Category Archives: Hobbies & General Interest

Gardening on the cheap – particularly for beginners

Posted on June 5, 2023 by Stella

If you don’t have a vegetable garden now, but think you might want to start one, here are some ideas for keeping costs down and effort minimal. Here is Jessica, again, from Roots and Refuge Farm. This video is from … Continue reading →

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‘Warshing’ Clothes

Posted on June 4, 2023 by Stella

This was shared by a friend on Facebook. It originally came from the Pecan Valley Genealogical Society Facebook page. Years ago a Texas grandmother gave the new bride the following recipe. This is an exact copy as written and found … Continue reading →

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Hundreds gather for annual Cooper’s Hill cheese-rolling race in southwest England

Posted on May 30, 2023 by Stella

A Canadian contestant won the women’s race despite being knocked unconscious. Fox News Thousands of spectators and brave competitors descended on Cooper’s Hill on Monday 29 May 2023, when Gloucestershire’s wonderfully wacky Cheese Rolling event takes place. Attracting people from … Continue reading →

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Growing Gardeners (Raising Kids in the Garden)

Posted on May 30, 2023 by Stella

From my favorite YouTube gardener. Fun with kids and grandkids in the garden, while they learn about growing, and we learn patience.

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Paul Harvey – So God Made A Farmer

Posted on May 29, 2023 by Stella

Since it is gardening season, and we are all farmers on a small scale, I thought it was time to repeat this excellent essay by Paul Harvey. Enjoy!

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Shakespeare’s flowers (and herbs) …

Posted on April 25, 2023 by Stella

“There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance; pray, love, remember;

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What inventions have had the biggest impact on your day-to-day life?

Posted on April 24, 2023 by Stella

More than a year ago, my daughter gave me a subscription to StoryWorth. How it works is this: At least once a week, a question is emailed to me, and I write an essay about it. Some of the questions … Continue reading →

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Doctor to Tucker: We are witnessing a national health emergency

Posted on April 2, 2023 by Stella

What do you think? I have been following a low carbohydrate diet for about three weeks now. Some days, very low carb. No pasta, bread, or rice, and very little potato. No fruit except berries, and no sugar! Absolutely no … Continue reading →

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My Journey Into Gardening & Why I Garden (A Response of Sorts to MIGardener)

Posted on March 24, 2023 by Stella

We started talking about gardening today, so I thought this repeat post would fit into our discussion. Jess has since moved from Arkansas to a much larger farm in South Carolina. She has a bigger and nicer greenhouse and her … Continue reading →

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Happy Pi Day!

Posted on March 14, 2023 by Stella

Reference.com The history of pi dates back to the ancient Babylonians and Egyptians. Babylonians estimated pi as 3.125, and the Egyptians approximated pi to be 3.1605. However, it was the Greek mathematician Archimedes that calculated pi to be between 223/71 … Continue reading →

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