late mornings have always been special in our home.   One of the highlights that help start the day is enjoying the extra time with family and friends to whip up something yummy from the garden to kitchen using a recipe from the family traditions scrapbook.  This collection of recipes gathered in an office binder includes the original recipes from the first meal I cooked up in my very first apartment kitchen at collage to meals I enjoy with my children today.  Today I’m sharing an old recipe made new.  In this Egg Bake creation I’m using home grown herbs and a few farm fresh eggs to recreate an old  family favorite meal.

Click on the Image Above for Recipe

This is one dish that can be left in the oven a little extra to add that golden brown top.  Be sure to click on the middle image in this blog  for the complete recipe.  I hope this recipe brings a happy start to your next weekend brunch with family and friends.

Do you save recipes in a scrapbook for future reference?I’d love to hear from you so let me know what you think about this recipe  by leaving a comment.  Happy Weekend Friends!

Now that my garden has been put to rest for the winter, I’ve been sorting through my images and cleaning up my files on my office P.C. hard drive.  I can’t stress enough the importance of doing a back up of  images every few months.  I’m  thankful I’ve not had experienced losing 1,000′s of images and documents due to a hard drive crash.  I’m totally knocking on wood right now! Cleaning up and backing up the hard drive can be a fun ‘flip’ through memories.  I just found this totally dreamy shot of P.Allen Smiths garden at sunset from a visit I have back in April.

Sunset at Moss Mountain Retreat in Little Rock at the P.Allen Smith Garden 2 Blog Event

Whens the last time you did a back up on your computer?!

In a short windy evening, the beautiful color in the landscape was whisked away.  The color splashes throughout my surrounds is now tossing and turning as the winter winds arrive.     I’m missing that autumn walk out my mudroom door as my Aussie Olivia takes her spot in the warm lawn ( photo above).

Getting down with the subject I’m  photographing is much more enjoyable on the warm autumn ground.

Before the wind blew the Bald Cyprus was on fire and the pond could be framed by the Ginko tree leaves (photo above).   Thank  goodness for photography and being able to capture those autumn days to remember when we need a warming thought.

Did the wind blow into your garden this week?  Are you missing the color splashes of  autumn?  I’d love to hear from you.

Boo Kitty Lends a Helping Paw

It’s that time of year when the Midwest is participating in the race against time to beat old man winters arrival. One of the many tasks during this time is to prepare the containers for winter storage.  With most of today’s container designs they are easy to move indoors or just leave outdoors.  However, with the end of the season and preparing for winter I’ve notice many gardeners are ready for a change and cleaning out the containers for storage is part of the transition into a new season.

Thoughts on Container Gardening

Container gardening is not only a trend that has swept America in the past five years but it is a great way to be able to have more design options in the home and landscape.   An advantage of container gardening is its portability and suitability for many lifestyles.  Container gardening allows one to be creative in any type of garden.  Gardening in containers can be enjoyed by beginners as well as advance gardeners.  The possibilities for growing are endless using a container.  Veggies, Annuals and Perennials are suitable for container with a down side of having to fertilize as well as water frequently.

Autumn Care For Containers

Every year before the hard frost arrives I decided which plants I want to enjoy indoor for the winter.  While deciding on this plants I also have to consider the container I’m going to grow them in.  With my greenhouse I prefer to transplant many of the annuals, herbs and perennials into plastic growing containers that I’ve recycled.  The decorative containers will be cared for and put away for storage.

Tips :

1. Empty containers soil into compost pile for winter.

2. using a wire brush and hose  gentle scrub the inside of the container from all soil and green that maybe present.

3.  Be sure to container is completely dry before storing indoors to prevent bacteria growth  and also freeze damage.

4. Allow plenty of room when stacking the containers in storage.  The changing of the season can cause the container to expand and break if nestled tight against one another.

5.  Take a photo  of your containers in storage so you can refer to them while you plan out your spring garden during the winter months.

We all love what our beautiful garden provides us with during most of the year so lets remember to let those containers know we appreciate all that they do by taking the time to care for them.

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This is my share for the week:

This past weekend I had fun tweeting with a few new garden connections on the #gardenchat stream.   This Twitter user caught my eye on the #gardenchat stream because she has a kitty on her profile picture.  @AquamarineSteph blog is really cool because she shares some neat tips on how genealogy works.   I’m totally interested because I’ve been working on orgainizing some old family photos that were passed on to me.   Stephanies site is filled with tips on how preserve facts as well as some neat old facts she has collected along the way.  This is why I’ve picked her for my #Read’EmAll Tuesday person to blog about and who you should check out!

Find her over at Twitter : @aquarinesteph And her on her blog by clicking HERE!

Some of the Photos I’m working on and Inspired to keep plugging away after reading Stephanies Blog!

Don’t forget to share what blog you are enjoying this Tuesday over at that #gardenchat blog!