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Growing Your Own Food: Planning a Tabletop Garden

my tabletop garden This is the year. I am determined to grow at least a small portion of our produce this summer. I’ve tried and failed several years in a row for one reason or another, but this is...

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Growing Your Own Food: Planning the Layout

As I was spring cleaning my craft supplies last week, one thing became very obvious: I have a tendency to overbuy for any new project. I get excited and jump in with both feet, buying everything I...

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Growing Your Own Food: Marigolds and Strawberries

it's starting to look like a real garden! Last weekend we picked up two marigolds and eight everbearing strawberry plants and planted them in the front row of the table top garden. Getting them...

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Growing Your Own Food: Learning About Pests and Disease

our garden, before pruning the tomato plant If I have any regrets about my tabletop garden, it’s that we only built one and that there’s not more for me to do since it’s so easy to take care of. I...

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Lessons Learned from a Scorched Garden

A couple of weeks ago we headed out of town for 4 days. We didn’t have anyone to water the garden for us (one of the downsides of living in the boonies!), so we figured it would be fairly wilted by...

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101 Days of Christmas: Printable Santa Letter Templates

Happy Thanksgiving! It’s a holiday, but the countdown must go on, and today’s project is a fun printable for your family:First, a confession: We don’t really “do” Santa at our house. He’s a fun...

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Happy Thanksgiving!

source: Mandi Ehman Happy Thanksgiving from our family! Wishing you a wonderful day with your family and friends. And if you’re alone or hurting this Thanksgiving, I pray that you’ll be touched by...

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101 Days of Christmas: Holiday House Tour

source: Mandi EhmanIt’s been a few years since I shared photos of our Christmas decorations, so I thought it would be a fun addition to this year’s 101 Days of Christmas series.Unfortunately, my meager...

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101 Days of Christmas eBook $0.99 for Kindle!

Amazon has launched a new promotion called the Kindle Countdown Deal, where books are deeply discounted and then the price increases gradually over time.As part of this promotion, 101 Days of Christmas...

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101 Days of Christmas: Ring the Salvation Army Bell

source: Mandi EhmanAs we kick off the holiday shopping season, a great way to help families in your own city and state is to volunteer to ring the Salvation Army bell. In our experience, the local...

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Weekend Reading: November 30, 2013

source: Mandi Ehman A lot of people have asked how our Baby Girl, who has enjoyed 4 long years as the baby, has adjusted to Jackson’s birth, and — truly — I couldn’t have imagined a better transition....

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101 Days of Christmas: Peanut Butter Balls

source: Mandi EhmanI used to make peanut butter balls as part of my regular Christmas baking but somewhere along the way, I got out of the habit. I always feel a bit like Lucy and Ethel in the classic...

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Giveaway: $50 OfficeMax Gift Card

Just because you’re not there to give the gifts in person doesn’t mean you can’t deliver them with some extra holiday cheer. Put some dashing touches on your holiday shipping packages this season with...

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101 Days of Christmas: DIY Burlap Decor {Roundup}

source: Mandi EhmanAs part of this year’s 101 Days of Christmas series, I’m sharing a roundup each Sunday with more ideas from around the blogosphere!Burlap has played a big part of our Christmas...

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Dear Readers… + Desktop Calendar {December 2013}

To download the image above to use as your desktop wallpaper, simply click the image (or this link: December 2013 Desktop Calendar) and choose Save Link As… Then, open the picture, right click and...

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Two Bundles of Christmas eBooks $7.40 Each {Cyber Monday Flash Sale}

Today only, we’re bringing back both of our Christmas bundles for a special 24-hour flash sale! If you missed them the first time around, now’s your chance to get either — or both! — of these bundles...

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101 Days of Christmas: Deliver Cookies to Community Helpers

source: Mandi EhmanTomorrow is Giving Tuesday, and this is one of my favorite ways to give each holiday season:We’re blessed to have pediatricians whom we love, and since a scary experience with our...

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Gifts for The Kitchen {2013 Holiday Gift Guide}

This week I’m sharing my 2013 Holiday Gift Guide, with tons of ideas for everyone on your shopping list. While trying to think of a creative gift idea for one of my grandmothers, I decided to pair a...

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Gifts for Little Kids {2013 Holiday Gift Guide}

This week I’m sharing my 2013 Holiday Gift Guide, with tons of ideas for everyone on your shopping list. As much as possible, we try to steer our girls toward open-ended toys that promote pretend play,...

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101 Days of Christmas: 12 Days of Christmas

source: Mandi EhmanWhile I love the idea of spreading our advent activities over the entire month of December, we’ve never successfully done that without petering out halfway through the month....

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