Tag: featured
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The Easiest Pie Crust Recipe Ever
So, you think you can’t make a pie, right? It looks too hard. It has to take too long. You’re not some fancy pie baker, so why make a pie when you can just buy one? Wrong, so much wrong. Let me let you in on a little secret, pie-making is easy. Way easier than…
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How to Plant Bareroot Trees & Shrubs in the Fall (Yes, there’s still time!)
*This article contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. As always, all opinions are my own.* Fall is a great time to plant trees & shrubs. The cool weather puts less stress on the plants & it allows for their roots to get a head start on winter. Plus, the…
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How to Grow Amaryllis & Paperwhites for Christmas
I first found out about amaryllis and paperwhite flowers when I started getting into gardening a few years ago. I had never heard of growing flowers indoors for the holidays. I didn’t even know you could grow flowers inside so easily. Then one day I was watching Garden Answer on YouTube & she did a…
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How to Plant Garlic for Delicious Culinary Rewards
Garlic has always been the plant that I recommend growing to anyone who doesn’t really have a lot of experience gardening. You can grow garlic, yes you! Even if you have a black thumb. Even if you don’t have a lot of time to devote to gardening. Garlic is just that easy to grow. It’s…
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How to Roast Pumpkins & Make Fresh Pumpkin Puree
Happy Halloween, everyone! We’re right in the midst of pumpkin season (one of my favorite seasons). Every year I decorate my house with pumpkins & explore new pumpkin culinary pursuits. A few years ago I decided to try making fresh pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving, instead of canned pumpkin & I’ve never looked back. Fresh pumpkin…
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Beginner/Intermediate Gardeners: 3 Best Tips for Planting Garlic
As a beginner to intermediate gardener, you know that in order to feast on home-grown garlic in the summer you have to plant them in the fall. As a home gardener with a few years of gardening experience under my belt, who is taking a social media class from Northwestern University through Coursera.com, I found…
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Throw it in the Crockpot Apple Butter Recipe
When I started this blog I intended on sharing recipes featuring ingredients that I’ve grown myself, but I’m going to have a fudge a little here for this recipe. I just can’t pass up posting my apple butter recipe because you need to make this. You need this apple butter in your life. So, even…
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How to Create a Dark Garden that Morticia Addams Would Love
Halloween is just around the corner, so I thought it was the perfect time to talk about one of my gardening goals: a section of my garden devoted entirely to dark plants. There is just something so intriguing about dark-colored plants to me. I am drawn to them whenever I’m browsing at a plant nursery…
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Beginner/Intermediate Gardeners: 3 Best Tips for Growing & Planting Tulip Bulbs
As a beginner to intermediate gardener, you know that if you want a beautiful tulip show in the spring you need to plant the bulbs in the fall. As a home gardener with a few years of gardening experience under my belt, who is taking a social media class from Northwestern University through Coursera.com, I…
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How to Make your Amaryllis Rebloom
Autumn is here and Christmas is just around the corner. This time of year always goes by like a flash of lightning. It’s also the time of year that every gardener should start planning when they should take in their amaryllis plants inside in order to force them to bloom indoors for the holiday season.…
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