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How to Plan Your Garden
From my own garden plans, two of my raised beds with plans for greens, carrots, cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli. In our Gardening 101 series, we’ve talked about a lot of different things so far......
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How to Peel Peaches and Tomatoes for Canning
Although I've been canning for 4-5 years now, it was only about 2 years ago that I learned this simple trick for peeling peaches that has made canning an easier task. I was missing out! My 6 year old...
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Small Batch Dehydrating for the Summer Bounty
There's a woman who lives a few blocks down from me with this miraculous garden that seems to go from a freshly tilled plot to a wildly abundant gardener's delight in about one month flat (my husband...
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How to Take Advantage of Clearance Produce
Written by Erin Odom, Contributing Writer Since this season is all about incorporating more veggies into our diets and eating from our pantries and freezers, I thought it would be a prime time to...
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Having Vegetables When You Can’t Grow Your Own
Written by Stacy Myers, Guest Writer I’m a country girl, born and raised on a farm in Virginia. My parents are excellent at growing a garden. I never remember a summer without having something to...
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Homemade Lemon Citrus Produce Wash {Natural, Fast, & Easy}
Written by Rachel, Contributing Writer It's berry picking season and that means strawberry shortcakes, blueberry banana smoothies and berry jams & crisps but if you are like me, you make sure your...
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Canning: Not What You Think!
Written by Anne S, Guest Writer In the "old days", canning was just part of the household routine, a useful way to preserve the bounty of the growing season for the cold dark days of winter. Mothers...
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5 Frugal Ways to Stock Up on Chemical Free Fruits and Vegetables to Preserve
Written by Diana, Contributing Writer Just like clockwork, late summer comes knocking with an explosion of fresh vegetables. This is a typical late summer harvest at my urban homestead. I do my best...
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A Day in the Life: Diana (Real Food Mama Shopping for the Healthiest Food at...
Written by Diana, Contributing Writer I don't know about you, but these past few years have been the most challenging, economically, for my family. When my husband and I had our first child six years...
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Serving My Family Real Food in Imperfect Situations Part 2 (With a 4-day Meal...
Did you miss the first part of this post? You can read it here. Now that you know what we've been buying are you curious what I've made with those foods, in sub-par kitchens at that? I tracked our...
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Ways to Use Clearance Produce
We originally published this post in June of 2012, but with an increase in food prices in recent years, the advice and tips that Erin offers here are still very useful! Written by Erin Odom,...
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5 Ways to Make Your Own Homemade Produce Wash #DIYFriday
Summertime means farmer’s markets and fruit stands..and lots of homemade produce wash! When I lived in the South, fruit stands were fabulously easy to find. Each route I followed traveling to the beach...
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How to Plan Your Garden
In our Gardening 101 series, we’ve talked about a lot of different things so far… how to select seeds for better success, growing herbs, gardening based on where you live, square foot gardening. I know...
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How to Peel Peaches and Tomatoes for Canning
Although I’ve been canning for 4-5 years now, it was only about 2 years ago that I learned this simple trick for peeling peaches that has made canning an easier task. I was missing out! My 6 year old...
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How to Plan Your Garden
In our Gardening 101 series, we’ve talked about a lot of different things so far… how to select seeds for better success, growing herbs, gardening based on where you live, square foot gardening. I know...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How to Peel Peaches and Tomatoes for Canning
Although I’ve been canning for 4-5 years now, it was only about 2 years ago that I learned this simple trick for peeling peaches that has made canning an easier task. I was missing out! My 6 year old...
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Small Batch Dehydrating for the Summer Bounty
There’s a woman who lives a few blocks down from me with this miraculous garden that seems to go from a freshly tilled plot to a wildly abundant gardener’s delight in about one month flat (my husband...
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Having Vegetables When You Can’t Grow Your Own
Written by Stacy Myers, Guest Writer I’m a country girl, born and raised on a farm in Virginia. My parents are excellent at growing a garden. I never remember a summer without having something to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Homemade Lemon Citrus Produce Wash {Natural, Fast, & Easy}
Written by Rachel, Contributing Writer It’s berry picking season and that means strawberry shortcakes, blueberry banana smoothies and berry jams & crisps but if you are like me, you make sure your...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Canning: Not What You Think!
Written by Anne S, Guest Writer In the “old days”, canning was just part of the household routine, a useful way to preserve the bounty of the growing season for the cold dark days of winter. Mothers...
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