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How to Make a Weekly Pregnancy Tracker
First of all, if you’re looking at ideas for pregnancy trackers, you’re probably pregnant so congratulations!! My daughter is currently 7 years old so these are a few years old but still such a cute idea and I plan on doing something similar with my next pregnancy. I just think tracking your belly progress and some random thoughts during your pregnancy is so fun. Plus, who doesn’t love to see an updated bump picture, right?! So I hope you get some good ideas for your tracker here! Supplies for your Pregnancy Tracker Board This post contains affiliate links. This will not cost you anything but helps us to offset the…
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A Better Way to Seal your Backyard Chicken Coop
Have you spent hours on the internet trying to find the best way to seal your Backyard Chicken Coop? ME TOO! It is crazy the amount of time I have poured into just researching stuff and trying to find out what would be the best way of doing things. I wanted to use something that was safe for my chickens and didn’t harm us when we ate the eggs. And of course, the best idea was to find something that didn’t cost me hundreds of dollars and yet worked in the long run. I really didn’t feel that was too much to ask for. haha Yet I was having a…
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Turn Whelk Shells into Beautiful Succulent Planters
First, you go to the beach…then you make the pretty succulent planters. My family recently moved to Northern Illinois from Eastern North Carolina and while in NC I loved going with a friend of mine to the beach to find shells and shark teeth. Walking along the beach is always fun, shells or no shells. One of our favorite spots to find whelk shells is Shackleford Banks. And what better way to remember those trips than to make beautiful succulent planters with them? Aside from lining my garden with them, that is! Shackleford Banks Shackleford Banks is a beautiful place to spend a peaceful day at the beach. If you…
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The Best Chicken Pot Pie Recipe + Mini Pot Pies
This Chicken Pot Pie is the best one out there. You really can’t go wrong with this classic comfort food. It’s got chicken, veggies, and a delicious crust all in one dish that my whole family loves. We usually make this a couple of times a month and it is my go-to when I have family or friends over. This is a recipe you want to have in your back pocket. I also love to make it ahead of time and freeze it for easy weeknight dinners. This post contains affiliate links. This will not cost you anything but will help us to offset the cost of running the blog.…
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How To Raise Friendly Chickens And The BEST Breeds
A friendly chicken is the best! I know, I know… we think we are getting chickens to have eggs. But once you have these little mini dinosaurs following you around, talking to you, sitting next to you, and just being cute as anything – your mind changes on the reasons why you want chickens! Raising them to be friendly chickens is not as hard as you think. Breeds can be a major contributor, but we will talk about that later. Like most animals when you raise them from babies your treatment of them dictates a lot in their personalities. Most animals learn to love and trust the person who feeds…
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How to Dye Vibrant Easter Eggs with All-Natural Dye
I have never dyed Easter eggs that were this vibrant before! All-natural dye is definitely the way to go for your favorite Easter tradition. Sure, the process is a bit longer than a store-bought kit but it is so worth it to have all-natural ingredients and no artificial dyes. Plus, it is just FUN to see what nature can do. This post contains affiliates links. This will not cost you anything but helps us to offset the cost of running the blog. We only share products we are using and are items we would recommend to a friend. Thank you for your support!Click ‘HERE’ for more info. Hard-Boiled Eggs Perfect Every Time…
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I am in Love with my Remodeled Chicken Coop
I am in love with my refurbished chicken coop! I had wanted chickens so badly. But I wasn’t really sure where to start. I kept struggling with two main factors. One was the idea of spending a huge amount of money on buying a coop. They are so expensive. And two, building one would be cheaper, but I kept thinking I needed a GIANT coop, and again we were back to the money. haha SO when my neighbor called and said we just bought a new coop, would you like my old one? I jumped on it… Needless to say – when my husband saw it he was NOT impressed…
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Easy Berry Bars Everyone Will LOVE
Last summer I shared this DELICIOUS recipe for my black raspberry berry bars. You can find it HERE! They were so good and I will definitely be making them again this summer when the black raspberries are in season. They’re my favorite kind of berry…or fruit…or maybe food…so I always enjoy the few weeks a year when they’re fresh. In the meantime, I decided to try the same recipe with a couple of other berries and I was NOT disappointed. I’m sharing this berry bar recipe with you in case you need a little fruitiness in your life while you wait for fresh berry season too. This post contains affiliate…
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How to Make Your Own Seed Starting Mix
So you have your seeds, you have planned your garden, and now it is time to get your seed starting mix put together. I have had such a fun time starting seeds. There is something so gratifying about planting a seed and then watching it become a plant in just a few days. Creating your own seed starting mix is super easy and will help ensure your plants get off to a good start. When I first started planting seeds I would wonder what was all the hype with the soil you used? So after a little research and some fun conversations with those who have gone before me, I…
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How to can Blueberry Pie Filling to use all year
This year is the first year that I’ve canned pie filling (or anything actually 😛) and I will be canning pie filling from now on! A friend gave me some canned apple pie filling and then I made blueberry pie filling and it has been awesome to have it these past few months. I’ve made pies, bars, turnovers, and crisps and they were all so easy with the canned fillings. This recipe is super easy to do and we were able to use frozen blueberries a couple of months after we picked them fresh in Michigan! We picked a TON of blueberries, ate our weight in them while picking, and…
