Farm store day 🚜

It’s our favorite biweekly activityβ€”visiting the local farm store!

We always get a dozen cider donuts, deli meat, local bread, lollipops, and a plant or two for me πŸ˜„πŸͺ΄.

Today, we noticed the store is getting ready for the fall. There were a few new fall decorations out on display.

Yes, I was tempted to buy some of the fall decor 😏, but I will remain patient and wait until mid-August. Lol 😊

I love these cute fabric apples. 🍎πŸ₯°

I bought two small houseplants marked down to $2.99. I couldn’t pass up that good deal! πŸ˜…πŸͺ΄

A couple of years ago, I tried to grow prayer plants in my house, but fungus gnats devoured my poor plants. 😭 I had the hardest time getting rid of the nuisance gnats.

Since then, I have learned how to properly care for plants I buy from the farmers market or local stores.

For instance, before, I didn’t know it’s important to give your store plants a proper potting mix separate from the soil they are placed in at the store.

Caring for the eight houseplants I have now (5 pothos and 3 snake plants) and outdoor gardening has taught me more basic plantcare skills, so I am ready to add these two new plants to my indoor plant collection. 😊πŸͺ΄

The kids also helped scoop a pound of raw peanuts. We like to feed the squirrels at a nearby neighborhood park we frequent. 🐿

Picking out their favorite lollipops.
I need this vintage sign for my kitchen. πŸ˜‚

Great visit to the farm store today! I just might have to go back and get two more small houseplants. πŸ˜„πŸͺ΄

Do you have a favorite local shop you like to visit regularly?

πŸ’œ XO


Happy Friday

Three things to reflect on in honor of September 11th.

A morning at the farm store πŸ‘©πŸ½β€πŸŒΎ

Going to the local farm store has become one of our favorite things to do this summer.

We’ve been going biweekly to look at the flowers (and sometimes buy flowers πŸŒΈπŸ˜†), get fresh baked goods, and checkout any new products.

The kids love it because I always buy them lollipops. πŸ­πŸ˜…

In May, I bought some of our fruit and vegetable starts at the farm store.

I must say, I am very pleased with the plants we got because they have been growing so well in our little gardens. 😍🌱

On this particular day, we bought a dozen cinnamon sugar donuts 🍩 (for only $8!), deli meat and sub rolls for lunch πŸ₯ͺ, lollipops for the kids 🍭, a hanging flower basket for the front porch πŸ’, and fresh parsley for the swallowtail caterpillar we’re “raising” πŸ›.

Zaya (5) picking out lollipops at the farm store. πŸ₯°πŸ­

A few weeks ago, we found a butterfly egg on our garden parsley. Since then, we have been caring for the swallowtail caterpillar.

But I’ll share more on that story in a different post. πŸ˜‰πŸ›πŸ¦‹

Fresh parsley for Cali the caterpillar πŸŒΏπŸ›
Cali loves the parsley! πŸ₯°πŸ›πŸŒΏ

I was good, and I only bought three plants this time πŸ˜†πŸͺ΄: flowers for the porch, onion starts, and more parsley for the caterpillar (because I didn’t want it to eat all of the small parsley plants I had in my grow bag).

πŸ’œ XO


Happy Friday!

Four fun things for Friday, including a new art exhibit I’m excited to see.