One Hundred Dollars a Month – Mavis’ Weekly Highlights 6/8/13

Books, Books, and More Books from Amazon.com

• The Perfect Scoop:  Ice Cream, Sorbets, Granitas, and Sweet Accompaniments
• Tender:  A Cook and His Vegetable Patch
• Taste of Home Best Loved Recipes
• The Gardener’s A-Z Guide to Growing Organic Food
• All New Square Foot Gardening
• Milk & Cookies:  89 Heirloom Recipes from New York’s Milk & Cookies Bakery
• The Organic Gardener’s Handbook of Natural Pest and Disease Control

Garden Updates and Chickens Too!

• Close Up Garden Pictures – What’s Thriving
• Mavis Butterfield | Backyard Garden Plot Pictures – Week 23 of 52
• How to Grow Your Own Food – 6/5/2013 Garden Tally
• Square Foot Gardening:  First Harvest
• Wood Pallet Garden – Planting Dried Beans
• Ask Mavis – How to Deal with Squash Bugs

Mornings with Mavis 

• June 2nd, 2013
• June 3rd, 2013
• June 4th, 2013
• June 5th, 2013
• June 6th, 2013
• June 7th, 2013

Recipes

• Homemade Ice Cream and Sorbets
• Rhubarb Walnut Muffins
• Sugar Snap Peas with Garlic
• Strawberry Rhubarb Crumb Pie
• The Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe on the Planet
• Easy Crock Pot Meals:  Southwest Chicken Chili

Tips and Tricks

• Garden Tip – Add Leftover Coffee Grounds to Your Soil
• How to Freeze Milk
• How to Make Water Balloon Flip Flops
• 10 Tips on Controlling Dog Shedding
• How to Make a Seed Bomb
• 10 Tips for the Best Staycation Ever

Weekly Shopping Trips and Stories

• Sales Cycles – What’s on Sale in June?
• Mavis and Puayllup Mother Earth News Fair
• Japanese Tea Garden – Seattle
• Mondays with Mavis – How to Feed Your Family for $100 a Month
• Food Waste In American – Is it Trash or Treasure?
• JBLM Community Gardens and Planting Peas with Preschoolers
• What Should I Make for Dinner?
• Small Towns in America – Steilacoom, Washington
• Mavis Mail – Garden Photos from Fairfax, Virginia
• Send in the Gnomes Fundraiser for St. Jude – Update

 

Videos

• Friday Night at the Movies – The Vanishing of the Bees

Peace Out Girl Scouts, have a great weekend!

♥ Mavis