Tag: gardening
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Tangy & Crisp: The Easiest Vinegar Cucumber Salad
Cucumbers are one of those summer veggies that just hits the spot. And recently, I’ve been craving them so much, I’ll typically have them for my lunch at work, or as a side dish to go along with dinner. There are so many variations of different cucumber salads, such as the cucumber and tomato salad…
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A Drop of Bliss: Discovering the Beauty of Rosewater
This spring, I have been determined to take what I want of my plants such as my roses and Lavender, while they are producing a great deal (before the gross heat of summer starts). With lavender, it takes me a bit longer to accumulate enough, because I don’t take very much at a time. However,…
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Growth & Greens: The Latest from My Garden
Spring will be here soon, and I’ve already started planning my plants for this year. A few of my plants such as my blackberry plant is getting new growth, a sign that its ready to bloom soon. I have a new idea this year that I’m going to try out, and I’m feeling hopeful about…
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How to Freeze Potatoes: A Step-by-Step Guide to Preserving Freshness
How many times have you purchased a 5 or 10lb. back of potatoes, only to not use them nearly as fast as you thought you would. Me? Far too many times to count. But recently, I learned a few tricks that will help me use them up quicker. I can freeze them very easily! It…
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Beginner’s Guide: Starting Your First Winter Garden
This is my first year where I’m going to try and do a winter garden. I don’t have much to add to it at the moment, so a lot of what I Want to plant might not get planted with everything else. But we’ll see how it goes. What’s my Zone? Its important to know…
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Garden Update: August
Would you believe I’ve written this dang post 3 different times? Three! Huge thanks to WordPress for not saving the draft like I told it too. Some my garden updates for this month aren’t so depressing this time, YAY! My yellow squash plant, which was only producing male flowers for 85% of this summer, finally…
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Egg Foo Young – Retro Recipe
Yet another recipe from my old cookbooks. This one I marked because I remember this dish fondly. Every year for birthdays or special occasions, we had a restraunt we would frequent as a family. And one thing we’d always get was the Egg Foo Young. It was my dads favorite, and he always wanted to…
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Garden Update- July
This heatwave has put quite the bump in the road for my garden. At first, i noticed it was just my little flower sprouts that didn’t like it. That I could understand, I started them pretty late. But then I noticed my zucchini wasn’t enjoying it, my blooms were starting to slow down drastically. My…
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$185, Food Stamp, One Income.
Times are tough; you can either spend your time crying about how stressed you are, or you could look for a solution. I decided instead of ‘surviving’, I was going to find ways to use everything I do have to their greatest potential. What can I do to make things last longer? What combinations of…
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End of the Month Quesadilla’s
It’s the end of the month. You got a little bit of this and a little bit of that. Maybe you could do tacos. But maybe you don’t’ have all the toppings you really like on them. In my case, that was it. I had one pound of hamburger in the fridge, Some Corn Tortillas…