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Wow! Check out this email {and all the juicy photos I received from Holly in Harlem, New York! Hi Mavis! I have been reading your blog since late winter/early spring of this year and I just love it. My husband Max (I call him Massimo!) and I bought our apartment in Harlem in NYC last Read More >>
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I don’t know about you, but I LOVE fresh blueberries! In addition to growing blueberries in our backyard {we have 12 blueberry bushes} I also like to stock up when I can find a deal and freeze them for use throughout the year. Fresh produce rules, there is no doubt about it! Here is my favorite Blueberry Read More >>
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One of the ways I like to save money while staying at a hotel is to turn our hotel sink into a makeshift cooler. We live in the northwest corner of the United States, so most of our vacations involve hoping on a plane. And since the HH isn’t really keen on hauling a cooler Read More >>
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Well, the potato towers we planted this spring are still hanging in there. I kind of wish I could knock them over to see what’s inside but the leaves are still thriving and everything is green so I better not. {Plus, I know if I wait, the potatoes will get bigger!} 😉 Potato Tower #1 – Read More >>
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Because canning comes second nature to it me {I swear I could do it with my eyes closed} it never occurred to me that someone might actually want a step by step tutorial on HOW TO CAN using the hot water bath canning method until I received an email from One Hundred Dollars a Month Read More >>
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Last night after I watered the pallet garden I snapped a few pictures so you could see how it’s coming along. To be honest, I think I get more bang for my buck with the pallet garden in the spring and fall. Using the pallets to grow cool weather crops like lettuce is not only Read More >>
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Got plums? The Girl and I picked up some plums today at a local roadside stand. Luckily by the time we got home there were still four left in the bag so we could make this grilled plum salad. If you have never tried grilled plums before, you are in for a real treat. This Read More >>
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A few weeks ago my online boyfriend Ryan and my buddy Harriet and I went to San Francisco to tour a bunch of gardens. One of the many stops we made was to the Sunset Magazine headquarters in Menlo Park, California. I guess I never really though about how garden magazines get their photos. I Read More >>
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