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Can you believe it’s almost August? Holy canolies, this summer is zipping by! The HH took a photo of the garden from above last night with his drone. Here’s another view from the porch. I just love how the white picket fence makes all the colors pop. Anyone know what of bug this is? It Read More >>
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Looking for the best ever savory scone recipe? Well, Savory Bacon Cheese and Onion Scones is the one! I whipped these scones up yesterday and they were SO GOOD, the HH and I each ate two of them. Bacon, pepper jack cheese and onion… what more do you need? Seriously, these are crazy good. And I Read More >>
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Even though fall is still about 2 months away, we’ve started to prepare for the things we’ll need in the coming months here in Mid-Coast Maine. It feels good to be prepared and to have a bunch of items knocked off our list already, because really, who wants to be scrambling around at the last Read More >>
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It was another great week in the meal department thanks to some overcast and cooler days. I made a bean soup with sausage, zucchini and onions in the crockpot, and it lasted for days. I also pulled some previously made meatballs from the freezer and we had some of those with pasta and Rao’s sauce Read More >>
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Stay Healthy! I am beginning to think I could benefit from some sort of daily stretching exercises because just about every day when I get up, my muscles are all stiff and I feel like an old lady for a minute or two after getting out of bed. You would think will all the antioxidants Read More >>
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Hello Saturday! On the list for this weekend: Pack up orders and ship them on out Paint the garage doors Collect seaweed Finish turkey rug Watch The Lady in the Van How about YOU? What are YOUR plans for this weekend? Anything good? ~Mavis Highlights from this past week: My Big List of Things I’m Read More >>
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Earlier this year when I mentioned that one of my goals was to read 12 books this year about the great state of Maine or from Maine authors, several people mentioned Maine author Elisabeth Ogilvie. And so I requested one of her books from the library. A few days later when the HH went to Read More >>
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Heavy rain was in the forecast a few days ago and so I thought it would be the PERFECT time to get started working my new lasagna garden in the field. And since building up a lasagna garden isn’t one of those projects you can accomplish in a few hours and be done with… I Read More >>
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