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Category Archives: gardening
Great Way to Get Your Greens: Kale Chips
My garden is ready for old-man winter, except for the brussell sprouts and kale. It’s nice to see something green and growing at this time of year. I had an abundance of kale this year and tried a new way … Continue reading
Starting Seeds
It’s mid-March in the Midwest and time to start thinking about the garden. Like most serious gardeners, my husband and I start seeds in my greenhouse giving plants a head start on the growing season. In January I spent hours … Continue reading
In All It’s Glory!
The drought has been challenging this year but one should always look for the positive. We hardly mowed the yard at all this year! We also have found several chimeras in the zinnia patch. What is a chimera? A chimera … Continue reading
Posted in gardening, Life's Simple Pleasures, Seasonal
Tagged adversity, benery giant zinnias, chimera, colors and shapes, evolve, harris seeds, mutation, nature, plants, science, simple pleasure, stress, unusual flower, zinnia
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Making Dreams Takes Hard Work
This weekend I took my first steps toward realizing a dream I have been thinking about for years! I am proud, excited, and desperately exhausted….. When my husband suffered a debilitating heart attach 3 years ago, our lives turned upside … Continue reading
Hat’s Off to the New Year!
In just a few hours it will be 2012. On New Year’s Eve I always find myself wondering what the new year has in store? It is no figment of my imagination, that the older I get, the faster the … Continue reading
Posted in activities, DIY, food preservation, gardening, Household, Life's Simple Pleasures, Organization, Seasonal
Tagged agritourism, family and friends, goal planning, goals, haycation idea, New Year, resolutions, success
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Tomato Bliss
Absence makes the heart grow fonder and by the middle of July I can hardly wait until those first green tomatoes ripen in the garden. This year I got so desperate I made fried green tomatoes just so I could … Continue reading
Canning 101 | Taste of Home Recipes
Canning 101 | Taste of Home Recipes. I have been a subscriber to “Taste of Home” magazine for many years because it’s a great magazine that features no ads, offers a wide variety of wonderful recipes in each edition, and … Continue reading
Posted in DIY, food preservation, gardening, gift ideas, Life's Simple Pleasures, Recipe, Uncategorized
Tagged canning How-To, healthy eating, Taste of Home
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Garden A Plenty!
Garden veggies are in full swing in Southern Indiana. In my garden, green beans, cabbage, broccoli, zucchini, summer squash and cucumbers are producing rampantly. The tomatoes and peppers are just ripening a few at a time and okra is just … Continue reading
Posted in DIY, food preservation, gardening, gift ideas, Recipe
Tagged garden, gift idea, pickle recipe, vegetable preservation
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Vermiculture
My son and I have been writing a report for a recycling project and thought you might find it interesting. The worm project has been fun, economical, easy and very do-able for my Down Syndrome son. This is a great … Continue reading
Posted in DIY, gardening, Uncategorized
Tagged composting, educational project, vermiculture, worm composting, worm farm
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