Make Your Own Natural All Purpose Spray Cleaner

2 March 2012

Call me a prude, but the smell of most commercial household cleaners gives me a massive headache. Obviously I’m not the only person with homemade cleaning products on the brain because the blog post containing my recipe for homemade laundry detergent powder is the most-visited page on this site. Then in November of last year, [...]

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How to Make a Simple Vinaigrette Dressing

20 February 2012

Save cash and get in touch with your inner chef when you make simple, delicious vinaigrette salad dressings at home. Michael’s Basic Vinaigrette This recipe is pretty bare bones, but it has a delicious flavor that makes you wonder why you haven’t done it sooner. This recipe yields about 1/2 cup, enough for 4 servings [...]

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What is Winter Sowing?

17 February 2012

Winter sowing is one of those ideas that you hear and though you hadn’t considered it before, you wonder why because it just makes sense. Exactly as you might imagine based on the name, it is the act of sowing seeds outdoors in the winter. The idea makes a lot of sense because it works [...]

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The Truth About Coffee Grounds in Your Garden

16 February 2012

Even among garden authorities, there are commonly-held misconceptions about coffee grounds and their use in the garden, but their origins are easily understood.  Coffee is an acidic drink, so it makes sense that the coffee grounds would likewise be acidic. Only it isn’t true. In fact, coffee grounds are generally close to pH neutral (between [...]

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How to Can Chicken Soup at Home

9 February 2012

Home canning is enjoying a well-deserved resurgence in recent years, and that leaves a lot of people looking for information on how to can and preserve food at home. While there are foods that can be canned using the fairly basic water bath method, when it comes to recipes that contain low acid foods, meat, [...]

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When you think of me…

5 February 2012

While reading last night I happened upon a quote that filled me with such utter joy, I wanted to share it with MEG readers. "When you think of me, you must think of me as one who is truly happy. It is true, I want a great many things I haven’t got,but I don’t want [...]

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Enter to win a copy of “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Small-Space Gardening” by Chris McLaughlin

1 February 2012

I think it’s high time that we gave something away on My Earth Garden, don’t you? While trying to come up with a perfect item, I received two copies of my friend Chris McLaughlin’s new book, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Small-Space Gardening. Before you say it, no I was not the inspiration. Even though [...]

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