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Sautéed Green Beans

04 Monday Aug 2014

Posted by joellecole in Recipes

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bean, garden, gardening, green bean, sautee, teepee

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This isn’t revolutionary and it really isn’t even a recipe.  But up until this year, I’ve pretty much only eaten fresh green beans steamed.  I have to say that squeak really creeps me out!  But it’s fine.  Add some butter and salt and it’s an acceptable vegetable addition.  But this year I wanted to change things up….especially since I have an exorbitant amount of beans coming in!  I planted two green bean tepees this year.  5 poles with 5 plants around each pole.  So I have 50 bean plants!  I want to eat a ton and share a lot and preserve a lot.  I think I’m on track for all of that! Continue reading →

Trash to Treasure

10 Thursday Apr 2014

Posted by joellecole in The Home

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Annie Sloan, boxes, chalk paint, garage sale, garbage picking, gardening, seedlings, seeds, table, trash, treasure

I know some people are completely freaked out about “trash picking”.  I guess I view it more like, “I would buy that if they had a garage sale, but they threw it out instead!”  Two nights ago, my kids and I drove by a house that was being sold and in front was a plethora of items.  You could tell it was a home of an elderly person because the items were not what you would find in Target.  They were rough hewn boxes, a sturdy dresser, heavy benches, a tall skinny utility table…  For me, they were things I would have bought at their sale for sure!  Here’s a peek at some of the items I found that I’ve already put to use.

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