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Beautiful beetsBeautiful beets

One of my favorite things to grow in the garden are golden beets.

They’re much milder than red beets, with less of an “earthy” flavor. They’re also just really pretty to look at.  My favorite way to prepare them?  Roasted on the grill (click for recipe).

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Hot dogHot dog

Gah.

It’s been hot.  Kaylee would certainly agree.

Hits the spotHits the spot

Ever have one of those meals that was just perfectly, exactly what you wanted?  This was that meal for me:

Grilled veggies, roasted golden beets from the garden, and a hardboiled egg from our chickens. I don’t normally use the grill, but Jeff was away, and it was what I [...]

Blogstravaganza winners!Blogstravaganza winners!

Without further ado, the winners of the blogstravaganza are:

#1 Green: Joyce in NC #2 Home: Abigail A. #3 Health: andrea #4 Chickens: Garnet #5 Dogs: Margaret #6 Crochet: Kitten With A Whiplash #7 Embroidery: Donna H. #8 Amy Butler’s Sew-It Kit: Kirsty #9 Pretty Little Cozies: Rhonda #10 Sew Sunny Homestyle: Jodi #11 Vintage [...]

Dinner from the garden

My first dinner from the garden!  Well, three ingredients anyway: eggplant, basil, and flat-leaf parsley.  There’s also bell pepper, onion, tomato, served over brown rice.

YUM!!!

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100th post blogstravaganza giveaway100th post blogstravaganza giveaway

This is the 100th post on the resurrection of this blog. Woo-hoo!

In celebration, I’ve having a humongous giveaway with something for everyone!  Brace yourself, this is going to be a long post…

So, what you need to do is scroll down through this post, decide what you’re interested in winning, read [...]

Fairy tales from around the world pattern giveaway: girl winnerFairy tales from around the world pattern giveaway: girl winner

The winner of Simplicity 9014 is …

(drumroll, please)

jackie!

Congratulations!

Here’s how she answered the question: What is your favorite thing to sew?

i love to sew kids clothes because they take so little time and so little fabric.

Please contact me at jessica @ kusine . com with your snail mail address, and [...]

Vintage doll clothes pattern giveaway

Today’s giveaway is something for you to make for the little kid in your life.

This is Mailorder 4870, a whole wardrobe for an 18″ doll! All of the pattern pieces are there, and you can see on the cover all of the clothes you can make.  You’ll be making some child very happy with [...]