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5 Simple Vegetable Garden Tasks for Winter

Proper end of season garden maintenance will help you grow more fruits and vegetables next spring. It can also help reduce weeds and pest pressure and make spring gardening more enjoyable. And it doesn’t have to be overwhelming, just focus on these few garden tasks. The end of the summer garden is usually full of …

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Harvest Salad with Applesauce Vinaigrette

Combine all the flavors of Autumn in one big bowl with this delicious harvest salad with applesauce vinaigrette. Roasted winter squash, pecans, wild rice, and apples make a hearty fall salad. Highlight all the flavors of seasonal fall foods in one easy to make bowl. This fall salad takes a few steps of cooking to …

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13 Easy DIY Bath Bomb Recipes

Wondering how to make bath bombs? These DIY bath bomb recipes are all easy to make. By using common kitchen ingredients you can create lucious all natural bath bombs on the cheap! What are bath bombs? Technically, bath bombs are small balls that are made out of baking soda and citric acid, plus some other …

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Tips for Living a Simple Life

Living a simple life conjures up images of idyllic, peaceful country scenes. And while that can indeed be true, it isn’t the reality for many of us. Nor does it have to be the goal. The simple life is a deeply individual thing and looks different for everyone. It’s not about comparing one simple life …

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Safely Canning Pumpkin and Other Winter Squash

Canning pumpkin is a great way to preserve the harvest. If you have a root cellar, squash will store for up to six months. But for those without a root cellar, canning is a good way to have shelf stable pumpkin all year long. Butternut squash or any winter squash with the exception of spaghetti …

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Fermented Cherry Tomatoes

Fermented tomatoes are a great way to preserve small bits of the abundant crop for snacking, salads, appetizers and more. Making lacto-fermented cherry tomatoes is an easy preservation project that only takes a few minutes to pull together and less than a week to ferment. Cherry tomatoes are a perfect vegetable for fermenting because they …

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