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How to Start a New Garden: 5 Essential Steps

Learning how to start a new garden can feel overwhelming, but creating a productive growing space is simpler than you might think. While choosing a ...

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Cover Crops: A Complete Guide to Building Healthy Garden Soil 

Cover crops are an excellent tool to have in your pocket for building healthy soil and covering the ground so the weeds don’t. They’re simple to use: ...

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Books to Build a Creative Summer at Home (For Kids of All Ages)

Summer has a way of stretching out before us. She’s full of good intentions, long days, and often, a repeated question from children: what should we ...

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asparagus bolting in warm spring weather in the south compared to normal asparagus

What is “Bolting” and How Do You Prevent it?

There comes a point in the garden, especially here in the South, when everything seems to shift at once. The days stretch longer, the warmth settles ...

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plant starts from seed

Everything You Need for an Indoor Seed Starting Set-up

The garden is at rest, but setting up an indoor seed starting set-up prepares small seedlings for their big year ahead. For anyone with the garden ...

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apple hand pie with fall spices

Simple Fall Baking Bucket List: Cozy Recipes Without the Burnout

The fall season brings with it cozy sweaters, crisp air, and endless fall baking ideas that flood our feeds. From pumpkin spice everything to apple ...

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Finding Quiet Moments to Read: Using Yoto MYO Cards This Fall

Screen-free audiobooks for kids, like the Yoto Mini and its Make Your Own (MYO) cards, can help families find more time to read together - especially ...

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Golden-brown crusted sourdough sandwich bread, freshly baked

Mom’s Best: Soft Sourdough Sandwich Bread

Join us here in the kitchen for two loaves of naturally sweet and fluffy sourdough sandwich bread that you can make quickly, and simply with your ...

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loaves of artisan bread fresh from the oven

Mom’s Best Double Sourdough Artisan Loaves

Be prepared for the week ahead with a loaf of artisan sourdough loaf, and an extra loaf to spare or share! Simple ingredients and simple steps make ...

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brown jars full of heat loving flowers

10 Heat-Loving Flowers for a Summer Cutting Garden

If you’re looking for heat loving flowers that can thrive in your summer cutting garden, you’ve come to the right place…Not all flowers can take the ...

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Thanks for stopping in! I’m Shannon, a second time mom on the move between the garden and the kitchen with toddler & baby in tow. Here, we believe that there’s always something to celebrate, a mess to be made and something to learn along the way – and what comes from your “wooden spoons” is always best. Stick around for seasonal and homemade things to try! To read more, click here.

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  • How to Start a New Garden: 5 Essential Steps
  • Cover Crops: A Complete Guide to Building Healthy Garden Soil 
  • Books to Build a Creative Summer at Home (For Kids of All Ages)
  • What is “Bolting” and How Do You Prevent it?
  • Everything You Need for an Indoor Seed Starting Set-up

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