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 Bowl O' Beans!
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DINNER TONIGHT:
Ready for Some Simple Food?
We all eat plenty of fancy foods and desserts during December. It is a luxury to prepare and eat festive meals during that month, but after a while, I want something plain, simple and budget-wise for supper. Being Southern, I crave a good bowl of pinto beans.
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New Recipes This Month:
-A Simple Bowl of Pinto Beans
-Roasted Garlic Bread
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 Pesky Paperwhite Problem!
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Paperwhite problems?
Q: I was given paperwhite bulbs as a hostess gift. The water-forcing directions are simple, but how do I keep the flowers from getting smelly and/or falling over? Annie
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New Year, New Garden
Whether January is warm or wintery where you live, at some point in the New Year, you should contemplate last year’s garden. We gardeners tend to be busy-bee types who enjoy our outdoor plans and physical activities, but sometimes we forget that improving our gardens requires creative planning and mental energy. Here are three thoughts to guide you....
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 JANUARY HAPPY SNAPS
 We have friends in Palm Springs! Linda has 50 rose bushes and her own Meyer lemon trees. She uses home-grown fruit to make her famous lemon meringue pies. Find her delicious recipe in February on GardeningGusto.com
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 END BAG CLUTTER!While we always encourage the use of re-usable canvas shopping bags.....once and a while we forget to bring them with us. Then we are sent home with those unruly little plastic ones that we don't know what to do with. Well, here is the answer to ending bag clutter: The Bag Keeper! Mounts anywhere (under sink, garage, laundry, wall, inside a cabinet door) and holds your bags until you are ready to re-use them (plastic bags are really useful for somethings like wet clothes, doggie dootie bags, garbage can liners...) A three pack is under $10! Regular price is $3.95 each! Use them yourself or share with a friend.
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 As You Plan Your New 2011 GardenBe sure to pick up a copy of The Way We Garden Now! A treasure trove of projects, tips, ideas and humor. It will make your planning much easier! Buy Now...
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 Build These with a Free Dollar Download!Winter is a great time for indoor building projects...why not build your raised beds now? For complete instructions get our FREE Dollar Download "Pick You Own Salad" which includes the instructions to build these easy and efficient raised beds like our friend Bruce in this photo (thanks for the photo Bruce) .....click here....its FREE!
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 FRESHEN UP!Now here is an item every gardener (and cook) will love....clean fingernails and clean hands with the body and scalp brush! Soft, gentle fingers will get the dirt out. Nice little gripper handle makes it easy to manage.
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 TAKE CARE OF YOUR SOLE!don't forget the feet--Take Care of Your Soles! Now that they are in socks all the time, we don't notice how neglected our little tootsies are! Gardeners are notorious for soiled feet and sore muscles so pamper the gardener in your life with a Soapy Soles. No more bending, balancing and twisting to clean your feet; just suction-cup to the bottom of your tub or shower, dribble on your favorite liquid soap and rub your foot over its 1500 gentle little fingers to clean, refresh and stimulate your tired treads. Under $20! Buy Now!
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Welcome to GardeningGusto.com with me, Katherine Whiteside! I have always been into
organic home gardening but promise to be
gentle about it. Once you try my gardening ideas,
tips and tricks of the trade for growing
your own food, you’ll see that it is far simpler and cheaper than
resorting to chemicals. My tried and true organic
gardening advice are really easy,
inexpensive, and—yes—fun!
Every month I will help any gardener in any zone with how-to and
when-to easy garden ideas. You can do it! Explore GardeninGusto.com
now and see how!
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Dirty Stories!tm
Katherine's Tales from Digging in the Dirt!
The Gallic-Garlic Issue
Originally printed in The Putnam County News and Recorder
In the late 1970’s, I had the great fortune to buy a house in the beautiful countryside of southwestern England. For a sheltered Southern girl, this period began my education in how people in other parts of the world live. I used the metric system, I discovered that certain English words have shockingly different meanings across The Pond, I learned to drive (and shift gears!) on the opposite side, but I never, ever learned to live without garlic.
During those late 20th century, very different times, the English hated, hated, hated the French. I always avoided talking politics, but realized how deep-seated this animosity was when I asked the rosy-cheeked farm woman at the outdoor market if she had garlic to go with the fresh lamb I had just purchased. She looked at me, aghast, as if I had asked for a........
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Winter is a great time for indoor building projects...why not build your raised beds now? For complete instructions get our FREE Dollar Download "Pick You Own Salad" which includes the instructions to build these easy and effecient raised beds like our friend Bruce in this photo (thanks for the photo Bruce) .....
