Thanksgiving Centerpieces from the Garden

Thanksgiving Centerpieces from the Garden

Leave the tissue-paper turkey on the shelf at the craft store this year, and adorn the center of your Thanksgiving table with one of these centerpieces, instead.
Tree of Thanks
Go outside and find interesting branches and twigs. Fill a vase with them, and string a garland of small red beads throughout your “tree.” Make little tags by cutting off-white card stock into two inch …


Halloween Gardening Pun (and fun!)

Halloween Gardening Pun (and fun!)

Tomorrow is Halloween! Yay! Chris and I are both major fans of Halloween. Halloween is a fun time for gardeners. After all, pumpkins are the star of the show! We did a big post on pumpkins a few weeks back. For fun on Halloween night, make Pumpkin Brains to serve your little trick-or-treaters before hitting the streets. (Recipe below)
Pun-kins
Puns are always …


Don’t Let the Frost Hit the Pumpkin

Don’t Let the Frost Hit the Pumpkin

It’s October which means one thing: Halloween! The entire month leads up to one ghoulish, scary and fun holiday! Halloween just wouldn’t be Halloween without pumpkins. Jack o lanterns, roasted pumpkin seeds, pumpkin soup, pumpkin pie and more await trick or treaters when they arrive home lugging bags of candy. There are lots of myths about growing and harvesting pumpkins. …



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