Grow A Sunflower House
Remember how I told you about growing a bean teepee for the kids to play in this year? Well here’s a similar idea: grow a sunflower house. To make it, …
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DIY Easter Peeps Soap
Check it out: Peeps Soap! Just in time for Easter. Click on the link to learn how to make it.
Radishes With Chive Butter
I love this simple, elegant appetizer. It’s a radish stuffed with butter and sprinkled with chives–perfect for an early spring get-together. Check out the recipe at Martha Stewart.
How To Get A Cat To Use A Scratcher
Following up the post about How To Make Your Own Cat Scratcher: there’s nothing more annoying than buying or making a cat scratcher when they refuse to go near it. …
The Price Of Convenience
Most of us know that when you choose convenience in the grocery story–the food that has been sliced, diced, and pre-prepared for you–you pay for the privilege, but a recent …
Which Chickens Lay The Most Eggs?
When it comes to owning chickens, the difference between success and failure is to choose a breed that produces a lot of eggs. Chickens were bred for different reasons: some …
From Soda Bottle To Wide-Mouth Funnel
Awhile back, it occurred to me that I needed a wide-mouth funnel for canning or transferring bigger things, like dried beans, to bottles. I looked in the store and found …
Make Your Own Bacon
My husband decided he wanted to make bacon. We had been eating a lot of it lately, and well, what meat-eater doesn’t like bacon? It turns out that making bacon …
Make Your Own Sausage
This weekend, I made my own sausage for the first time. It was easy and cheaper than buying sausage in the store. It took about 20 minutes and I ended …
Spicy Carrot Peanut Soup
I like this soup because it is thick and creamy, flavorful, but also chock full of vegetables and protein. It’s a very satisfying soup, especially if you are a vegetarian. …
Fresh Pita Bread
Yesterday I finally got around to using up that half box of falafel. I made the falafel and some fresh hummus, then grilled up some bell peppers and onions to …