August 2011

Fresh Fig Tart with Almond Crust

Dessert

This post is brought to you by Jenny, from Nourished Kitchen, this weeks giveaway product vendor.  Click HERE for a sneak peek.  See the THURSDAY post to enter. I love desserts (especially healthy, real food desserts), and this fresh fig tart is no exception. And I don’t believe in deprivation. We Americans have a disrupted relationship [...]

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Raising Your Own Seedlings

Beginner Gardens

The following is a guest post by Nev and Linda Sweeney from the wonderfully informative site Under the Choko Tree. Why bother? There are a whole stack of reasons why it is worth raising your own seedlings rather than just buying them – It’s very satisfying and fun to raise seedlings – if you like [...]

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Giveaway Winner

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The winner of the watercolor painting, Arrangement in Red and Green, is: Donna Godfrey Congratulations, Donna! Please contact us at littlehousemail@gmail.com. Thanks to all who entered and for your kind comments!

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Practically Green: A Guide to Well-Priced All-Natural Meat and Dairy

Green Up

Organic meats are pricey. I can’t bring myself to spend that kind of money every day. Can you? But I have been persuaded recently that hormone-free, artificial-preservative-free animal products are important for my family’s health. So I’ve gone on a hunt looking for sources that fit in my budget. Milk: Aldi’s Friendly Farms brand milk [...]

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Plant a Fairy Garden

Beginner Gardens

One of my favorite early childhood memories is searching for acorn cups for the little creatures who inhabited the imaginary world in the woods behind my house.  I dug caves for them under the moss and built “log” cabins and fences out of twigs. I won’t say how long ago that was, but I’m still [...]

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