Happy Halloween

October 31, 2008 By Karen Creel

“And the Great Pumpkin will rise up out of his pumpkin

patch with his bag of toys for all the good children”

Charles Schultz,It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown!

Don’t know what to do with all those pumpkin seeds after you have carved the pumpkin?

Wash the seeds to remove the pulp. Spread on a cookie sheet and sprinkle with salt or a seasoning blend. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes. Stir frequently. Take out and sprinkle with any popcorn seasoning you like.

Excerpt from China Bayles Book of Days

Susan Wittig Albert

Happy Halloween

I am off to Gatlinburg with my Girlfriends (some who can be a little witchey!)

Karen

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Gardenchick is a place for gardeners, flea market fanatics, lovers of the farmhouse look, and purveyors of all things rusty!

I’m not sure when my fascination with junk began, but gardening was in my blood from an early age. I remember my grandmother could throw a few seeds out and have the prettiest flowers. Sweet peas were rampant beside the front porch. I can see her now, bent over pulling weeds, and I find myself doing the same thing anytime I’m in the yard. My dad was raised on a large farm, and even though he moved away, and we always lived in the city, he had a garden. He had me help him plant a garden in May before he died in August. So you can see, gardening just comes naturally to me.

I can’t explain the love of rusty and all things chippy, but I have dug through more barns and sheds than I would like to admit to bring out a rusty wagon or old chicken feeder.

So, I hope you will follow along, and we can learn a few things together. I’ll be sharing gardening ideas, my flea market finds, and thrifty ways to repurpose.