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Taking care of the grass is totally my husbands department, but I know some of you do it all, so here’s a quick and dirty guide on fall lawn care and prepping your lawn for winter: First, now that it is cooler, lower your lawn blade {keeping your lawn blade higher in the summer protects Read More >>
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When we built our house, the guy who installed the granite countertops told me not to waste my money on expensive granite cleaners–which are like $7.00 a bottle, so it wasn’t a hard sell to get me not to buy them. He told me I could make my own with rubbing alcohol, dish soap, and Read More >>
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When I first built our garden boxes back in 2009 I was totally new to raised bed gardening. I was going for maximum space and didn’t put to much thought into how deep my garden boxes needed top be. So I purchased the most inexpensive untreated wood I could find, 8′ x 8″ x 2 Read More >>
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This weeks “scrap boxes” were filled with a bunch of produce that was still edible {imagine that!}. Some weeks there is a lot of variety, and other’s it’s like hitting the mushroom lotto or something and I have to scramble to figure out what to with mass quantities of one item. It’s fun, but sometimes Read More >>
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As soon as I spotted this recipe for Indian-Spiced Lentils with Spinach and Rhubarb in Vegetarian Times magazine, I knew I had to make it. Well last night I gathered up some rhubarb and spinach and let me tell you Bob, this stuff was freakin’ delicious. It was so good I felt like I was sitting Read More >>
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It thought this time lapse video of a local pumpkin grower was pretty cool.
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Ah, finances! You know, that topic everyone worries and fights about? And since money makes the world go around, when the money doesn’t stretch far enough, next comes a plummeting credit score. How is it that one little number can dictate your life? If your credit score has got you down, here’s a couple of Read More >>
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Now that the whole back to school rush is over and we are settling into our fall routines, I went ahead and made myself a “to do” list of small projects I’d like to get done by the end of September. There are 16 items on my list and I figure if I tackle at Read More >>
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