Make and Takes Daily Fix

Make and Takes Daily Fix

Getting Organized with Avery

Posted: 02 Jun 2010 03:07 PM PDT

Who doesn’t need a little more organization in their life, right?! I’m pretty good at staying on top of things, but I’m always looking for the right tools to help me. Avery seems to have all the right stuff and happily they sent me a fun package with lots of great product. There were binders, dividers, labels (I LIVE for labels and they have some that are removable, REMOVABLE!), and note tabs. And these are not your average note tabs either. You can write on them, remove them, and see through them! But more on those later with my own time saving tip post.

Today, Avery has asked me to help spread the word about their new cool club, The Organization of Moms on Facebook. They’ve set up a place for us all to join hands and share our time saving tips. How are you making it all happen? How are you saving time with cool tips and tricks?

And they even have a fabulous contest going on right now for those of you who submit a time saving tip. From now until June 30th, enter Avery's Tip It Forward Contest and you could win the $2,000 Grand Prize towards a summer vacation or an assortment of weekly Avery prizes to help keep you organized, wahoo! I know you’ve got some great tips to share, head on over and submit!

– Avery sent me some of their products to blog about, as well as compensation. But any time saving tips are my own ideas. -

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Square Foot Garden Check Up

Posted: 02 Jun 2010 08:10 AM PDT

I couldn’t be more please with how green and growing my vegetable garden is. I’m always amazed at how a tiny seed or little plant can grow and grow with just a little water, sun, and soil. Actually, we’ve had a really wet May, so my plants are extra bushy from all the rain and loving it.

Here’s an update on what I’m growing and how it’s all fitting in the square foot garden. It’s all been planted since May 9th (peas went in April 25th):

I ended up skipping on the carrots and planting more beans. I may have to pull one or two of the bean plants though. The packet said it needed 6 inches apart and I only did it 6 inches by 4 inches.

I LOVE to grow potatoes. I tried them for the first time last year and they were so good. I planted red potatoes. You get potatoes to plant from the garden nursery and cut them each in half, making sure they have 2 eyes per side, then plant them about 12 inches deep. They grow big leafy tops, and even flower, then by the time they start to wilt and die, it’s time to pull them up. I get close to 20 round potatoes with each plant. That was so fun!

And I hope my onions have enough room, their bulbs will be touching by the end of the season. My Vegetable Gardener’s Bible by Edward Smith, said onions are 4×4 inches apart, so we’ll see. This is a GREAT book for vegetable gardens. If your plant or seeds don’t come with instructions, you can turn to your veggie bible. It has almost every vegetable you’d ever want to plant and how to plant, grow, and harvest it.

How’s your garden coming along? What did you decide to plant this season?
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