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Strawberry Beds
We have a garden bed full of strawberry plants with plans to plant more this year. We’ve been disappointed to find that most of the strawberries that are ready to pick have been partially eaten by the birds! My mother-in-law has over a hundred strawberry plants. Her answer to this problem has been to pick them before they are ripe and let them ripen in the kitchen. This works, of course.
However, I just found a brilliant idea on Pinterest!
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Paint pebbles to look like strawberries and place then in your strawberry beds. It will fool the birds! I will definitely be doing this when I return home this summer!
You can find the actual instructions for painting strawberry rocks here.
Creative Gardening Ideas
I found this idea on Pintrest yesterday. So clever! I have several pallets lying around. I might just try this one!
Photo Credit: Sprittibee
And here is another clever idea. Milk Crate Gardening! This would be space saving and if you could suspend the crate somehow or place it on the edge of a stone wall or something, you could grow vine plants right out the side! We purchased a half dozen “milk crate” from Wal-Mart last fall on clearance for $0.50 a piece. I may re-purpose a couple of them!
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And, here’s a clever idea for watering your container gardens/ houseplants:
My garden is growing nicely. My Seeds of Change Green Arrow Peas have not done as well as hoped, but they are slowly growing, so hopefully all those seeds I planted won’t be a total waste. They took over three weeks to come up. I planted them around February 20. They are just now about six inches tall! No blooms yet. My herb garden is looking beautiful and my lettuce, cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower are all doing really well. Oh, and my strawberry patch has strawberries!
I’ll be planting my tomato seedlings, cucumbers, squash plants, eggplants, and pumpkin seedlings soon. And I still need to get the front bed tilled up and get the bush beans planted.
I wish I had a current photo. Maybe I’ll be able to share some soon. Oh, and you can find a lot more creative gardening ideas on my Back to the Garden page on Pintrest!
Spring Cleaning for the Heart and Home: Day 16
Photo Credit: Kata Szikora
Good morning! Today’s download has suggestions for homeschool moms. Being home all day every day with your kids plus doing school work presents its own set of challenges! This is the last download in the series. I hope you have enjoyed it!
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Spring Cleaning for the Heart and Home: Day 15
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Good morning ladies! Has the Spring Clean Challenge helped you find the calm in your chaos? Have you figured out why you do (or don’t do) the things you do? Are you learning self-discipline? I hope so. We are coming to the end of the challenge. Just one more day! Congratulations!
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Spring Cleaning for the Heart and Home: Day 14
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Hi Ladies, how are you? I hope you are still hanging in there! Just two more lessons after today!
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Spring Cleaning for the Heart and Home: Day 13
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Good morning, again! Are you a cheerful morning person? Did you know that waking your family up with a pleasant “Good Morning!” can make all the difference in how each family member’s day goes? Try to make it a habit to wake up with a cheerful attitude! Today’s lesson is for you mother’s out there who struggle with keeping the kids rooms clean. It is a challenge for sure.
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Spring Cleaning for the Heart and Home: Day 12
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Good morning! How is your day going? Do you have fresh flowers adorning your tables? Your kitchen window sill? Your bedroom dresser? Or in the bathroom? If not, you should treat yourself to some fresh picked flowers! Even the most ordinary “weed flower” can look sweet and appealing in a pretty vase or even a Mason jar with a ribbon tied to it!
It’s one of my favorite things about spring time. In my yard we have flowers blooming from March through September. Daffodils, tulips, trillium, peonies, lilies, roses, daisies are just some of the blooms I see everyday. I love to send the girls outside to pick flowers and fill up vases in every room.
Even if you don’t have a yard full of flowers, there is no reason not to have flowers in your house. Whether you pick up an inexpensive bouquet from the grocery store or purchase some of the beautiful silk flowers available these days, flowers add joy to life. Get some!
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Spring Cleaning for the Heart and Home: Day 11
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Good morning! How was your weekend? I have cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, lettuce, peas, and a variety of herbs growing in my garden so far! They are looking beautiful! Are you growing a garden this year?
So, today we continue evaluating our homes and considering the way we clean in order to be productive. Today we are looking at the living areas of our homes in particular.
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Spring Cleaning for the Heart and Home: Day 10
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Good morning! It’s Friday and the week has come to an end. How do you think things went this week? Is your home feeling fresher? Today’s lesson is all about laundry! Have fun! Oh, and remember, we’ll meet back here Monday morning to continue the Spring Clean Challenge!
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Spring Cleaning for the Heart and Home: Day 9
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Good morning ladies! How did things go yesterday? Are you ready to get down and get your hands dirty? This Spring Clean Challenge doesn’t end when the book ends. This is just the beginning! If your home has been neglected or you have been overwhelmed by everything that needs to be done to get your house in order, it may take you a few weeks. Take it one day at a time!
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