Yesterday, Peanut the Easter Egger Chicken helped me build a potato tower. This was the first tower I had ever built and I needed all the help I could get. Since I’m trying to grow 2,000 lbs of fresh fruits and vegetables in my backyard this summer, I figured I should grow a few potatoes. Read More >>
5 Frugal Christmas Projects: How To Make A Christmas Wreath
Step 1: Go outside and cut a few branches off a tree. I chose to took clippings from a Leland Cypress tree growing in my front yard. Also, if you have a Holly bush nearby, clip a few sprigs off that too. You will also need a wreath form and some fine gardening wire. Step Read More >>
5 Frugal Christmas Projects: How To Make A Candy Cane Vase
Are you planning on attending a party this winter and would like to bring something other than chocolate or homemade cookies as a hostess gift? Make a candy cane vase instead. Not only is it quick and easy to do, but the WOW factor might just score you an extra helping of appetizers. Start by Read More >>
How To Make An Apple Pie From Scratch
First of all… You need to find “the perfect” pie crust recipe. My favorite is the one I found in The All New Ultimate Southern Living Cookbook. I’ve been using the recipe for years… and I’ve never been disappointed with it. Not once. I’m a big fan of the “crusty-ness” factor in cookbooks… chances are… Read More >>
How to redeem Swagbucks…
Reader Michelle over at Give A Girl A Fig left me this comment: So…I have lots of Swag bucks…but no idea how to cash them. in Would you be willing to do a tutorial? Or is it so simple that I’m embarrassing myself by even admitting this? After you’ve earned a boatload of Swagbucks… your Read More >>