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If you are looking for tips on how to grow tomatoes {start to finish} this post is for you! This morning I woke up at 4 am to plant my tomato seeds. Yes, I am a total weirdo. But that’s okay, because I’ve been planting tomato seeds on February 1st ever since I can remember. Read More >>
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I went to my favorite crack house today. The Home Depot. They had just received a giant shipment of cyclamen plants and I was able to pick from the cream of the crop. Sweet diggety! This hot pink one caught my eye and before I knew it I was rushing home to plant it. I don’t know Read More >>
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QFC has some pretty good deals this week so stopped by and picked up a few items. Even if you don’t clip coupons from the Sunday paper you can score S&W Beans this week for $0.29 a can {with the printable coupon below} as well as Hunt’s diced tomatoes or tomato sauce for only $0.49 Read More >>
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My family has been enjoying this bacon wrapped water chestnuts recipe ever since I can remember. Did you know you can make a simple sweet and sour sauce out of ketchup and sugar? Oh yes, yes you can. Don’t hate me if you eat 10 of them before you even get them to the table. Read More >>
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As soon as we landed in Denver we hit the road and headed to Botanical Interests seed company in Broomfield, Colorado. When we arrived there was a huge welcome sign for us and two other people. Bill and Marty? Who the heck are Bill and Marty? Because the sign was on an easel, and multiple sheets of paper Read More >>
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I stopped by Q13 Fox News this afternoon and chatted with Marni about feeding my family for One Hundred Dollars a Month. Who knew saving money could be so much fun? Here is the video in case you missed it. ~Mavis
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Lisa from Tacoma writes: Ok, I did some digging and found some photos. They are from this last Spring. I don’t have any photos of the current state of the garden because really… no one wants to see that. The total square footage of both gardens (there’s one in the back yard too) is 3200 Read More >>
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A couple of months, weeks, days, ahem, awhile ago, I was listening to an NPR article on food expiration dates. Did you know there is a company {National Food Lab} entirely devoted to testing foods and its expiration? They do all sorts of crazy things, like heat it up to 90 degrees, and test it {read: eat Read More >>
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