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Easy Sourdough – Start in the Bread Machine and Finish in the Oven
You will not find a recipe for artisanal bread in this post. Fancy scoring, overnight proofing, flouring a board -- none of it are here. Every other day I make a simple sourdough sandwich bread by starting the dough in my bread machine and finishing it in the oven. It goes through two rises in the machine, and a third…
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Ultimate Guide to Keeping Frogs in a Koi Pond
As we dreamed of building a larger pond for the koi that rapidly outgrew their little stock tank pond, we wanted it to support the larger community of insects and animals native to our area. Specifically, I really wanted frogs. When we installed our first pond, the stock tank pond, we also added a few bullfrog tadpoles and tree frog…
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Easy Handcrafted Ceramic Gift Ideas
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Tips for Growing Great Garlic in the Southeast
As we transition into fall, it’s the perfect time to start planting garlic. Garlic thrives in cooler temperatures, and while the leaves may die back from frost, the bulbs continue to grow underground.
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Broken Wires – Apologies and Forgiveness
This morning my kids are at school and I’m home pondering apologies and forgiveness for the routine conflicts experienced in family and friendships. One of my own struggles is that after I have wronged someone, even if I have apologized and they say they have forgiven me, I still feel the brokenness. I can shoulder the hurt for years and…
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Growing for Good: Native Plant Gardening
Whether we grew up in farming households, helped in the suburban yard, or lived in a concrete jungle, many of us started gardening as adults with a simple approach. We grabbed a few landscape plants from a big box store. Later, we found ourselves immersed in native plant sales at our local arboretum or botanical garden. Our mindset shifted from…
