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Misery Loves Lilac Jelly
While at the festival in West Virginia, I decided to conduct an unofficial poll. I asked married people in my age group what do they attribute to their marital success. The answers were frightening....
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Jambivalence
Sometimes I ask myself whether or not I really want to do this. Make jam. Sell jam. The whole jam business thing. I never set out to do a business. Last year I just made much too much strawberry jam....
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U-Pick Here
Strawberry season has officially begun! We have a few sources for local and organic strawberries around here and I plan to take advantage of them as much as possible. Last year the kids and I were home...
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Natural By-Product
Usually when I skim the foam from jam I can it and use it for our own personal cooking use. But this time I decided to freeze it and make sorbet. Since pectin is in everything these days from...
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Slammin’ Kudos
My very discerning friend, Lynn Eva Barber (Lavanga), recently ordered a jar of Strawberry Conserve. As with each order I ship out, I hold my breath and cross my fingers, hoping that the customer will...
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Curry Plant Resurrection
Our curry plant was doing splendidly until about a month or so ago. It became yellow and withered like it was the dead of winter instead of the top of spring. My husband decided to cut back our Curry...
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Your Organic Food is Killing the Planet
Here is a short and sweet little pictorial (courtesy of Huff Post) touching on 8 organic food myths that also happen to coincide with many of my food pet peeves! Oh, joy. Organic milk, such as Horizon...
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Free Fun : Pea Picking
english peas : organic & local Last week the kids were home on spring break. I got a call from my friend AV inviting us to come pea picking at the farm where he works. Well, wild horse couldn’t...
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Mood Board : Cotton Shower Curtains
I recently received an email from a blog reader asking if I knew of any cotton/natural shower curtains that were not too plain nor too cutesy. Bathrooms aren’t my passion, but why deny a reader help....
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Fresh Pastry Stand Beeswax: A Hare Krishna Favorite on Kickstarter!
Fresh Pastry Stand Beeswax on Kickstarter Only 51 hours to go on my Kickstarter project! I reached my goal of $10,000 early Monday morning so I will be fully funded Tuesday/August 16th at 11:01am....
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