What’s the Difference Between a Kitchen Garden and a Regular Vegetable Garden?
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What’s the Difference Between a Kitchen Garden and a Regular Vegetable Garden?

Have you ever wondered exactly what a “kitchen garden” is or how it differs from a regular vegetable garden? For starters, a kitchen garden or potager (pronounced puh-ta-zhay), is a special kind of edible garden with a rich history tracing back to old English and French culinary gardens. Much like a traditional vegetable garden, a…

9 Tips for Eating Healthy Through the Holidays
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9 Tips for Eating Healthy Through the Holidays

It’s true, the words healthy and holidays don’t always go together. While most people do indulge a little, it’s not necessary to go off the deep end to have a great time this holiday season. To keep your waistline from expanding to Santa-proportions, use these tips to keep you on track throughout the holidays. It…

White Peppermint Hot Chocolate
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White Peppermint Hot Chocolate Recipe

The snow is falling, it feels like winter and Christmas, it is time for a hot chocolate I believe… But not just any hot chocolate, this decadent white peppermint hot chocolate! This warm drink is perfect on a lazy Sunday morning, as a special after school snack, or go all out and make it a…

50+ Gift Ideas for Homesteaders
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50+ Gift Ideas for Homesteaders

Do you have family or friends who are homesteaders and you just don’t know what to get them for Christmas or maybe a birthday? Well today is your lucky day because I’m going to share with you a great list of gift ideas for homesteaders! Homesteading has many different aspects and areas to focus on,…

Round up of 21 Awesome Apple and Pumpkin Recipes. 
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Round up of Awesome Apple and Pumpkin Recipes

Hello Friends! Remember back in this post, I said I would be sharing Apple and Pumpkin recipes all month long? And I did that with: Pumpkin Pecan Muffins Curry Pumpkin Soup How to Dehydrate Apple Slices The Most Delicious Pumpkin Bread Well today I have a special treat, 17 more awesome apple and pumpkin recipes from…

Tour of our August Garden 2018 on the homestead.
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Just Dabbling Garden Tour August 2018

Time for another garden tour! August, what can I say about August? Well, that’s the month the weeds got away from me…..again. The smoke was so heavy most days that we could smell and taste it and well…I just didn’t want to be outside breathing in that nastiness when I had the choice. So, here…