Spring is the best time of year to grow lettuce in the Missouri Ozarks. And so it is also the best time to make fresh nourishing salads. Today I would like to share my favorites with you: favorite lettuce varieties, favorite easy homemade salad ideas, and favorite homemade salad dressings. My favorite lettuce varieties For easy Homemade Salad ideas When…
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Easy Homemade Salad Ideas
Gardening With Children
Building a home and homestead with seven children has been both challenging and immensely rewarding. Gardening is a huge part of what we do on the homestead, so it is vital that our children are included in the gardening process. Being in the garden with my children has become one of my favorite pass times. And so I would love…
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Oven Baked Frittata
This healthy and easy meal is a go to for this mama of seven. It’s what I happily call “egg bake”. It wasn’t until I had been making it for years that I learned of it’s real name. Though traditionally fried, oven baked frittata is a favorite in our home and the variations are endless. Breakfast, lunch, or dinner, it’s…
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How To Grow Sweet Potatoes In Containers
Sweet potatoes have been one of our most abundant crops over the past several years of gardening in Missouri. We have grown some of them in the ground, but most of them have been grown in raised beds and containers. Knowing how to grow sweet potatoes in containers is such a wonderful skill to have. I would encourage anyone to…
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Simple Raised Garden Beds
Living in the Missouri Ozarks is all about raised bed gardening. We quickly found out that first year on our land that without raised beds, rocks was about all we were going to grow. Through our years in the Ozarks, we have learned how to make simple raised garden beds from local resources. And we have also learned to value…
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