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I woke up this morning craving for my favorite strawberry recipes so I think a trip to the local farmstand is going to be on my list for today. The only tough decision is should I get 1 flat or 2. 🙂 My number 1 all time favorite way to use strawberries is in this Read More >>
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Yesterday we harvested our first head of lettuce from the garden. 🙂 This year we’re growing the little gem romaine variety in the kitchen garden area between 2 rows of sweet peppers. This is my small way to start Late June Gardening in Coastal Maine – Planting Zone 6a. While I really like using romaine Read More >>
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For date day last week the HH and I headed to Belfast, Maine for the annual Arts in the Park event. I don’t know how I stumbled across this event online, but I’m so glad I did! It was nice to set our gardening chores aside and get away for a few hours and enjoy Read More >>
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This past week started off pretty boring in the food department. Just like last week, most of our days were spent outside working in the garden or stacking wood so the majority of our meals were quick and easy ones. Having staples on hand like beans, rice and canned items sure makes life a lot Read More >>
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Here’s my big list of things I want to accomplish in 2022: Remodel The Kitchen We just signed off on our final design plans for the kitchen cabinets and that feels good. They won’t be installed until September, but still, it feels nice to have all that done. We also decided on the pulls Read More >>
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Hello Saturday! A high of 83 is in the forecast for today. I can’t believe it. It doesn’t get up into the 80’s here in Mid-Coast Maine too much {thank goodness} but I’m excited for my plants. And because I’ll get to enjoy my afternoon cuppa out on the water where it will be nice Read More >>
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Well, I guess I know what we’ll be doing all weekend. 🙂 Our four cords of firewood were delivered yesterday morning and ever since it arrived the HH has turned into some sort of stacking machine. When we ordered the wood I told him I thought it would be kind of cool if he’d stack Read More >>
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Blueberry Lime Jam Recipe As you know, one of my big goals for this year is to fill my canning cupboard with all manner of delicious homemade foodstuffs in jars. Actually last night I was able to add 8 more jars to my collection. This time around it was blueberry lime jam. Yee-Haw! This winter Read More >>
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