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I have a collection of canvas bags that I like to take to the grocery store. I was really good about taking them actually INSIDE the store with me when the enthusiasm was new. Now they get taken out of the car for one reason or another and not returned or I forget to take [...]
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I received this information today via email from our local foods group and thought it worthy to pass along. So here are some interesting – and disturbing - facts about margarine. Comments inside brackets [ ] are mine.
Margarine was originally manufactured to fatten turkeys. When it killed the turkeys, the people who had put all [...]
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Back in the dog treat business days I wrote a series of articles for my website. Since its vacation season and sometimes its hard to know what to do with our furry family members – insert wise cracks here – I thought I’d post one of the articles on boarding kennels. Hope it provides some [...]
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Its’ been a tiring day – well, 2 days.
My 20 year old son was scheduled yesterday – or so we thought – to have TWO wisdom removed. We showed up at the appointed place at the appointed time. Low and behold, this was only the “consultation.” Communication is a wonderful thing, isn’t it? The person [...]
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I forgot the before picture, but here is the after.
Just use your imagination and picture plain dirt adorned with lots of weeds and grass that were getting to be a real hassle. So, I mulched the strawberry beds with compost and hopefully that will be not only the end of my grass worries but also [...]
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My tomatoes don’t look so hot.
I’ve said many times on this blog that I am a newbie at vegetable gardening. The whole tomato thing is a prime example of my inexperience.
I was so proud of my $1.50 pots – nice 12″ black plastic. BAD CHOICE. I planted my beautiful locally grown tomato plants, purchased from [...]
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Things have been crazy lately. Moved the kid from one house to another down in Norman on Monday; husband out of town for aunt’s funeral and the house was a little too quiet with no one else to talk to but the animals
I harvested the rest of the green onions to make room for cantalope planting; [...]
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