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When life hands you more free vegetables than you can eat, make vegetable stock I say. If you’ve never made your own vegetable stock before, trust me, it’s super easy. You can totally do it! Ingredients 14 quarts water 1 bunch green onions 1 onion, quartered 3 carrots, large, broken in half 5 celery stocks Read More >>
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Do you do succession planting in your garden? If not, it is totally worth the bit of extra planning. Succession planting is basically staggering your plantings so that you get a continuous harvest of a particular fruit/veggie, rather than all at once and then you’re done. It’s also a great way to fill those spots Read More >>
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The HH is the only one who drinks coffee at my house, and since we now have a fancy new coffee maker with a reusable filter, I have left over coffee filters lying around. I couldn’t stand just letting them go to waste, so I decided to figure out some ways to put those babies Read More >>
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This week there were 2 boxes of chicken scraps to pick up from Mr. Produce Guy. At first glance I wasn’t sure there would be much to reclaim. But after I lifted up the bags of grapes and knew I had hit the jackpot. Mama Mia! Holy tomatoes batman! We did have to toss a Read More >>
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Have you ever had your soil tested? I recently tested mine with this super simple Luster Leaf pH Soil Testing Kit. Basically, you just need soil samples and distilled water. To do the test, dig a couple of holes {the test comes with 10 capsules for testing} in your garden about 6″-8″ deep, collect some dirt, Read More >>
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