gardening & preserving

More Money & Time Savers with Kimmi: Spring Potting Tips!

May 5, 2012

How to save money…..and your back. Tips from my personal garden expert – my mom!

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Seeds of Change Giveaway (Chocolate and other goodies!)

September 23, 2011

Seeds of Change was sweet enough to send me a tote bag full of their goodies to try, and I get to give some away to one of you, too! Here’s what your prize might include… (Click to read more, and also to see a picture of the little snot who ate all our parsley from the pot on our deck.)

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Herb Seasoned Sun-Dried Tomatoes – Guest Post from Whole New Mom

September 9, 2011
Seasoned Homemade Sun Dried Tomatoes

Today a local blogging friend, Adrienne, is sharing her recipe for Herb Seasoned Homemade Sun-Dried Tomatoes.  If you’ve been following along with my Seeds of Change posts, planting a garden in your yard or community garden, or shopping at your local farmers market, then you probably have some tomatoes to use up, too.  Let me [...]

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The First Year at the Rockford Community Garden (Video)

August 26, 2011

In today’s video post, my friend, Sonia, will tell you what she thought after their first year tending a garden not in their backyard. Hint: it went better than it did in our backyard, where Kent says he’ll be planting grass next year… :(

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Gardening 911!

August 12, 2011

Kent came in the house the other day after watering the garden and said, “Now the chipmunks have moved into the garden. They’ve eaten all the flowers off our tomato plants. That’s it, I’m done. I’m not going through all this work and have the animals eat it all every year.”

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Garden Composting Questions and an Update on Our Garden Pests

July 29, 2011

See that picture above, the one with the eggs and coffee grounds sitting in a bowl on my countertop? Well I’m sick of looking at that, and I’m wondering, what do you keep your kitchen scraps in before you get out there to throw them onto the garden? And should it be covered? Does it matter how long you keep it on the counter? (Thank you again, reader friends, for always helping me with my burning questions!)

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Next Year We’ll Just Have a Tomato Garden

July 15, 2011

Kent is a bit frustrated with the garden this year so far and those were his words when he saw that our Seeds of Change organic broccoli and cabbage were eaten by…we don’t know what…

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Organic Seeds of Change Giveaway Winner and Gardening Picture Updates!

June 24, 2011

Today the giveaway winner is announced, but I also have a composting question for all of you with gardening expertise!

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It’s Not Too Late to Plant – Win 25 Packets of Seeds!

June 10, 2011

You’ve still got plenty of time to get a garden in, and now Seeds of Change is giving away 25 packets of organic seeds to help you get started! (Also, is anyone else a weather app junkie?)

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Our Local Community Garden Pictures

May 27, 2011
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You don’t have room in your own back yard for a garden, or maybe there’s some other reason you can’t plant food where you live? Then get a plot at your local community garden! Today I’ll show you pictures of our new community garden here in Rockford, a great little suburb North of Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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