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Gardening

Starting the Garden

March 16, 2010

I’m definitely not as on top of the garden this year as I was last year.  I finally got around to starting some of our seeds over the weekend.  Good thing too, as our plant date is coming up in April!  If you are unsure of when your plant date is, check  here. As I’ve [...]

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2010 Goals

January 1, 2010

We made it another year! 2009 ended up being a pretty good year for us overall. I haven’t had a chance to do a recap of our 2009 goals yet, but I should have that posted next week sometime. Having a specific list of goals to concentrate really helped us to stay on track and [...]

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How to Use Fresh Pumpkins

September 28, 2009

A few years back I found it rather daunting and frightening to even think about using a fresh pumpkin for anything more than a Jack-O-Lantern. Now, the stuff in the can just doesn’t appeal to me. The flavor from a fresh pumpkin is incredibly amplified compared to the canned variety. Surprisingly enough, they aren’t difficult [...]

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A Full Pantry

September 3, 2009

A full pantry is a huge blessing and a big relief in those times when the grocery budget is feeling a little squeeze. This year we have been blessed with bountiful garden harvests. I am so amazed! Everytime I am harvesting our crops or putting them up so we can enjoy them in the cool [...]

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Quick Tip: Making Blackberry Jelly

July 29, 2009

Blackberries are plentiful around here, and our 50 acres are overflowing with wild “patches”. While I like the taste of blackberries, I cannot get past those nasty, crunchy ol’ seeds. No matter what I do. That means that I miss out on blackberry cobblers, pies and all those other goodies. Last year I made a [...]

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Preserving the Harvests

July 23, 2009

It has been quite some time since I have last updated my garden progress. I planned on being home a lot more and spending more of my day in there than what I am. Nonetheless though, it is keeping us in food! Our summer has been incredibly mild, with only one week that was so [...]

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Gardening Books and The Shred

June 17, 2009

A few weeks ago I finally caved and cashed in some of my SwagBucks. I kept hearing about Jillian Michael’s 30 Day Shred workout video on Twitter, and I really didn’t have anywhere in my budget to pull it from. I knew Swagbucks was the way to go. Since I was going ahead and ordering [...]

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The Garden is Growing!

June 11, 2009

The past week has been a whirlwind of unplanned activities, so I’ve not had a lot of time to spend in the garden. The other evening my husband and I decided to take a stroll through and see how things were progressing. I was delighted when I seen my first fruits! Little Zuchinni, and tons [...]

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Finding Freedom Friday: 2009 Goal Update

June 5, 2009

It’s a new month and time to check in and see how we’ve all be doing on our 2009 goals. I don’t know about you, but this has really helped me stay accountable to myself and to everyone else for that matter. Although things aren’t going exactly as I had planned, we are still taking [...]

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Garden Update

May 29, 2009

I’m so excited to finally show some pictures of my garden. As I mentioned here, we are doing a different method this year. Instead of your typical rows, we are doing beds directly into the ground. My plants are big enough now, that you can see everything a little better. Right now on the walkways [...]

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