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Wow! Check out these awesome garden box photos Michelle from Albuquerque, NM sent in. Here’s what she had to say: Hi Mavis, My name is Michelle and I live in Albuquerque NM. I rent a house with my husband {who never gardens, but will water} and my best friend Buddy {my dog -who does garden, mostly Read More >>
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{The Girl Who Thinks She’s a Bird and Monkey Boy circa 1999} Disneyland is one of those places where you can totally tell all hands are on deck to make sure your experience, is, well, magical. You would be hard pressed to find trash lying around–they are meticulous about cleaning it up, it’s obviously family Read More >>
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This past week there were quite a few strawberries, melons and grapes to sort through. Unfortunately, the melons were a little past their prime to feed to my family but our flock of backyard chickens sure loved them. Out of the 3 boxes of produce scraps Mr. Produce Guy gave us, this is what we Read More >>
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Whole Grain Raspberry Bars — Holy raspberry season Batman! I am swimming in them and looking for raspberry recipes to try. How about you? This one looked like a perfect treat for breakfast and it did not disappoint. Plus these whole grain raspberry bars are on the healthier side, which makes me feel like Mom Read More >>
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This afternoon Lucy the puggle dog and I pulled up our first beets of the season. Aren’t they gorgeous? These are by far the biggest beets I’ve ever grown {it’s called neglect!} 😉 But that’s not why I’m so excited. This week I plan on getting most of my seeds planted for my fall vegetable Read More >>
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Soft scrub works great, but it has tons of harsh chemicals that I’m not super excited about. A couple of months ago, I stumbled onto a homemade soft scrub recipe, and although I’ve tweaked it a bit to suit my own tastes, it works AWESOME. No, seriously, this stuff is amazing. I clean my toilets Read More >>
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Wow! Yesterday my buddy Heather from Massachusetts sent me a couple of pictures of her backyard garden, including this one of her daughter reading a book under their bean trellis. Her daughter was suppose to be picking weeds but was caught munching on beans under the trellis instead. 😉 Now that’s my kind of girl! Read More >>
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Albertsons $13.49 Albertsons has a sweet deal on canned beans this week – only $0.50 a can. Yee-Haw, those will come in handy this winter in pasta salads and chili. Ricotta cheese was $2.99 and sour cream $0.50 and the carrots, well they were for the horse down the street {The Girl likes to feed Read More >>
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