An Inexpensive DIY Pear Picker
If your pears are growing too high, consider making this inexpensive DIY pear picker–with parts from your local home improvement store! Many years ago we bought four young fruit trees. …
Read moreKitchen Cupboard Spring Cleaning Challenge (and Vegetable Dip Recipe)
It’s spring. At last! Hooray! And what do we associate with spring? Spring Cleaning! Now in the interest of full disclosure I have never spring-cleaned in my life, unless you…
Read more(Partly) Organic Homemade Peeps (Really!)
I did it! This girl who can’t make a cut-out cookie (unless ugly counts) made homemade peeps. It was really quite easy (after I got past the first batch of…
Read moreEasy Homemade Italian Breadcrumbs
Do you ever have days when a single missing ingredient means a special trip to the grocery store? The last time I served eggplant parmesan, I needed breadcrumbs–and it was…
Read more(Easy and Economical) Winter Pine Branch Arrangement
Do you have some last minute holiday decorating to do? If the answer is “yes,” how about a homemade winter pine branch arrangement? It’s can be an easy and inexpensive…
Read moreAll Natural Pumpkin Spice Latte (50% of Vitamin A!)
The Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte has been getting a lot of buzz lately. Nothing like a reported pumpkin syrup shortage to start a craze! As regular readers will testify I…
Read more100% Whole Wheat (and Honey) Bread
Honey Whole Wheat Bread is the “go to” bread at our house. With its nutty wheat flavor and hint of sweetness, I can count on half a loaf disappearing as…
Read moreGrowing Hostas From Seed
Last fall, I found a surprise in my garden–my hosta plants had produced seeds! Free seeds–who could argue with that! I didn’t know if this was an unusual occurrence, but…
Read moreOrganic for Less: Buying Clubs
Most people are familiar with CSAs and the advantages they provide for healthier eating. But there is another option for organic value shopping that is less well known–buying clubs. A…
Read moreChicken Piccata, Gift Bags and an Award
In this summer’s record heat, my mantra has become, “do not heat up the kitchen,” a goal with serious implications for a die-hard foodie. Cold sandwiches get old fast, so…
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