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DIY Garden Obelisk
Out of the many foods we’re growing, several are considered “climbers”! Snow peas, pickling cucumbers, and pole beans. For the peas and cucumbers, we just constructed simple trellises at the end of each…
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DIY Raised Garden Beds
I grew up gardening. Back in Michigan, my folks would rototill a giant rectangle in the backyard that we would fill with tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, peas, chard, and more! I loved that garden. I…
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Re-Grow Your Kitchen Scraps!
Food is an inevitable expense in all households. If you are the shopper for your family, you know the total at the register can add up quickly…very quickly. Did you know you have…
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Cast Iron Deep Dish Pizza
This is one of my favorite dinners to make! I LOVE this recipe when I’ve had a particularly crappy day – There’s nothing like taking bucketloads of your frustrations out on the helpless dough…
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Composting for Beginners
I haven’t composted since living at home with my folks in the Mitten. I’m so excited to be composting again – the positive benefits are endless! Immediate benefits of composting? My husband…
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Chicken & Potatoes in a Garlic Parmesan Spinach Cream Sauce
There’s nothing more fulfilling than being able to help older adults re-learn life skills they thought were lost. Seeing the light spark back into their eyes when they accomplish something as simple as…
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Starting Seeds
It’s equal parts dangerous and fortunate that we live down the road from Tractor Supply. Husband has to tolerate my cooing at the chicks and ducklings every time we go. I then drool…
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Project Planning and Budgeting
So you’re ready to start a new project? Did you finish your last one? No? Neither did I! Great, we’re on the same page! I’m a notorious dabbler AKA: Jill of all trades,…
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Collecting the Rain
Though I know it’s part of the new homeowner’s high, it’s difficult to take off the rose-colored glasses. Since we moved into our home last fall, the possibilities have seemed endless. It’s been…
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For the Love of Cast Iron
I couldn’t tell you how many non-stick pans I’ve gone through in the last 10 years – at least 2 a year! They are so wonderful at first, working like a dream for…
Small Spaces, Big Dreams
