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Hi Reader,

Oh, man, spring is in the air around here - I hope it is for you! I have to constantly balance my enjoyment of the budding trees and bulbs with the checklist that goes off in my head when I look outside of all the things I want to get done.😂

It was so beautiful last weekend that I had to get out and do things even with the cast, so I pulled weeds and planted seeds all one-handed. Trying to clip dead stalks took 4 times as long, though, so I gave up on that. Soon, though- I'm only 1-1/2 weeks away from cast removal.👏

Anyway, March is a good time for a couple of things: if you garden, then these are the priority-

1. Catching weeds while they’re little.
2. Starting seeds and planting outside.
3. Finishing any garden clean-up.

(You can find more specifics in the March Garden Tasks Checklist.)

And if you have food preserved from last season, it's a good time to start plugging recipes into your menus that use them up to make room for the new preserving season that will be starting.

Recipes to use up preserved foods

• Frozen Green Beans: Long Cooked Green Beans with Onions and Bacon, Creamy Shrimp Pasta with Green Beans, Slow Cooker Italian Sausage Vegetable Soup​
• Frozen Corn: Quick & Easy Roasted Corn Salsa, Quick Corn and Sausage Chowder, Black Bean Salad with Corn, Mexican Chicken Corn Soup​
• Frozen Berries: Easy Berry Smoothie Recipe, Berry Crisp with Big Crumb Topping, Lower Sugar Canned Berry Syrup Recipe (I also simply microwave a cup of frozen berries for 45 seconds and add to my granola in the mornings!)
• Roasted Tomato Sauce: Easy Chicken Spinach Calzone (Ready in an Hour!), Simple Baked Pasta with Cheese, One Pot Italian Pasta with Sausage & Spinach​

From The Blog

​How & Why to Lay Wood Chip Garden Paths ​ Sharing the garden through the years since filming a video a few years ago and including maintenance tips. READ IT HERE!

​Refreshing Tuna Salad with Artichokes (No Mayo)​ Easy pantry recipe that elevates canned tuna into a complete, healthy salad for lunches and light dinners. RECIPES HERE!

A Few More Things

1. I really enjoying watching Julius Robert's cooking reels on Instagram. The British accent, his enthusiasm (he uses his hands for everything!), and mostly WHERE he chooses to cook - sometimes in his well-used kitchen, sometimes in a greenhouse with a single burner, and sometimes randomly outdoors over a propane burner! He's pretty fun.
2. After enjoying Matthew Norman's Grace & Henry's Holiday Movie Marathon, I got this book of his on kindle and found it to be just as sweet and fun, but still tackling difficult real-life subjects.

I appreciate you! Hope you have a lovely week.💜

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