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The Power of Herbs

The Power of Herbs

Saving Summer Recently, the Husband and I attended an Edible Garden class at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum that focused on Herbs. It showed me that I have always underestimated how important herbs are to any meal or dish. I have a skinny cabinet in my […]

How to Set Up Your Growing Tables

How to Set Up Your Growing Tables

Saving Summer It is still early in the seedling season and we only have a few things planted but I want to share our set up. We built tables for our plants that are sized for our pending greenhouse, so when it is done we […]

Sugarplums

Sugarplums

Saving Summer Raise your hand if you have no idea what a sugarplum is… I had no clue, maybe something with plums? And sugar? A cake? They were our next dessert to try in The Beekman 1802 Heirloom Dessert Cookbook. They are delicious, healthy, and […]

Your Rich Grandma’s Fruitcake

Your Rich Grandma’s Fruitcake

Saving Summer Anybody like fruitcake? It was okayyyy, for a fruitcake. I put some butter on a slice, which transformed it into a somewhat delicious treat. This tasted like what I always imagined fruit cake would. It is yummy, but on the verge of being […]

It’s Hamantaschen Time!

It’s Hamantaschen Time!

Saving Summer Purim is coming up, time to make these delicious triangle shaped cookies. My hat it has three corners, three corners has my hat, and had it not three corners, it would not be my hat! Hamantaschen are shaped like the antagonist’s hat in […]

Easy Winter Art Project – Art-cicles

Easy Winter Art Project – Art-cicles

Saving Summer If it is cold enough where you live to do this project, fist of all, Im sorry. We can do this, we will get through this together. Gawd February is long. I have been really down lately, I think mostly because of Winter. […]

Starting Seeds Indoors

Starting Seeds Indoors

Saving Summer Seeds If you need help choosing seeds please read my post Things to Consider When Ordering From Seed Catalogs. Don’t waste your time with seeds older than 2 0r 3 years. If you have extra seeds place them in an airtight container with […]

How to Plan Your Summer Garden

How to Plan Your Summer Garden

Saving Summer It is Winter still but Spring is on the way, as demonstrated by all the ladybugs in my house 🙂 Now is the time that you should be planning your garden, so get to work! Keep in mind, through the entire planning process, […]

We Are Building a Greenhouse

We Are Building a Greenhouse

Saving Summer We are very excited to say that we are expecting… a Greenhouse! Like most of my ideas, the idea of a greenhouse started out very small. Stage 1 was a small lean-to on the back of our garage. Stage 2 was a larger […]

Benefits of Seasonal Living

Benefits of Seasonal Living

Saving Summer Seasonal living, is the purposeful way of life that allows someone to enjoy each season and get the most out of every part of the year. Is is natural for us to want to live seasonally, but in our busy world it takes […]