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Mavis Garden Blog – Channel Your Inner Pilgrim Episode 1 : Free Carrots

By Mavis Butterfield on July 13, 2012 - 55 Comments

I’m pretty sure my family is not going to be able to eat 2,000 pounds of fruits and vegetables this summer. So I’ve decided that each week, as my crops ripen, I’ll give some of it away. For free. I hope you enjoy the video. ♥ Mavis

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Desserts, Recipes

Easy Summer Recipes – Triple Berry Cornmeal Cake

By Mavis Butterfield on July 12, 2012 - 3 Comments

Last week I made a raspberry buckle, and the Handsome Husband was talking about it for days. Seriously. It was kind of weird actually. He never goes on and on about anything. Unless it’s some dumb video game or he’s complaining that we don’t have any Doritos in the house. So this week, I decided Read More >>

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Garden Tours, Gardening

How To Grow Your Own Food – Mavis’ Vegetable Garden Tour

By Mavis Butterfield on July 12, 2012 - 30 Comments

There is so much going on in the garden lately, I don’t even know where to begin. For the past week or so the weather in the Pacific Northwest has been in the mid 70’s, which is of course the perfect weather for growing vegetables. With exception to the 120 heirloom tomato plants I’m trying Read More >>

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Bartering, Frugal Living

Bartering with Mavis – How to Trade Heirloom Carrots For a Free Lunch

By Mavis Butterfield on July 12, 2012 - 11 Comments

Yesterday, Angela and Heather invited me to lunch at Panera. For those of you who don’t know, Panera happens to be my favorite restaurant in the whole wide world. But the thing is, it costs money to eat there. This whole trying to feed your family on $100 a month thing can kind of be Read More >>

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Recipes

Recipe – Fresh Pea Salad with Spinach, Feta and Mint

By Mavis Butterfield on July 11, 2012 - 1 Comment

The wait is over. Let the shelling begin! The peas are practically bursting out of their pods just begging to be picked. Yum Yum Yum! I love this time of year. I whipped up the delicious pea salad for the Handsome Husband’s lunch this morning in between moving the sprinklers from one garden bed to Read More >>

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Chickens

Raising Backyard Chickens: How to Get Rid of Nuisance Chickens # 572

By Mavis Butterfield on July 11, 2012 - 13 Comments

Yesterday, while I was at the dentist getting some work done on my crappy British teeth, I received a text message from my neighbor Girly Girl. Girly Girl- Okay you seriously need to take Buff back. I’m ready to kill it. Mavis- Why? Girly Girl- It’s awful. It won’t shut up! It sounds like a Read More >>

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2000 Pounds or Bust, Gardening

How to Grow Your Own Food – Weigh In Wednesday

By Mavis Butterfield on July 11, 2012 - 10 Comments

This year my goal is to grow 2,000 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables. I think I can do it. With 16 raised garden beds, a greenhouse, a raspberry patch and a few more planting beds sprinkled throughout our property, I believe growing 2,000 pounds of food is an attainable goal. Even if I do Read More >>

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COUPONS, Recipes

Why I Feed My Family On Such a Small Budget

By Mavis Butterfield on July 10, 2012 - 12 Comments

Roasted Cauliflower Recipe Chop cauliflower into chunks, toss in olive oil and pepper and roast at 400 degrees for 20 minutes or until lightly browned. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Last night, as I was getting ready to make a pan of roasted cauliflower, I started to think about why I choose to feed my family on such a Read More >>

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