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Yesterday I was lucky enough to find a roadside stand offering some very inexpensive apples {Between $.25 – $.50 per pound}. So this morning as soon as the kids were off to school I got busy, and started making applesauce. Applesauce can be made to eat fresh, to freeze, or to can and store in Read More >>
Yesterday I headed to the Home Depot for a new hose nozzle. That’s it. All I needed was one thing. But do you think I left with one thing? No, of course not. While I was there, I made a big mistake and veered over to the plant section. I’ll just take a look, I told Read More >>
Yesterday afternoon my neighbor Girly Girl sent me a text. GG: Do you have any beets? My friend wants to pickle some and she will trade you for some of the jars of pickled beets for beets. Mavis: I will only trade beets for candy. When do you want them? GG: Tomorrow? She has candy. Mavis: Read More >>
The pickin’s were a little slim this week. But I’m not complaining. With the kids getting ready to head back to school, the garden, the chickens, and having to get ready for a quick trip to Boise, I was a bit relieved to see only 3 boxes when I picked up our “chicken scraps” this Read More >>
Yesterday on the Dirty Dash race course, we came across a bunch of day hikers on a guided tour. Jokingly, one of my teammates {Mrs. Idaho; who was covered in mud}, spread her arms out really wide and started to approach the day hikers. Both a man and a woman opened their arms, and smiled. Mrs. Idaho Read More >>
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