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Do you ever feel like you are the last person alive to find out about things? Well imagine my surprise when I was over at Girly Girl’s house yesterday and noticed she had baked potatoes cooking in her crock pot. Are you serious? Mavis: Are those potatoes? Girly Girl: Uhhh, yes. Mavis: You can make Read More >>
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Living in high-maintenance suburbia comes with a ton of positives and negatives. On one hand, I can walk down the street and be fairly confident I will cast my eyes on pretty manicured lawns. A Trans-Am on cinder blocks with a blue tarp covering it, or an old rusty RV in the front yard wouldn’t last Read More >>
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Yesterday afternoon I headed out to the garden to start work on expanding the rock border in front of our viburnum hedge. It was a little tough going because the ground was still a wee bit frozen, but I did manage to dig up all the old bark to make room for the expansion. I’m Read More >>
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Lately I’ve been getting some really cool emails and packages in the mail from readers, and tonight I thought I would share a few of them with you. See these two lovely ladies? This is what their mom Lisa wrote me last night: Mavis! I made your Oatmeal Rolls today for the first time today. I Read More >>
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Did you know you can repel weevils by placing a bay leaf in your flour, rice and pasta? Bay leaves are an easy {and CHEAP} alternative to taking up valuable freezer space and still keeping the critters out. No bay leaves? Check out this post on buying spices in bulk to save money– a couple Read More >>
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Have you ever made a lentil salad before? While I was going through my stash of torn out magazine pages the other day, I came across a recipe for lentil salad from an old Cook’s Illustrated magazine. Isn’t Christopher Kimball cool? I love his no nonsense approach to cooking and his never ending quest to find the best possible Read More >>
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I have had a couple of you ask me if there were any gardening apps I would recommend. But to be completely honest, I am more of a pencil and paper kind of girl. Maybe I’m weird, I don’t know, but I barely know how to use my iphone, and I just learned how to download songs Read More >>
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This year I’m on a mission to grow 4,000 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables in my suburban backyard. In 2012 I was able to grow 2,028 pounds, and in 2013 I’m going double or nothing. I have absolutely no idea if I’ll be able to achieve my goal. But, as with any adventure, half the fun is getting there. ~Mavis {Swiss chard Read More >>
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