lindy, Author at Garden Seeds and Honey Bees

This was our Pioneer Serving Table for our 24th of July dinner party. We all had a fun time being together as family making memories.

Bandanas for Root Beer or Cream Soda Pop Bottles

*I cut out 4 square pieces of Muslin material 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 Inches and cut them in half on an angle and tied the longest side (which is 9 1/2 inches in length) ends together around each of the pop bottles, making 8 Bandanas.

Decorative Wagon Wheels

I used burlap ribbon/strips and wrapped around tubing you could also use Hula Hoops. I used Jute to tie and wrap around to secure burlap strips and for the spokes you could use a thicker rope or burlap strips twisted, but I used Jute.

I used the same flower Technic as I used here.

After making the flowers I attached the flowers to all the crossing pieces of Jute using another piece Jute and a wide eyed needle to attach and I tied the Jute ends in the back of the wagon wheels/flowers.

Apple Cider Drink

*Beehive Shaped Glass Container or any 1 1/2 gallon drink container

*1 gallon Apple Cider, cold
*1/2 liter or more of 7-Up or any Lemon Lime Soda, cold
*2 Pink Lady Apples sliced or Apples of your choice
*1 stick of Cinnamon

Place all the above ingredients in Jar and serve. Add Ice if desired.

Bee Sack Treat Bag

* Root Beer Barrels
*Honey Taffy
*Lemon heads candy
*Lemon Creme Almonds

I found all the candy at are local Macey’s Grocery Store except for the Honey Taffy and Treat bags which I bought at Cox Hone. I put all the treats in the treat bag and tied them with Jute.

Bee Cups

I bought the Bee Cups at the dollar store and put in a couple of Bit-O-Honey Candies. (You could take the wrappers off for a more of the pioneer look.) Then fill the rest of the space with Honeycomb Cereal.

I hope you will have a pioneer/bee party in the future.

Lindy

It has been so hot in Utah as well as other places in the USA. But besides the heat the garden is doing well. I’ve been watering the garden 2 to 3 times a week depending on what the plants need. I’ve been putting up a few more bags of Peas and now this is the first of the Green Beans

Freezing Green Beans

In my earlier blog we put up peas for the freezer. Now, we are doing the Green Beans. You will need to snip the green beans and cut or break them in the desired style.

*Blanch the Green Beans by bringing them to a boiling point and boil them for 7 minutes in a stainless steel Stock Pot of water.

*Cool down Green Beans Quickly in a bowl of ice water. If doing large batches of Green Beans you will need more bowls of ice water.

*Drain off water from the Green Beans and place in Ziploc freezer bags. I like the Pint size.

*Remove air from the Ziploc bag, with a straw, close bag and freeze.

See freezer peas if you need more instructions, also see pictures below.