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Spring Has Sprung, So what are you planting this year?

It’s really starting to feel like spring around here these days! This past weekend one of my neighbors dug up a bunch of chives to give away, so I planted a few of those in a little corner of our garden along with some green onions I had regrowing in water on the windowsill. Even better, …

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DIY Garden Markers + Gardening Puns Ahead — Lettuce Know If You Have Any to Share!

This week’s Frugal Homemade feature is: DIY Garden Markers. Choose from two different types — both are easy, inexpensive, and get the job done! Since so many of us do our planting over Mother’s Day weekend, I thought this would be a quick, fun project that you could do with the kids (or even have …

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Garden Ice Cubes — How to freeze pesto, How to freeze herbs!

So today’s Sunday Scratchups is less a recipe than a how-to, in case your garden is also going nuts producing basil, oregano, and more fresh herbs. This week I started freezing both fresh herbs and pesto in ice cube trays for easy meals and seasonings later, so thought I’d share the process of how to …

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