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Lucy the Puggle Dog and I have been hard at work in the garden today pulling up strawberry runners and sprucing up the pallet gardens in the backyard. So far this year we’ve grown lettuce, beans, strawberries, chard, zucchini, celery and spinach in the pallet garden. Lettuce has done the best. The strawberry runners had Read More >>
Last night after I watered the pallet garden I snapped a few pictures so you could see how it’s coming along. To be honest, I think I get more bang for my buck with the pallet garden in the spring and fall. Using the pallets to grow cool weather crops like lettuce is not only Read More >>
Strawberry peach smoothies are on the breakfast menu this morning and boy are they delicious. I never really drank smoothies before the HH got The Girl Who Thinks She’a a Bird a Blendtec for her 16th birthday. Some dads get their kids cars, my husband bought a blender. And let me tell you Bob, we Read More >>
Looking for a healthy alternative to those sugar laden popsicles in the freezer section? These strawberry banana smoothie freezer pops have only 2 ingredients. Strawberries and bananas. How’s that for healthy? Ingredients 3 cups fresh strawberries 2 bananas Directions Toss everything in the blender and give it a whirl. Pour strawberry banana puree into popsicle molds, Read More >>
Fast and Easy Strawberry Freezer Jam This morning I made my first batch of freezer jam. My first batch! How is that even possible? If you’ve read my blog for any length of time you pretty much know I LOVE canning. Seriously, I could move to an island where all they did was can all Read More >>
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