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The Edible Garden

2nd Thursday – Gardening: Although I have quite a large garden, I have very little ground area that receives enough sun to accommodate growing fruits and vegetables. Therefore, I have to be creative.   I have incorporated a number of vegetables into the perennial garden beds – a number of

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Soft Sunday Morning

I took a quick walk with my camera this morning to discover the ever-changing spring garden. Things are happening so fast in my garden I don’t want to miss a thing! Some of the Scilla are blooming in the east garden. The Spiderwort, a vigorous plant is popping up everywhere –

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Outdoor Rooms

New-Old Brick Patio In our garden I love that we have several places for one to sit and to relax. We have the blessing of having front and back porches as well as a couple side patios. Underneath trees or at the edges of the flower beds I have placed benches

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Brenda Nuland

A Weed By Any Other Name…

I was hoping to have a couple book posts written by now but the Easter Holiday, lawn-garden work, and the addition of making my way to the walking path and spending forty-five minutes there each day have made my days go by too fast. The walking trail is quite lovely

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Skinny Ms.

50 Super Foods – The Ultimate Shopping List

Still eating fast food? Join Skinny Ms. and ditch the drive thru for healthier living. Get 9 delicious healthy fast food recipe alternatives for burgers, tacos, french fries, milkshakes, plus more in this eBook. Includes, 27 Healthy Snack Options. If you have always wanted an “ultimate shopping list” of the

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Skinny Ms.

Cauliflower Lasagna

This cauliflower lasagna is the perfect way to use up that head of cauliflower that’s been sitting in the back of the fridge calling to you every time you open the refrigerator door. Eaten as is, or with marinara poured over the top, this is a great way to get

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Brenda Nuland

Saturday Pantry Suggestions

This past week, I’ve been thinking about the Pantry Lifestyle and how at times we must accomplish more doing and less buying. Especially when we find we must economize and get the most out of each dollar. So… I found myself pondering some of the ways I’ve learned to do

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Brenda Nuland

Happy Easter… a blessed Passover

My refrigerator is stuffed far more than usual as I await preparations for the Easter meal. Christopher and Miss M. will attend her church in the town where she lives and then drive here for our Easter celebration. This menu… along with Thanksgiving… is set in stone. The Easter meal

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Sandy Coughlin

Gearing up for Garden Season in the City

It’s wet out. Soggy, and not very fun working out in the garden. My husband likes it better than I do. But one thing I do love is taking the food from the garden and preparing it for dinner – for either our family or guests. That’s my kind of

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Manuela

Fun Ways to Use Old Ladders In Your Home

I have been looking for some old ladders to use in my garden and in my home since….forever! I think everyone else is looking for them too (since I can’t seem to find even one old rickety wooden ladder). I thought I’d share some ladder ideas that I’d been saving.

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Holly Clegg

Eggs Have Surprisingly Healthy Benefits

By Holly Clegg – We know bran is full of fiber and blueberries are brain food but you may be cutting out yummy foods previously deemed bad for you and missing out on their surprising health benefits. Sound too good to be true? Not this time. You do not have

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Tracey Leber

Lunch With a Friend

By Tracey Leber- Life seems to always be so busy, with places to go and endless things “to do,” so when I set a date to have a friend over for lunch, I like to make an extra effort to create a special little space for us to catch up

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Brenda Nuland

Buried Treasure in the Garden

Once again a week is passing by so fast that I think it must be Tuesday and my cell phone tells me it is Thursday. Hmmm… am I the only one that uses my cell phone as both a calendar and a watch… and a phone? Anyway, I had hoped

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Manuela

Easter China Cabinet

I like to celebrate the holidays by adding some special seasonal touches around the house. It’s tradition in our home. I think my family would think there was something wrong with me if I didn’t do a little something! This year I kept my Easter decorations just to my living

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Manuela

In My Garden Today- Roses, Starting Seeds & Growing Cabbage

Actually, it’s my garden yesterday 🙂 Another summery day in the ATL! I spent most of the morning weeding this bed & refreshing the pinebark mulch. Take a look – My yellow Lady Banks Rose is in bloom! I cut it back about two months ago because it was all the way

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Sandy Coughlin

How to Plant Seascape Strawberries

Strawberries … our family loves them. My husband just added to our garden 24 new plants to our existing beds, a few weeks ago. Did you know that strawberries are one of the simplest fruit plants to grow in a “home” garden? I don’t think people realize how easy they

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Lynn Minter

Right Behind You…

Working from home is a joy but I must admit I’ve been pretty distracted lately by the unusual weather we’ve been enjoying in Western New York. I understand we get one more day of it before the temps drop down into the 50s on Friday. The daffodils are in full

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Erica Galindo

Easter Food Traditions Around the World

Easter week is one of the most popular Christian festivals in the world and in many countries, is a great time for food and celebration. Italian Easter food In Italy, dinner is typically a sumptuous feast highlighted with gourmet delicacies including Agnellino, roasted baby lamb. Eggs, symbolizing new life, are

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Be Frugal and Healthy: Eat Dried Beans

Want to make 2012 a frugal and healthy year (healthy = save money on medical costs)? Dried Beans are the answer and they are CHEAP! Compare the price of dried beans to meat and poultry – YIKES!! Great savings when you switch a few of your meals!! Increase dried beans

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Sue West

Hung Up on Hanging Around

By Sue West – You’ve decided your closet is too full. Or you can’t buy clothes because you’re not honestly sure what you already have. Or you renovated the bedroom, so clothes are here, there and everywhere. Or your closet has become the “I don’t know what to do with

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