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Dwarf Fruit Trees in the Home Orchard

by Marye Audet

When planning your kitchen garden consider adding a couple of dwarf fruit trees. These small trees grow very well in small, urban areas, and will produce alot of full size, fruit. Concerns with the food supply, its effect on the environment, and buying locally, it seems natural to grow your own. published 2 weeks ago

2 comments    food how to gardening

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Natural Home Remedies for Poison Ivy

by Marye Audet

There are many things that you can do to help prevent, or at least lesson, the allergic reaction...Immediately after coming in contact with poison ivy wash with a laundry soap like Fels Naptha... published 2 weeks ago

2 comments    health family advice

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Growing Strawberries

by Marye Audet

Strawberrries are a perenniel herb that can be grown in most areas of the United States,as well as Canada. Certain varieties can even be grown in Alaska. They grow best in a cool, moist climate... published 5 weeks ago

16 comments    food home gardening

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Vermicompost- Composting With Worms

by Marye Audet

Composting with worms can be a way to produce bigger, better vegetables in your own garden or a way to make a little money on the side. It is relatively easy to do and inexpensive to start. published 4 months ago

9 comments    home how recreation

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How To Make Compost

by Marye Audet

Compost is an excellent soil nutrient, as well as a fabulous mulch. It is what is left of food scraps, grass cuttings, leaves, hair, and other things you would normally throw away, after these things are... published 8 months ago

3 comments    home garden organic

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5 Ways To Use A Green Tomato

by Marye Audet

Long ago when everyone raised their own food there were a multitude of recipes for using up the very last vegetables in the garden before frost. When frost was looming grandmother would pick the tomatoes... published 8 months ago

5 comments    food garden vegetables

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Where to Buy Organic Fabric Online?

by Marye Audet

You spend money and time making sure your family has organic food, and a clean environment. Have you considered going green in the sewing room? Here are resources for organic fabrics adn notions. published 3 months ago

3 comments    home shopping how to

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How to store clothes to prevent mold and moths

by Marye Audet

If you are storing clothes, you need ot know how to prevent moths, mold, and mildew. You don't need toxic chemicals, control pests the natural way-with herbs. published 4 months ago

1 comment    home how to natural

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Fall Vegetable Garden: Organic Produce For Winter

by Marye Audet

Here in Texas it is near 100 degrees on this August day. In some ways much too hot to be thinking of a fall garden yet in others, time is almost here to plant for late autumn and early winter harvest. Where... published 9 months ago

3 comments    food organic sustainable

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Heirloom Vegetables and Fruits in the Home Garden

by Marye Audet

Put simply, heirloom vegetables are the types of vegetables that our ancestors grew for centuries. During those centuries the vegetables, and fruits for that matter, adapted to their environments becoming... published 9 months ago

5 comments    food gardening garden

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