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The benefits of lavender

October 20, 2007 By Karen Creel

I am down to one large lavender plant in my garden, and next year I have plans to plant many many more. Lavender plants tend to weaken with age, and often need to be replaced every 5-6 years. After our vegetable garden was removed in September, I decided to relocate and replace many of my… 

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Practice Thankfulness

October 6, 2007 By Karen Creel

I have been feeling a little sorry for myself the last month. Our shop ‘The Jasmine Moon”, has had a rough time along with the other merchants due to streetscaping. The project was to be completed mid September, but the sidewalks have not even been poured. One of my yahoo groups involves a band of… 

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Tailgating Party

September 17, 2007 By Karen Creel

I confess, I am not a big football fan, but my husband is, and I know a lot of people enjoy getting together to watch the big game. Here’s a couple of recipes for game day get togethers. Chicken fajitas Cut into strips, 1 pound boneless chicken breast1 T cornstarch2 T lemon juice1 t garlic… 

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Gardening with kids-Making a Scarecrow

September 15, 2007 By Karen Creel

One of these days, I want to write a booklet on gardening with kids. This is one of the activities I have in my file to include. Making Scarecrows:Scarecrows have been used for years to keep crows from the corn, but now are used more as a garden accent. Kids will love making their own… 

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Construction at the Jasmine Moon Shop

August 23, 2007 By Karen Creel

The city of Chickamauga where my shop “The Jasmine Moon” is located received a streetscaping grant. This included replacing all the drainage pipes underground, taking up the trees, installing underground utilities, new sidewalks, and new landscaping. The opposite side of the street where my shop is, was started first. While not completed, at least there… 

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Sweltering weather

August 22, 2007 By Karen Creel

We have had about 3 weeks of daily near 100 degree weather. Our garden is now gone, with only the pumpkins for my granddaughters to be harvested. We planted the “jumbo” variety and they are really getting big, but we still have to water these. I was so tired of this hot, sweltering weather, and… 

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Squirrels need love, too

July 30, 2007 By Karen Creel

We have several feeders at our house and feed the birds all summer long. For a number of years we didn’t have any squirrels. I think our dogs kept them away, but now that they are getting old, the squirrels have returned. We decided not to try to fight them, but have provided them with… 

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Garden’s harvest

July 30, 2007 By Karen Creel

I picked these out of the garden this afternoon. Lot’s of great cucumbers, squash, greenbeans, and a couple of zuchinni. While looking through a new book I bought at Books a Million today, I found a recipe for chocolate zuchinni bread. There are several books by Laura Childs called the Tea Shop mystery series. I… 

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Mackenzie and Kendall’s Garden

July 23, 2007 By Karen Creel

These are my granddaughter’s Mackenzie and Kendall in the garden.  Introducing children to the garden at an early age helps foster a life long love of gardening.  Children are curious and gardening can be a great tool for learning.     There’s a few tips when gardening with kids: There attention span is short.  Gardening projects… 

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The Garden

July 23, 2007 By Karen Creel

In my last post I talked about the water shortage here in Georgia. I saw a church sign about 3 weeks ago that said “Pray for rain, pray for the farmers”. Well, it worked. For the last two weeks it has rained about 9 of the last 14 days. The grass that was turning brown,… 

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