Why toss your lettuce when you can regrow more? Here’s an easy way to stretch your budget and even provide a fun learning experience for the kids! Let’s regrow some lettuce! Why toss veggies when they can do double duty?!!! Let’s learn how to regrow lettuce! Mr. Bluejeans gifted me with a wonderful book all about REGROWING your veggies! Well,…
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Garlic isn’t just for cooking! How about using garlic in your garden as a spray? The sulfur compounds in garlic help to repel pests. Allicin (another compound found in garlic) manages to confuse bugs by messing with their sensory receptors. A double whammy win! I like knowing what I’m spraying on the food my family will eat, so what could…
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Homemade Dog Treats are a great way to show your pet how much you love them! This Homemade Peanut Butter Dog Treat is a simple biscuit recipe that your fur baby will love. If you’ve wondered How To Make Dog Treats, it’s much easier than you think. Let me show you how! With 14 dogs of our own and another 7…
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This heirloom squash traces its lineage back the the Cherokee Indians who cultivated it. Still grown by the Cherokee, this delicious squash is popular in and around the Appalachian Mountains, from Northern Georgia through Tennessee and North Carolina
Echinacea (aka: Purple Cone Flower) makes a beautiful addition to any garden. From a lovely cutting flower, to a wonderful pollinator, to a beneficial medicinal herb, Echinacea should be a plant to consider adding to your garden! Why do any of us grow what we grow? I thought it would be fun to explain why we have made some of…
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