I had the opportunity to teach my Sunday school class this past Sunday as we’re going through a study on the parables in the gospel of Luke. Here’s the text of my lesson if anyone would like to refer back to it.
Author: Ed Hart
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Zaxby’s Knock Off Remoulade Style Sauce
A delicious and spicy remoulade style dipping sauce. Perfect for fried anything, but pickles in particular! Super easy to make and keeps for about 4-5 days in the fridge.
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Homemade Pastry Shell
A great pastry shell is one of those foundational recipes that quietly elevates everything you make, from quiche to fruit tarts to classic pies. This version is simple, reliable, and built for texture: crisp edges, tender bite, and distinct flaky layers.
Once you understand a few key principles (cold butter, minimal handling, proper hydration), this becomes a go-to pie crust. Make this recipe ahead of time so that you have at least an hour to chill the dough in the fridge. The prep and mixing takes about 15 minutes.
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Basic Polenta Recipe
My basic go-to polenta recipe. I use this all the time for any recipe calling for grits or polenta. Especially good for Shrimp & Grits!
My summer (and my pathway) got away from me a bit with a few unexpected events that took up a handful of my weekends. But such is life and projects will always be there! So after my brief hiatus, I was able to finish up the project. I’m labelling this “Day 5” and so it is, but it certainly wasn’t 5 consecutive days! I do have longer term aspirations that include raised beds for flowers, herbs and edibles complete with benches and lights, but that will have to wait for more time and more money!
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Making a Garden Pathway: Day 4
I kicked off another weekend by putting a few hours in on my pathway. I’m continuing to make slow but deliberate progress! I’ve made a few decisions that have changed my original plan. First, I decided that I really don’t like the flagstone in the pathway and I plan to repurpose it to build some stairs and a veranda next to the patio by the big rocks. Also, I decided that I really don’t like the bright white pea gravel as much as I’d like a more brown color. Lastly, I’ve decided that the pea gravel by itself rolls around a bit too much, so I want a bed of crushed gravel to create more of a substantial base so that the gravel locks together more!
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Making a Garden Pathway: Day 3
I’m making some great progress on the patio! Getting up and at it before the heat really cranks up is the key, I’m finding out. Even at 7:00 in the morning it’s 80 degrees and at least 80% humidity. I’m soaked with sweat just walking around planning what I’m going to try to get done this morning!
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Making a Garden Pathway: Day 2
Today is actually not the 2nd consecutive day of my garden pathway! I didn’t have quite as much time to invest this weekend and ran into a bit of trouble, so most of my work this time was repairing a section of the path and figuring out how to make a nice terminating end by the fence, which I hadn’t really thought through until I got into it.
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Making a Garden Pathway
I have a fixation with pathways. While others entertain themselves with the latest series’ on Netflix, I sit in front of my computer looking a aspirational landscaping pictures on Pinterest (or surfing documentaries, but that’s another story). It’s hopeless. I definitely need some help!
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DIY Farmhouse Bed – Full Version
Working on a full size version of the rustic farmhouse bed that’s lately been getting a lot of traction. Here’s a SketchUp model of the overall dimensions and I will soon have a detailed assembly schematic and cut list.