🧄DIY Garlic Powder - 🍯 a Holiday Jam-boree - 🌺Wintering Over Pelargoniums

Published: Wed, 11/19/25

Updated: Sat, 11/22/25

It's What's Up Wednesday!

I can’t believe it’s Wednesday already! I’ve been enjoying our cool, sometimes snowy weather this week. I woke up to a lovely dusting of snow this morning, like someone sprinkled powdered sugar over my backyard. Of course, it’s going to melt this afternoon, but it’s nice while it lasts.

My house smells like garlic, and I like it.

With Thanksgiving right around the corner and months of winter cooking ahead, I decided to make up a fresh batch of garlic powder. Plus, the grocery store had some good-looking bulbs this week, and my garlic from the garden is long gone. It’s so easy to make garlic powder, and it tastes infinitely better than the store-bought stuff.

I've also been crafting away for Christmas.

I made this adorable little garland using paper egg cartons to go along my evergreens on my mantel.

I ordered my favorite Advent calendar, so that it’s ready to go on December 1st. (I bought one for the adult kids in Buffalo, too.) Oddly enough, it’s also Mickey’s favorite Advent calendar as well. You’ll have to see what she has to say about this internet-favorite. I can vouch for Mickey’s taste; it’s been our family’s favorite Advent calendar since we first discovered it during the pandemic.

Let’s just say I bake a lot of scones in December.

Finally, Mickey shows us all how to winter over geraniums, so we can enjoy them again next year.

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3 Ways to Overwinter Your Pelargonium Geraniums

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