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Plain Old Kristi: My New Greenhouse
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Simple Living Permaculture Gardening and Family Life. Friday, March 15, 2013. Here's a peek inside my new greenhouse. This is heirloom tomatoes all lined up in a row. They're waiting for the weather to be just right. Then, I'll put them out in the garden. It's warm enough that I am opening the vents on the greenhouse. Although there was a little freeze about a week ago. That's the problem with March.unpredictable! There usually is a few more cold days here in March. Shot's of the seedlings. A small sampl...
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Plain Old Kristi: Around the House and Gardens
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Simple Living Permaculture Gardening and Family Life. Monday, August 19, 2013. Around the House and Gardens. My friend Beppi gave me these great pamphlets from the 40's and 50's on crocheting all those awesome doilies you see at garage sales, vintage shops and thrift stores. Usually they're in pretty crummy condition or expensive. With the help of the internet and tenacity I am teaching myself to crochet these crazy feminine little things! These books are in such perfect condition.but so fragile! Here's ...
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Plain Old Kristi: How To Make A Fabric Flower
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Simple Living Permaculture Gardening and Family Life. Tuesday, September 22, 2009. How To Make A Fabric Flower. The Ladies group in my church are making 300 of these fabric pins to give away at our annual Ladies Conference in Natchez Mississippi. I thought maybe you'd like to learn how to make these adorable flowers to. Here is a pic of the finished flower and here's how to make it. Holding the point gather the outer edge of the quarter circle petal and sew several gathers from one end to the other about...
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Plain Old Kristi: Canning Grapefruit Juice and New Kitchen Cabinets
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Simple Living Permaculture Gardening and Family Life. Friday, May 17, 2013. Canning Grapefruit Juice and New Kitchen Cabinets. My Mom had a bumper crop of the sweetest most delicious grapefruit this year. More than we could possibly eat. She shared many of them, but still had bushels of them left. For some reason most people think they don't like grapefruit and say "No thank you". I'm convinced it's because they've never had Louisiana tree ripened grapefruit. Place strained juice in large pot. Bring wate...
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Plain Old Kristi: Learning to live deliberately
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Simple Living Permaculture Gardening and Family Life. Monday, February 18, 2008. Learning to live deliberately. The other day when shopping with my mother, I found myself scarfing down Raising Cane's chicken fingers without even tasting them. Stop slow down! I ordered myself to slow down and actually taste the food. I want to do everything in my life deliberately with thought and purpose. 3 : slow, unhurried, and steady as though allowing time for decision on each individual action involved. Do not have ...
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Plain Old Kristi: A Thankful Heart
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Simple Living Permaculture Gardening and Family Life. Thursday, February 7, 2008. With all the hearts that accompany Valentine's Day, I've been thinking about how key the heart is to contentment. Physical pain is connected specifically to the part of your body that has been injured, but the injured spirit or emotions is felt in the heart. A sinking heart. A broken heart. A light heart. We just seem to feel all of our emotions right in the center of our chest. February 7, 2008 at 9:48 PM. Desire simplicit...
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Plain Old Kristi: June 2013
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Simple Living Permaculture Gardening and Family Life. Sunday, June 30, 2013. Raccoon, Dragon Tongue Bean, and Around the House and Gardens. This little raccoon is one of three young ones living in our area. I haven't seen Mom Raccoon lately. Not sure if she's decided they are ready to make it on their own or if she met some other fate. Here's a recent harvest. Even more cucumbers are coming in now and oodles of peppers. See the yellow looking beans in the center? Those are dill seeds in the little dish.
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Plain Old Kristi: Around The House And Gardens
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Simple Living Permaculture Gardening and Family Life. Tuesday, May 7, 2013. Around The House And Gardens. My husband says my garden is an authentic Eden now. It even has it's own snake. This snake hangs out in an abandoned bird nest in the honey suckle next to the front porch. Not sure exactly what kind it is, but almost certain it's not poisonous. My roses have reached the top of the pergola and are blooming beautifully. The brambles are also full of new buds. Talia's fledgling asparagus patch. We p...
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Plain Old Kristi: How to make homemade laundry soap - step by step
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Simple Living Permaculture Gardening and Family Life. Thursday, January 31, 2008. How to make homemade laundry soap - step by step. Another bonus is your homemade detergent will not be filled with a bunch of additives such as optimizers (see Seventh Genenrations "Naturally Clean" book). First gather all of your ingredients and tools. Ingredients: 1/3 bar of Fel's Naptha Soap (avaiable on-line at Soaps Gone Buy see link). 1/2 cup of Super washing powder (available on-line at Soaps Gone Buy). 10 Let mixtur...
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Plain Old Kristi: Finding Places To Cut
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Simple Living Permaculture Gardening and Family Life. Thursday, January 15, 2009. Finding Places To Cut. A favorite topic of the times is "this economy". What is "this economy"? I'm so very ignorant when it comes to these big topics. I always tell my husband, "That's why God gave me you. To help me see the big stuff.". What I do find easy, is to evaluate the things I do understand and try to improve in that department. Sometimes I am asked, "How do you find time to do all that? Do you neeeeed television?
