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    Decorating for spring

    Spring begins Monday, and I’m already in the mood for it and decorating away on the house. If you remember, I have all this Peter Rabbit stuff I collected for Declan’s 1st birthday, so now I get to break it out every spring. I’m kind of obsessed with Peter Rabbit…

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    State of the Garden – June 2016

    Tomato and pepper plants: thriving. Peas, zucchini, spaghetti squash, radishes: sprouted and doing well so far. Garlic: not sure I’ll get much considering I planted it late, but there are greens growing so I’m calling that a win. Carrots… no idea. I’ve never grown carrots before, so I’m not sure…

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    Lilac Jelly

    Lilacs? Edible? Oh YES. A while ago – probably two years ago, really, when I first learned I could make jelly with the cute little violets in our yard – I learned Lilac Jelly was a thing. The trouble was… I didn’t have lilacs. Our neighbors do, but theirs haven’t…

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    Spring jelly

    Hello friends! Spring brings rain and wind this year, but my violets arrive as well. The Little Mr and I went into the yard to pick as many as we could (there is still plenty, but a toddler’s attention span is tiny) before coming in to boil up water to…

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    Goat! Reading! Purging! Oh my!

    I can’t believe we’re in June already! There’s not a lot to report around here. Friday the munchkin and I had a day out to the zoo with Nana which was very tiring for us all. He’s very much all about animals lately and wanting to pet everything – the dog,…

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    Snowballs

    The first house I remember growing up in was this little ranch on a cul-de-sac. The front of the house was lined with hedges, there was a crab apple tree in one part of the front yard and a birch tree, maybe – I don’t remember what it was, actually,…