Just wanted to showcase 3 items from the newly opened Fresh Market in Lynchburg, VA. Love looking there for wonderfully packaged goodies. For this weeks seasonal pics, I'm showcasing the Fresh Market Jar Cookie Mix, the Chocolate Mix in a jar, and Pumpkin Patch granola in kraft bag with peek a boo front. I love the way they are packaged and have such...

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green tomatoes wiki commons Hovev @wiki commons wiki commons tooney at wiki commons It's sad to see our garden gearing down, but we must be thankful for the bounty that the Lord gave to us! Here's a great link from Backwoods Home Magazine on lots of ways to use those end of the season green tomatoes from your garden. green tomatoes wiki commons...

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Wiki Commons Check out this article for Honey sold in regular retail stores versus LOCAL supplies at the Food Renegade! Wiki Commons All about Honey Bees     ...

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Check out the informative article of the Health Home Economist that will open your eyes to sugar, sucralose aka GMO Sugar. Buyer beware. Items such as Sierra Mist and Blue Sky Natural Soda, and many others claiming to be natural have at least some GMO beet sugar. "Any product you buy that says "sugar" or "sucralose" is almost certainly partially if not completely...

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Put your seasonal fruit and juices to good use and flavor your Kombucha! Check out these great flavored Kombucha Recipes at HomeMade Mommy blog! Plus this equals Yumm!           ...

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Check out this great video for Lemonade Soda originated by Sally Fallon's book Nourishing Traditions. Video by the Healthy Home Economist.         ...

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With all the rain we've had this season a person has to rethink how to work in the garden and yard. The added moisture has been wonderful for all the flowers, plants, and veggies, but the weeds have thrived as well. And I grew up getting on my hands and knees to weed. But, the older I get, the more I have to...

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Happy Summer, June 21st   Welcome to the Rhodes House Flower Garden:     Cone flower, Echinacea     Lily     Purple Spiked bush     Petunias       Hydrangea bush       Yarrow       Portulaca & Gladiola       Marigolds   Please click link of each flower for flower care, info and pictures.  For a listing of...

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Enjoy these scriptures with a garden theme! Thanks goes to "Eyes on Christ". Visit My Eyes on Christ blog for more! (MyEyesOnChrist.blogspot.com)   Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress;instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle; and it shall be to the Lord for a memorial,  for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.   Isaiah 55: 13 ...

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Bleeding Heart     Bi-color Iris   Pansies, Bachelor's Button, Dusty Miller, Hosta   Columbine   Azalea Peony   Pictures of spring flowers from the Rhodes House May 2013.   For more pictures and plant care click each link for the name of flower and for a listing on more spring flowers, go here!     ...

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  Thanking God for His great provision and all the beauty of spring! Hope each one of you take time to enjoy all the budding bushes, flowers and trees. Loving the butterflies that flit around and are coming back for that wonderful time of year. Enjoying my birdfeeder and even the cats are getting used to it and not bothering the birds! My...

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  Planted some of the tomatoes in bigger pots (for an early crop) and are outside in the back basking in the sunshine. The rest are now in the window after being under the big light and can stretch their little green arms and get ready for May for the planting in the garden. We have wonderful green annual rye growing like crazy...

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  We had some Heirloom Seeds I had ordered from last year. They took so long to come in we couldn't use them till this year-And put them in recycled styrofoam cups. Hubby bought some other seeds as well...Poked holes in the bottom around the side and filled with potting soil. Had to soak the PS first overnight because it was so dry,...

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