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My neighbor Hulda came down yesterday to pick raspberries and ended up getting stung. Not once, but twice. Eeek! The Girl got stung picking raspberries later in the day as well. 🙁 Do bees make hives in raspberry patches? I’m allergic to bees so I think I’ll have the HH investigate this weekend for us. I Read More >>
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Have you read any good books lately? It’s been about a month since I’ve read a book so I ordered a Three Dog Life. Have you read it? What did you think? I haven’t started it yet but plan to this weekend. I have this horrible habit of opening a book and then reading it the whole Read More >>
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Do not attempt to grow lettuce in a greenhouse when the temperature outside is in the mid 80’s. It won’t work out too well. Not that I would know anything about that. 😉 Yesterday was greenhouse clean up day. It’s been awhile since I did anything out there but water or harvest vegetables, so I Read More >>
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I know that working outside the home versus staying at home is an age-old debate. There are always two camps, each firm in their beliefs. In light of an article I just read, I wanted get your opinion from a different perspective on the subject. The article stated that a recent study found that mothers Read More >>
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Someone was a naughty dog. Yesterday I spotted Lucy the puggle dog nibbling on one of my t-shirts and lucky for her all I had to do was show her the spray bottle and she put the shirt down. I don’t know who it was who suggested it, but using a spray bottle has really Read More >>
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I try to think of cobbler as an oatmeal with fresh fruit combo, so when I gobble down much more than I’d care to share, I can justify it. Cause give or take some butter and sugar, I’m practically right, right?! And holy cats was this “oatmeal with fresh fruit” combo delicious. I normally just Read More >>
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I almost forgot to tell you about our trip to the Lancaster Central Market. Oh my word it was cool! After an amazing homemade breakfast at our friend Zoë’s house, The Girl and I headed off to the Lancaster Central Market in Pennsylvania for some lunch supplies for our drive to JJ’s house in Virginia Read More >>
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Canning peaches is one of my favorite things to do each summer so I thought I would go ahead and repost this handy dandy tutorial on how to can peaches for those of you who have never done it before, or just need a quick refresher course. For this batch I used about 10 pounds Read More >>
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