Adventures in Thrifting in Kentucky!

If you follow me on Instragram and Facebook then you already know what I was doing over the weekend. My mom came to visit me, and we took a trip with my aunt up to Kentucky to do some good old fashioned junking! My aunt had previously visited the small town of Glendale (just south of Elizabethtown) and loved it for it quaintness and antique shops. She's been itching to get us up there!

And I'm so glad she did! We had an amazing time, saw some amazing things, and had great timing (it was also the Spring Festival so lot of extra unexpected shopping!).

I wanted to show you around a bit in case you're ever in that area. 

And, of course, show you all of the fun thrifty finds that came home with me!

And there might even be a ghost story in it for you, too.

28 {MORE} Strawberry Recipes!

Strawberry season is upon us once again!

Last year I did a round up of 27 strawberry recipes, and today I'm sharing 28 more!

I shared this photo on Instagram over the weekend (follow me!).

It was our first strawberry picking of the weekend. We came home with over 10 pounds of berries!

I have big plans for them, including some of the recipes I am sharing here today.

But the best part of our berry picking yesterday was that it coincided with the customer appreciation festival that our favorite farm puts on every spring. After picking strawberries, you get to enjoy a smorgasbord of various strawberry foods all on the house! It is SO good! And definitely inspiring.

Ready for some great strawberry recipes?

Pinterest Feature Friday - PFF #82

 

Hello! Thanks for joining us at the Pinterest Party, where feature one fabulous pinner a week! 

Beverly from Flamingo Toes, Michele from The Scrap Shoppe and I (Malia from Yesterday on Tuesday) love showing off your pins.

It's Lindy from the Itsy Bitsy Paper Blog! Lindy has 28 Boards and 1988 Pins. Here are a few of Lindy's Boards:
There are lots of cool projects on Get Your Craft On Board:

1 Simple Trick to Water Your Potted Plants Less Frequently

So you know how it gets all hot out during the summer and you feel like you're constantly having to water your flowers or they look like they are ready to shrivel up and die? Especially the potted plants in your container gardens that dry out super fast.

Well, I have a super simple little trick to help you water those potted plants less frequently.

You won't believe how simple this is!

Ready?

5 Tricks to Keep Squirrels Out of Your Plants

Every spring and summer an epic battle goes on in my backyard:

The Gardener versus The Squirrel

I often lose, but I'm getting more savvy every year and learn new tricks to beat back these little pests that like to dig up my flowers, eat my plants, root through my flower pots, and make general chaos of our patio area.

Today I'm going to share 5 tricks I've picked up in the last few years of gardening to help keep squirrels out of your plants. These work best with container gardening, which is what I mostly do on our back patio, but several of these can be applied directly to your bed gardens.

Pinterest Feature Friday - PFF #81

Welcome to another week of Pinterest Feature Friday!!

Bev from Flamingo Toes here with this week's PFF Feature - and she's one of the sweetest people ever!

This week we're featuring Angie from The Country Chic Cottage!

Angie has 157 Boards and 5483 Pins for us to check out! Ready to get started?!

Ok - I want to go move in here - Angie's Farmhouse Faves board is to die for! So many awesome finds!