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Word of the Day: Extraneous Definition: Foreign, outside, not essential Used in a sentence: Omit all extraneous matter from your talk. Hey there! How was your weekend? We had a family BBQ yesterday for Father’s Day and had a blast. Lucy the Puggle Princess is exhausted and I suspect she will be lounging around all day today. Entertaining is Read More >>
Garden box #1. The weather here in Western Washington has been crazy good this year and as a result the vegetable garden is really taking off. In this bed we have cucumbers, radish, zucchini, tomatoes, lettuce, 2 rows of beets and 3 rows carrots. The radishes will be ready to pick next week. Once we Read More >>
A big THANK YOU to everyone who has sent in their photographs and stories. I hope by sharing other peoples pictures and stories here on One Hundred Dollars a Month we can all have a rock star garden this summer. Keep them coming! ~Mavis Hi Mavis, Christine from North Georgia here. I wanted to share the container Read More >>
Now that the kids are out of school and summer vacation is finally here all I can think about it is pulling out the simple recipes so I don’t spend too much time in the kitchen. There is so much to do in the garden and with family this time of year. Easy peasy is Read More >>
Holy canoloies what a difference a few weeks makes. Our first garden box was only installed only three weeks ago and look at it already!! Baby patty pan squash. Zucchini and carrots. We don’t have any baby tomatoes yet but we do have a bunch of flowers so that is encouraging. I’m hoping for a Read More >>
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