Join Mavis Butterfield for vegetable gardening and canning tips, easy recipes, and saving money strategies (Rug hooking, too!). Simple living at its best!
10 Ways to Get a Better Nights Sleep — Now that the kiddos are all settling in at school, you’d think that it would be easier for us moms to get a better night’s sleep. In theory anyway. Gone are the late nights of trying to persuade dirty summer feet into baths and then bed. Read More >>
DIY Hummingbird Nectar Recipe — I am always so happy when I see a hummingbird in my yard. Do you feel that way? Like your garden is so hospitable that it attracts the most delicate little birds–like you’ve somehow arrived in the gardening world? Okay, so maybe it has something to do with providing Read More >>
With holiday baking right around the corner and the ever-annoying prospects of having to run to the store for one missing ingredient, I thought you might like a list of the most common ingredient substitutions. I’ve shared this list in the past, but wanted to share it again as I think it’s a handy dandy Read More >>
10 Tips for Dehydrating Your Food We love to dehydrate fruits and veggies around here {meats, too!}, not only to preserve our garden or bulk bounty {although it’s a perfect way to do so!}, but sometimes because dehydrated foods are just super tasty and make awesome snacks. But if you are a novice dehydrator, Read More >>
6 Tips for Line Drying Your Clothes One of the projects on my husband’s honey do list for this summer is to install a collapsible clothesline in the backyard. I have always adored seeing clothing drying on a clothesline and now that we are done with living in HOA neighborhoods, I will finally be able Read More >>
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