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Gardening

How to Grow Gorgeous Mums - Make sure your mums are the prettiest around and send you into the cold winter months with one more breath of flowering beauty with these 7 Tips to Grow Gorgeous Mums. Fall gardening tips

How to Grow Gorgeous Mums

10 Ways to Help Your Garden Survive a Drought - You don't have to let your garden die if you're going through a drought! Help it through the dry spell with these 10 ways to help your garden survive a drought. Gardening tips

10 Ways to Help Your Garden Survive a Drought

7 Natural Ways to Kill Weeds in your Garden - Weeds can be a huge pain, but not if you're armed with simple tips to get rid of them. Use these 7 simple natural ways to kill weeds in your garden to keep it looking nice all Summer long. Gardening tips

7 Natural Ways to Kill Weeds in Your Garden

Natural Prevention for Mosquito Bites - Have more mosquito-free fun outside this Summer with these 5 simple and natural ways to prevent mosquito bites that are also totally safe for kids and pets. Parenting Tips | DIY

5 Natural Ways to Prevent Mosquito Bites

6 Ways to Attract More Butterflies to Your Yard this Summer - Butterflies are so beautiful and fun to look at. To see more this year, use these 6 easy ways to attract more butterflies to your yard this Summer! Gardening tips

6 Ways to Attract More Butterflies to Your Yard this Summer

Composting Basics - Composting is great for your garden, the environment, and even your wallet (all that money saved on fertilizer!), so if you want to get started with your own compost, here are some composting basics tips for how to compost. Gardening tips

Composting Basics

How to Make a DIY Indoor Window Sill Herb Garden - Save money, prevent food waste, and bring a little green inside with this easy and cheap DIY Indoor Window Sill Herb Garden for fresh herbs all year long!

How to Make an Indoor Window Sill Herb Garden

10 Ways Growing Your Own Herbs Saves You Money - Herbs are incredibly useful in cooking, crafting, beauty products, and more, but they can be costly. Check out these 10 ways growing your own herbs saves you money and start saving now! Frugal Living | Save Money

10 Ways Growing Your Own Herbs Saves You Money

8 Kitchen Remedies for Perfect Roses - Get perfect, beautiful rose blooms with simple fixes right in your kitchen with these 8 kitchen remedies for perfect roses. Great gardening tips for roses!

8 Kitchen Remedies for Perfect Roses

6 Tips to Save Money Gardening Supplies - Start your garden off the right way. On a budget! Grow a happy, healthy garden without breaking the bank with these 6 Tips to Save Money on Gardening Supplies!

6 Tips to Save Money on Gardening Supplies

7 Rose Growing Secrets from the Pros - Make sure your rose garden is radiant and beautiful this year with these 7 Rose Growing Secrets the Pros Use. Super easy gardening tips that are absolutely effective for gorgeous roses!

7 Rose Growing Secrets the Pros Use

9 Tips for Including Kids in the Family Garden - Gardening isn't just for grown ups.  Get the kids involved in planning, planting, growing, and harvesting with these 9 Tips for Including Kids in the Family Garden. This makes a great Spring and Summer kids activity and will keep them busy when they're out of school!

9 Tips for Including Kids in the Family Garden

5 Easy Fixes for When Your Plants Aren’t Producing Crops - vegetable gardening ideas and tips to help you produce more crops.

5 Easy Fixes When Your Plants Aren’t Producing Crops

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Classic Gingersnaps with a bold spicy cinnamon and ginger flavor, crispy edges and a chewy center are easy to make and the perfect holiday cookie! A must make for Christmas and cookie exchanges!

Gingersnaps

Chewy fudgy Chocolate Crinkle Cookies are pretty and easy to make. They're rich and decadent and are perfect for cookie exchanges!

Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

Chewy Butterfinger Cookies with crispy edges are packed with sticky, sweet Butterfinger pieces and chocolate and peanut butter flavor.

Butterfinger Cookies

Free up your oven with this simple and classic Crockpot Stuffing! A traditional recipe with onions, celery, and herbs, cooked to perfection in the slow cooker!

Crockpot Stuffing

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