A New Addition

We've been wanting a greenhouse for quite some time. The last one we had was used one season before we sold our home and moved. It's been 4 years since then and we are ready to start growing our own food again! 

This was made from recycled glass and cinder blocks. The wood and roofing are new materials, but hey, it's up and AMAZING!!! I love it! My husband never ceases to amaze me!!!

In this picture you see Cody trying to persuade his dad to let him spray the window with water. They were super dirty! 

E A T YOUR V E G G I E S

zucchini, spaghetti squash, tomatoes, & bell peppers

Fall is officially here! Well, I'm a couple days early, but does that really matter? Leaves are changing, temperatures are falling and its harvest time! I've spent the last couple days canning and freezing veggies from our garden. Tonight I canned 9 jars of homemade salsa made from our tomatoes!

homemade salsa

spinach and tomatoes

You know how most people do a good spring cleaning every spring? Well, I'm doing it now that its fall. And by cleaning, I'm talking about my 9 day cleanse with Isagenix. I started a couple days ago, and I am still excited about doing it. I don't mind the shakes at all and I really like the Fiber Snacks AND I've lost 2.5 lbs in just two days! I'm looking forward to seeing my overall weight loss, but that's not the only reason I'm doing this. For me, it's about getting rid of the toxins that we ingest and breathe everyday. What about you? Do you cleanse? If so, is it all natural or do you take supplements too? I'd love to hear about you! =) 

Have a wonderful week! ~ Stephanie

Cobalt Blu Planter

cobalt bLu planter © samos 2013

inside © samos 2013

cobalt bLu planter © samos 2013

Composting Gratitude

morning sun © samos 2012

 

I was reading my friend's blog this morning and was reminded how fortunate

 we are to live in such beauty.

I'm surrounded by tall pinon pines, the Sangre de Cristo mountain range, and

of course all our critters.

 

Lumpy saying hi

our Lexi girl

Neo eating breakfast

 

* (Daisy and Oscar didn't want to participate in picture taking today.)

 

 

As most of you know, I love gardening! I am by no means anything like my father who is an AMAZING gardner, but I like to dabble... I've had a small vegetable garden for the last six years and I'm finally ready to get a little more serious. By serious, I mean I need to start composting and get that darn green house built! Anyways, yesterday my parents stopped by for lunch and then Dad and I  built my compost bin! I've been needing to do this for quite some time and just haven't got around to it...

 

 

compost bin out of pallets

the corner that i enter to tend to the compost

 

It is a very easy bin to build. We used FOUR wood pallets that my husband salvaged from work. Each one was tied together with wire and then we used twine for the gate. After we finsished, we decided that we could have used twine for all the corners but the wire worked fine. Now that the bin is made I can start adding organic scraps from the kitchen: coffee grounds, unused fruit and vegetable skins, eggshells...oh, don't forget about the aged horse manure. No shortage of that around here!

 

Do you have a compost? I'd love to hear about it!