1. A Neighborhood Holiday Tea: The Preparation

    | Drinks, Economical, Entertaining, Fun, Holidays, Homekeeping, How-To, Interior Plantscape, Soups, Tea Party, WholeHome
    December 13, 2011
    Preparing for our holiday tea party… Polishing Silver For some unknown reason my teenage son “doesn’t mind” polishing silver.Perhaps it’s because he can sit in the basement,away from the rest of his family,watching TV while doing it??? Whatever the reason,he worked on my silver tea serviceuntil it sparkled using Wright’s Silver...
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    Holiday Containers: BIGGER Impact, Even LOWER Cost and Still, LOTS of Gold Spray Paint

    | Design, Economical, Fun, garden, Gardening, Green Living, Holiday Containers, Holidays, How-To, WholeHome
    December 5, 2011
    One of sixteen containers, decked for the holidaysand all for $16.25 each! I received an “Anonymous” nasty-gram after posting Holiday Containers: BIG Impact, LOW Cost and LOTS of Gold Spray Paint, on November 28th. Something to the effect of: That’s not cheap, blah blah blah! (Only meaner.)Alright, Anonymous commenter: If you’re not going to be...
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    mTip: Oversummering Holiday Evergreen Trees

    | Design, Economical, Free, Garden, garden, Gardening, Giving, Green Living, Holiday Containers, Holidays, How-To, mTIPS
    December 2, 2011
    A Fraser Fir purchased LAST YEAR for holiday decoration,oversummered in our kitchen garden.This holiday season it is being reusedto create a festive entry to our greenhouse. Dont toss out those cute little ‘live’ evergreen trees when the holiday season comes to a close. Oversummer it and reuse it the next...
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