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		<title>The Tomatoes are Here!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 06:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t have any pics&#8230;yet but I have little green tomatoes all over our many plants. Again this year some are unlabeled (the ones my husband gleaned from our starts). My husband wants to see what will happen when some tomatoes are left to their own devices so we will see.
We have Brandywine (some rogue [...]


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<li><a href='http://homemakingorganized.com/blog/2010/05/gardening-update-tomatoes-go-out-tomorrow/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Gardening Update &#8211; Tomatoes Go Out Tomorrow'>Gardening Update &#8211; Tomatoes Go Out Tomorrow</a> <small>Well we&#8217;re going strong with the garden. We&#8217;ve been getting...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://homemakingorganized.com/blog/2009/10/then-end-of-tomato-season/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Then End of Tomato Season'>Then End of Tomato Season</a> <small>I know I&#8217;m actually a bit late in posting this...</small></li>
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		<title>Organic Gardening and the bugs&#8230;the friendly ones</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First of all you need to READ the packaging on everything you buy!
That&#8217;s a note to self.
And one that would have served us well several days ago.
The story&#8230;
My mother who said she was falling into a depressed state over all the damage unknown bugs were doing to her collards (if you have any tips PLEASE [...]


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<li><a href='http://homemakingorganized.com/blog/2010/05/gardening-update-tomatoes-go-out-tomorrow/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Gardening Update &#8211; Tomatoes Go Out Tomorrow'>Gardening Update &#8211; Tomatoes Go Out Tomorrow</a> <small>Well we&#8217;re going strong with the garden. We&#8217;ve been getting...</small></li>
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		<title>Lettuce -How Do I Wash Thee?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have I mentioned before my love/hate relationship with lettuce?
I love it. It&#8217;s so fresh and adds so much to a sandwich, or salad.
I&#8217;ve been trying to grow it forever.
I&#8217;ve discovered I&#8217;m not patient enough and I usually start cutting and picking leaves long before the stuff has matured.
This year I bought a lettuce bag and [...]


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		<title>Hanging the Laundry Out to Dry</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 06:53:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m almost to the end of my challenge and giveaway (enter please if you haven&#8217;t already) and here are some of my reflections on this whole hanging the laundry to dry thing&#8230;.

I have plans to keep this up for the rest of the summer. At least while it&#8217;s so hot. It keeps the house cooler, [...]


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		<title>Hanging Laundry on the Line &#8211; Week 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
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So how&#8217;s it going so far (this is me talking to myself). It’s week 3 in Project Laundry line and again so far so good. We&#8217;ve moved the laundry line out of the garage and upstairs where I can open windows and let a good breeze dry our things in [...]


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		<title>I&#8217;m Ironing &#8211; Week 2 in Project Laundry Line</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
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It&#8217;s week 2 in Project Laundry line and so far I&#8217;ve kept to washing our laundry in cold water and hang drying our laundry.
Here&#8217;s a little about our setup for this.
We live in a windy area in the Northwest hat has been raining pretty much non-stop.  I decided that hanging our [...]


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		<description><![CDATA[The Giveaway is now closed.  Winner update post here.

Thank you to all the participants.

In this era of cutting costs and going green Seventh Generation has a timely challenge my family is excited to participate in.
The steps are switching cold water washing and  line drying our laundry.
The aim of this challenge is two-fold; environmental savings and [...]


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		<title>A Lovely Garden</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 07:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just discovered this lady&#8217;s lovely fruit garden post the other day. I thought it would offer lovely inspiration. She tells how she put it together in a pretty frugal way if you ask me.
Anyway. Enjoy&#8230;
My New Fruit Garden at The Pleasures of Homemaking


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		<title>The Garden Slug Problem</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
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I&#8217;ve been helping my mother with her garden and with all of the rain we&#8217;ve been having in the Northwest slugs are becoming a big problem. I remember as a kid dealing with them with salt but that doesn&#8217;t seem so grand anymore.
So to the web it was and I browsed the internet [...]


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		<title>Gardening in the Smart Bags</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 06:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
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