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Last winter I was trying to think of a fun way to give back some of the money this little ol’ website of mine has made over the past year. Thanks to all of you who have ever purchased anything from one of my links on the bottom of a blog post, printed a coupon Read More >>
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I was over at Mrs. Hillbilly’s House the other day and she was telling me about a new recipe she had tried from our favorite cookbook Fix-It and Forget-It Big Cookbook: 1400 Best Slow Cooker Recipes. If you don’t have this cookbook you are seriously missing out BIG TIME. In a nutshell, it’s da’bomb! I adapted Read More >>
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Chances are you’ll probably have a lot of egg shells on hand after Easter. If you have young children, a fun way to get them excited about gardening is to let them to have a small area of their own to plant a garden. It’s been my experience that peas are one of the easiest vegetables for children to Read More >>
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Yesterday I headed over to Girly Girl’s garden to do a little bartering. I used my love of pulling weeds {ha!} and mad gardening skills to tidy up her garden beds and plant her spring garden. Luckily a few of her kiddos were wager to help. I asked one of the girls for a weed Read More >>
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I went way over budget this week but I was also able to stock up on quite a few family favorites as well. I keep telling myself I need to stop spending so much to get my grocery budget in check but it’s been hard lately. I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait Read More >>
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This year we are growing almost all of our garden vegetables {and flowers} from seed. I thought it would be fun show you how a few of the seedlings are doing. If you’ve never started your seeds indoors before, not only is it easy to do, but it’s kind of nice to be able to Read More >>
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I always avoided recipes that had buttermilk in them because I thought buttermilk was too expensive. But then I learned a quick way to make my own buttermilk using 2 simple ingredients I always have on hand. Milk and vinegar. Seriously, making buttermilk is that easy! So although this method is not new to me, Read More >>
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Week 12 of 52 – Mavis’ Backyard Garden Plot This past week was a chilly one here in the Pacific Northwest. Luckily the broccoli and cabbage starts I set out earlier in the week survived the cold temperatures and are doing great. Look at all the color at the potting bench! Wahooo! Target has some cute little Read More >>
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