Beginner Vegetable Garden Layout (What I’d …
My beginner vegetable garden layout, planned in November: bed widths, path widths, where the sun actually falls, and the one thing I would skip.
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Preparing your home for holiday guests, minus the baseboards. What people actually notice, what I skip, and how I get it done in short sessions.
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Is Italy good for families? I know Italy well and have not taken a toddler there yet. What I would do differently now, and the one city I would skip.
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The non toy gift ideas for toddlers that actually get used in our house, the two I would skip, and how I ask family without making it weird.
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What growing herbs indoors in winter really looks like in my zone 5b kitchen: the six that survive, the three I stopped trying, and how much you actually get.
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