Recently, I planted in a patio vegetable garden utilizing elevated planters and DIY covers to deter deer. It turned out well and I’m excited about my ingenious solution to foil the deer. However, I had another problem to solve.
I planted lots of seeds in my garden, mostly for lettuces ...
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Patio & Small Space Vegetable Gardening
In my adult life, I’ve had more than twenty addresses. I’ve lived in ten different states in the US, and two states in Mexico. I have moved a lot. If there is one thing I’ve learned from all those moves, it’s never to look in the rearview mirror.
That just means I try to focus on what ...
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Sweet and Smokey BBQ Dry Rub
It’s no wonder that I dragged the grill out of mothballs earlier than usual this year. With every restaurant in town closed down, eating barbequed burgers on the deck now qualifies as “going out to dinner”.
But with Memorial Day coming up, I know that lots of people are looking for new barbeque ...
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Changing Goals: 4 Principles for Recalibrating Your Plans
On the 12th of March, 2020, I staged a kidnapping.
Well…sort of.
That was the day that my husband and I decided that my mother would be safer staying with us instead of in her retirement community. Now, my mom doesn’t live in just any retirement community. Hers has three restaurants, a bar ...
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California Pizza Kitchen Copycat BBQ Chopped Chicken Salad
I’ve been taking a poll among my friends, asking them what they’ve most missed doing since the advent of social distancing. Everybody I know listed going out to restaurants within their top three spots.
I totally get that. Going out to eat is one of my favorite leisure time activities. There’s ...
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