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		<title>What is inside Netafim drip irrigation tubing ?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2025 01:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Thirteen years ago I went shopping for my first Netafim supplies. Yesterday I hooked up a section of Netafim that I created about eight years ago to attach to a hose. I have used this particular double-line unit nearly every year since and it worked great yesterday. (Those are some grapes I started from cuttings [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Variations on a Tiger Zipper Pouch Pencil Case</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 03:24:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In keeping with the pencil case theme for grandchildren this year, I am making kitty cases or pouches for the girls. So far they are a big hit. This pattern is for sale on Etsy as Tiger Zippy Critter by Stubbornly Crafty. I have no relationship with this creator other than having purchased the pattern. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Amazing Roses on Their Own Rootstock</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2025 03:14:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The grafting of trees and roses on other root stock has long been frustrating to me. I know people think they have their reasons, but I tend to think God knew what he was doing with the original plants. In support of my position are the troubles with rootstock suckers, as well as winter die-back [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>20 Tips and Tricks for Successfully Watering Potted Seedlings</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2025 01:38:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Your seedlings will have three main stages that affect how you water them: Their watering needs will vary according to: There are some basics: Happy planting!]]></description>
		
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		<title>How to Sew a Simple Chicken Pincushion</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 01:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Make your pattern pieces or decide to measure directly as you cut You can make your chicken from any size square, but I found I liked the 4 inch square size the most. Because I was going to be making several of them, I cut some pattern pieces out of my roll of manila pattern [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Tips for Storing Homemade Seed Starting Soil Ingredients</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2025 01:57:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Almost one year ago today, I made my favorite and very successful seed starting soil for the first time. Not only was it a fraction of the cost of pre-mixed potting soil, it was at least as good as anything I have purchased in a bag. I actually like it better than anything I have [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Lessons from Lulu&#8217;s Sourdough Discard Pancakes</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2025 03:21:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I have been working on perfecting my pancake recipe for my whole adult life. I&#8217;m not saying it&#8217;s perfect now, as I am constantly surprised by learning new things. However, I am extremely satisfied with this recipe. It combines several things I have learned. Things like: Here&#8217;s my sour dough discard pancake recipe: Pre-heat griddle. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Variations on Sewing Studio 7t7&#8217;s  Shark Pencil Case</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2025 02:19:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[To get the full pattern for this shark pencil case, you will need to go to the Studio 7t7 website and sign up for her email newsletter. It is free with signing up. I am not associated with her. I simply found the pattern when researching gifts to sew for my grandchildren this coming year. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Growing Sweet Potatoes in SW Idaho</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2025 01:25:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It was my husband&#8217;s idea. I had never heard of anyone growing sweet potatoes in Idaho. To inspire me, he found videos about growing sweet potatoes for us to watch together in our home dinner theater (aka watching from the comfortable couches in the living room). The southern accents and plant life in the videos [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Replanting Overwintered Onions</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2024 23:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Perhaps you have tried to harvest an onion that overwintered in your garden, but upon digging it up discovered it felt mushy. Your first instinct was probably to throw it away. Nobody wants to eat a mushy onion. But there might be another option. The onion might not be mushy because it is rotten. It [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Super Easy No Knead Sourdough Discard French Bread</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2023 18:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My sourdough starter was losing potency, even though the method I describe in Basic Sourdough Bread Making for Ordinary People Part One had worked for several years. Basic Sourdough Bread Making for Ordinary People Part One So I read up about bringing life to it in The Art of Baking with Natural Yeast. However, after [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Dealing with Allergies from Weeding Blooming Kochia</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2023 02:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Usually my allergies are skin allergies. I get intense irritation from even the slightest rubbing of things like sunflower leaves. I have had extreme skin breakdown from tea tree oil. I am very careful about what I put on my skin. However, this year I discovered blooming kochia will give me a full-blown upper respiratory [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Flambo Bean and Ham Bone Pumpkin Instant Pot Soup</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2022 01:51:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What are flambo beans, anyway? I grew the flambo beans and pumpkin in my garden, but not this year. That is, those ingredients that I put in the soup were not this year&#8217;s crop, which is part of why I am so thrilled with how well it turned out. The flambo beans are dry beans, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Blue Dye for Keeping Track of Weed Spraying</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2022 01:16:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Why a backpack sprayer works best for an acre I have been spraying weeds for many, many years with my Solo backpack sprayer. It is the most convenient and efficient method for dealing with an acre. An acre is too large to deal with using a hand held sprayer, where you have to constantly squeeze [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Natalie&#8217;s Red Rose Wedding Dress &#8211; Pattern Adjustments</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2022 23:38:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Natalie&#8217;s Red Rose Wedding Dress &#8211; Introduction and Other Announcements</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2022 01:56:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Who is getting married this time? I have only made one other wedding dress in my life and I worked hard to keep it that way! Even with five daughters. Up until now. I&#8217;m not exactly sure what happened, but I am now in charge of sewing the wedding garments for the last daughter to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>DI Sewing Room Insider Projects</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2022 02:55:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The Pros and Cons of Free Mulch from Chip Drop</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2022 17:42:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There is no mulch like the present &#8211; Laura Blodgett The art of using mulch in your garden or landscape is more free-form than you might think. It depends on what is available, how you use it, and what your climate is. That may sound like there is some mathematical formula to figure out what [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>14 Spring Planting Hacks for Your Garden</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2022 03:27:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re like me, right about now you are scrambling to plant all the things. Garden beds are not as ready as you had hoped. Not every place has been weeded. And to top it all off, you just accidentally weeded out a row of new seedlings. I try to remember that this happens every [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>What Can You Plant in the Cold Spring Garden in Southwest Idaho</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2022 18:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What volunteer seedlings teach about cool season planting One of the best ways to learn what you can plant BEFORE the last frost in the high desert of Idaho is to watch for volunteer seedlings. This would, of course, assume you had a garden in the general area last year. Watching when and where volunteer [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2022 03:29:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I had three main considerations when designing my new garden beds: I think we achieved both with this design. I think point 1. is fairly self-explanatory, but just in case, let me elaborate. In my past gardens I had the standard long rectangular beds. This design requires a navigable path between every raised bed, so [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2022 20:59:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If you have ever been intrigued by hidden wall safes, such as can be hidden behind a portrait, you will like this. And it&#8217;s all about the hinges. This is going to be an overview of the project done by my engineer-husband this week. If there is interest, I can put together a small ebook [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Scary Part About Growing Your Own Mushrooms</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2022 05:41:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Are mushroom plants from another planet? Mushrooms have always seemed other-worldly to me. So it was with mixed feelings that I purchased the oyster mushroom kit that was on my husband&#8217;s Christmas list. It is true he has taken me out to collect wild mushrooms, morels in particular, and we ate those and survived. Not [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>My Favorite Gardening Books Ever as of the Year 2021 AD</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2021 00:54:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here are my all-time favorite gardening books, in no particular order. I am going to put a brief description of the book, why I like it, and how it has benefited me! I&#8217;m going to take it as a sign of experience that I have so many of the old editions! I have linked to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Ultimate Legos</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2020 03:18:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The Accidental Glowing Bathroom</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2020 03:32:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Just a Mud Hut</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2020 23:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2020 22:36:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Is Anyone Reading the House Plans?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2020 02:42:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>My Favorite Best Ever Sewing Tools and Supplies</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2020 21:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here are the sewing tools and supplies that I find myself using all the time and/or appreciating more and more. sewing weights &#8211; These are not the kind I have, which are no longer sold, but if I needed more or choose to give them as gifts, this is what I would try based on [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Can You Plant Directly in Horse Manure ?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2020 00:11:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Why use horse manure Sometimes your options are limited. Like when dealing with a very complicated, multi-step moving/building project. That is why this past spring, I planted my garden directly in horse manure. To be sure, I know that most animal manure needs to be aged to work well in the garden. Not only can [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Incredible PEX for Infloor Heating</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2020 03:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Be Careful of Making Small Changes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2020 17:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The Psychology of Septic Systems</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2020 04:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s Get Digging</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2020 03:43:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Lockdown Day 20: Introduction to Making Your Own Goat Milk Soap</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2020 16:30:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[guest post by Stephanie Shepler Harren Different Kinds of Soaps In general there are four different kinds of soaps that can be made. I am going to talk about three of these: melt and pour, hot process, cold process. Cold process is what we use here on the farm. Melt and Pour This process is [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Lockdown Day 19: The Problem with Scientific Data (or Bats, Broccoli, and Hospital Stats)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2020 01:26:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The trouble with evaluating data Remember the phrase two wrongs don&#8217;t make a right? This holds true when try to evaluate scientific data. Or maybe it could be said that just because one person is wrong, that doesn&#8217;t make the other person right. There can be a lot of wrong answers to the same question. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Lockdown Day 16: Online Pinochle Card Game</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2020 04:33:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My husband grew up playing pinochle. He taught the kids from a young age, but I am not a game player. I was not interested, but he talked me into learning about 5 years ago. Now I really enjoy it! This has come in handy as a way to spend time with family remotely this [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Lockdown Days 14 &#8211; 15: Sew a Child&#8217;s Play Cape in a Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2020 19:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I estimate it took me 6 hours to complete the child&#8217;s play cape. That includes creating durable, reusable pattern pieces for the project, because I have five more little granddaughters that will get one of these for their birthdays this year! Although there are directions in the book, I discovered some things along the way [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Lockdown Day 13: The Magic Willow Branch versus the Steel Fence Post</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2020 03:44:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Scrounging for fence posts Today, we have once again confirmed that I do not think like an engineer. Thankfully, I am married to one. I&#8217;d say that was good planning on my part, but I wasn&#8217;t savvy enough to plan it for ALL the good traits he has. The exercise was fence building, because the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Lockdown Day 12: Laughing at Zombies in Chinese</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2020 23:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[One big game of Rumor There is a lot of doomsday talk going around. Anxiety, worry, panic. Fear. It would be easy to slip into and, to tell the truth, has grabbed at my ankles a few times. But I don&#8217;t want to live in fear. I am evaluating what is going on around me, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Lockdown Days 10 &#038; 11: The Power of Regrouping</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2020 04:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Call it gathering your thoughts or letting the dust settle, but everyone needs to regroup on a regular basis. Sometimes it is just after a certain number of days going full steam ahead. Sometimes it is at the end of a project. Other times it is because of interruptions out of our control. But it [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Lockdown Day 9: Tips for a Basic Men&#8217;s Haircut and Bear Trimming</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2020 05:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Putting haircuts in perspective I have cut my husband&#8217;s hair for about 95% of his haircuts over the course of our nearly 38 year marriage. I also cut my children&#8217;s hair almost all of the time while they were growing up. But I&#8217;m not trained and I don&#8217;t cut hair professionally. Why did I do [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Lockdown Day 8: A Custom Made Quiet Book for a 2 Year Old Grandson</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2020 03:58:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The most expensive children&#8217;s book ever My husband started calling it the $1000 book. This is not because of material costs. I barely purchased anything new to make the quiet book. If I sold these similar quiet books, I would have to charge that much because of how long it took to design and construct [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Lockdown Day 7: What Qualifies as a Modern Homestead?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2020 16:59:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Homesteading versus Subsistence Living What do you think qualifies a modern homestead? I think we all have ideas in our heads about Little House on the Prairie. Or possibly someone living off the grid who has very little contact with the modern world. But are those good representations for a modern homestead? Are they helpful [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Lockdown Day 6: Things You Need to Know About Sourdough Starter (and Check Your Germinating Seeds)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2020 04:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here are some misconceptions about sourdough starter: it needs to be refreshed every few days it dies if left untended in the refrigerator it has gone bad if it separates it won&#8217;t work if it takes more than 3 days to refresh (reactivate) if you can&#8217;t use it on a schedule, it needs to be [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Lockdown Day 5: 4 Mistakes New Gardeners Make and How to Avoid Them</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2020 23:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Seeds and plants are very forgiving. There is not a lot we have to understand in order to encourage them to grow. However, there are four common mistakes that can have a big impact on gardening success. Planting at the wrong time Damage during transplanting Improper watering Not monitoring for pests or disease Planting at [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Lockdown Day 4: What to Grow to Produce Food Quickly</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2020 18:41:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This title sounds panicky, but it is really just to answer a direct question asked of me. Besides, isn&#8217;t it something most gardeners ask every spring? So, here are some things to think about for growing garden vegetables for the near future. What part of the plant are you eating? In the life cycle of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Lockdown Day 3: Seed Sorting and Seed Starting Indoors</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2020 05:18:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Problem solving lighting for indoor seedlings All of my greenhouse shelves are already being used for garage and shed storage. Thus, I do not have grow lights this year. They are not very hard to set up, but in our small temporary house, there is no easy place to put them. I did consider moving [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Lockdown Day 2: Sourdough Starter and Open Pollinated Seed</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2020 23:11:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If you really want to be prepared for an increased level of self-sufficiency, you need to consider both open pollinated seeds and sour dough starter. Open pollinated seeds mean you will have the option of saving your own seeds for future gardens and won&#8217;t be as subject to price increases or things being out of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Lockdown Day 1: Garden Prep</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2020 19:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What should you think about first if you want a garden full of fresh produce this summer, in spite of quarantines and economic fallout? Here is a summary of my suggestions, followed by some discussion: Evaluate your daylight Keep your garden a manageable size Prepare a garden bed Start with a layer of mulch Figure [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Bid from the Builder</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2020 18:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>How to Grow a  Plumeria Tree in Idaho (in spite of yourself)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2020 00:42:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I have a 20something year old plumeria tree in my kitchen in southwest Idaho in the middle of winter. It didn&#8217;t get here because I treated it with tender loving care. In fact, it had a fairly tumultuous beginning because&#8230; A plumeria is a tropical tree. It would not survive the winters in my region. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Let the Sunshine in &#8211; just where you want it</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2020 03:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>A Horse on My Homestead</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2020 02:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Part of the agreement with getting me to move to a new homestead was that I could have a horse. I bought my first horse last April and have since been on a very steep learning curve. If you are new to horses and/or learning to ride as an adult, check out the article I [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2020 22:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Dream House Boot Camp</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Oct 2019 03:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The Trouble with Secret Rooms</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2019 04:55:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>What Can I Do About All The Flies ?!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Sep 2019 03:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[How many fly traps or repellents have you tried? I have tried everything except the putrid ones. I can&#8217;t bring myself to do that. What I have tried is: sticky traps fly spray dietary supplement fly predator wasps various inverted or milk jug containers with some sort of liquid clean up I have had fly-attracting [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Sep 2019 14:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Taming the Swamp in Marsing</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2019 00:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>A Design Blossoms</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2019 02:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2019 03:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jun 2019 17:18:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Mulch like a Boss &#8211; the Do&#8217;s and Don&#8217;t&#8217;s of Garden Mulch</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2019 14:43:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Mulch is like mayonnaise. How much you put on and how you spread it are important for a satisfactory result. There are 3 basic reasons for laying down mulch in the garden: to help control weeds to moderate water loss to add nutrients to the soil I go over specifics in the video below, but [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Important Progress in the Riverside Redesign</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2019 21:27:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>To Survey or Not to Survey</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2019 17:03:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>First Design Discussion for the Riverside Lot</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2019 21:05:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>12 Things that can Make or Break Your Transplanted Seedlings</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2019 04:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If you had only known There is nothing quite as disheartening as watching transplanted seedlings die in your spring garden. If you grew them from seed yourself, it is even sadder. You can avoid this tragedy by knowing how to do a few simple things. determine if you have a healthy seedling make sure the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Perfect (P)lot Twist</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2019 01:54:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The Architect&#8217;s First Draft</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2019 15:08:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The Challenges of Retrieving a Capsized Canoe</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2019 03:43:17 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Adventures with Wild Greg]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[It was supposed to be a fishing trip. But when we heard someone&#8217;s canoe had capsized just a bit down the river, we (I speak as the queen) decided to first try to help. Fortunately, the king (as I see I must refer to my husband) is both a very hands-on problem solver and keen [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Understanding Your Average Last Spring Frost Date</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2019 18:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Why Your Last Average Frost Date is Important If you live where it freezes anytime during the winter, you need to understand your regions average last frost date in the spring. Knowing when this is and what it means will help you a lot with your garden planning. It will also help you sort through [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2019 04:04:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>What is going on with My Blogs, anyway ?!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2019 03:04:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It all started when we went to live in Taiwan for a while. Blogging as a internet phenomena was still fairly new, but I could see right away that it was the perfect way to relate our adventures there. And adventures we surely had, plus I&#8217;ve been able to travel back there twice with my [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>What About Sauerkraut That Ferments Until There is Basically No Brine Left</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2019 02:09:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What is the best time of year to make sauerkraut? Technically, that depends on when you have fresh cabbage available. This might be from your garden or it might be from the market. But another thing to consider is what else is going on in your life? Like, maybe, Christmas, New Year&#8217;s, and traveling. If [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>My Hot Chocolate is Pudding &#8211; The Milan Starbucks Reserve Roastery</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2019 22:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Do you want a glimpse of the Starbucks Roastery in Milan? I am not gardening or sewing today because I am wandering around Milan. At least today I didn&#8217;t get lost. A couple of days ago Siri was very, very bad and almost made me cry. But a couple days and a 6 hour walking [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Sewing Tutorial for Polar Fleece Socks Using Green Pepper Pattern</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2019 04:34:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>A Fun Little Fabric Store on Ambergris Cay in Belize</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:54:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Where can you find the fabric store on Ambergris Cay? Look for an orange door, on Back Street (also called Angel Coral Street), across the street from Caye Supplies, slightly toward Buccaneer Street, in San Pedro. Back Street is to the west of Middle street, on the side of the island toward mainland Belize. They [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Easy Way to Collect Heavenly Blue Morning Glory Seeds</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2018 21:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[flowers from seed]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Why I collected seeds off of my driveway I just collected Heavenly Blue Morning Glory (HBMG) seeds off of my driveway for a few simple reasons: That was where the best blooming HBMG plant of the year had dropped its seeds. That plant was a volunteer from a other previously volunteered HBMG plants, so I [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Should You Get a Robot Vacuum Cleaner ?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2018 04:08:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What makes a machine a robot? I&#8217;ve seen the movie I, Robot. I know what the future holds. But right now, I am very pleased to have a little, round robot doing a LOT of my vacuuming around the house! I think what upgrades a machine to robot status is mobility. A robot can be [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Why I Love My Self Coiling Non-Kinking Greenhouse Hose</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2018 03:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My husband introduced me to my first self-coiling hose Several years ago, my husband got me a self-coiling hose as a gift. I had never heard of such hoses. That hose lasted quite a while, but when it gave out I had some trouble finding a good replacement. I tried one from Walmart, but the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Yes, You Can Sew a Baby Doll Carrier</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2018 04:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[DI Sewing Room Insider]]></category>
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		<title>15 Things Every Idaho Gardener Should Know About Fall</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2018 03:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What should you be doing in the garden in autumn? Autumn or fall? Which word I choose depends on the context. Fall might be misunderstood sometimes since it could mean other things. Autumn sounds too grandiose sometimes. Regardless, there are some important gardening things to know about fall. It is prime time for some activities. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Sew a Ring Tab Purse Patch</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2018 04:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A simple classic bag to sew This is at least the second version of the Elva Bag that I have made from Bags: The Modern Classics by Sue Kim. This book remains one of my favorite and most used cache of purse or bag patterns. The Elva Bag is a great medium small size. It [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Sew a Perfect Inset Zipper Pocket</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2018 21:04:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Why aren&#8217;t there more pockets in the world? (if you want to skip to the video about sewing a perfect inset zipper pocket, it is further down) Putting pockets on something can seem like doing work without seeing progress on the project. That is because pockets usually need to be sewn on individual pieces before [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Everyone&#8217;s Garden Looks Great Except Mine</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2018 18:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Does that photo tell the whole story? Great photos of well tended gardens can sooth the soul or create despair. Sometimes it seems that everyone&#8217;s garden looks great except our own. Is it true or is it an illusion? Let&#8217;s start with these facts and questions. You don&#8217;t tend to see the problems in other [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Not Quite Ravioli Cheese Noodle Casserole</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2018 03:17:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Inside out ravioli? My husband really likes my homemade spaghetti. It is kind of ironic that I seem to make it well, since I&#8217;m not that fond of tomato based dinners. However, add some cheese ravioli and I&#8217;m very happy. I do make my spaghetti sauce with my home grown and home canned tomatoes. I [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>My Psychedelic Alchemy Sweater with CAL Benefits</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2018 19:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What is a CAL? CAL stands for &#8216;crochet a-long&#8217;. The Alchemy sweater CAL was put on by lovecrochet.com and there was tons of fun and useful interaction via their Facebook page. The Alchemy sweater is designed to be a summer sweater, with a fairly open crochet stitch and no closures in the front. The pattern [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>My Backyard Weeds &#8211; Wild Buckwheat Poses as Bindweed</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2018 23:28:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fairly boring wild buckwheat When is bindweed not bindweed? When it&#8217;s wild buckwheat! When wild buckwheat is vining up through your desirable plants, it is fairly mature and can look a lot like bindweed. However, take heart, there are some crucial differences. For one thing, wild buckwheat is MUCH easier to pull up by the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>What is That Rock in My Backyard</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2018 23:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[How are rocks like musical instruments? Rocks are like musical instruments: They are just dead weight in the hands of people who don&#8217;t know what to do with them. The Owyhee Gem and Mineral Society (OGMS) and the Orma J. Smith Museum of Natural History know what to do with rocks and gems. I know [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Weekly Planner that Read My Mind</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Blodgett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2018 23:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Do schedules wreak havoc on humanity? Apparently Aldous Huxley, author of A Brave New World, would be appalled by my love of lists and planning. Here in his essay, Time and the Machine, he seems to despair the softer, gentler world of the past. You know, the one wherein people didn&#8217;t have easy access to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>How I Ad Lib Designed My Red Crochet Vest for Spring</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2018 20:37:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Problem solving my crochet pattern needs Sleeves are forever getting in my way. This is especially true when I am in the house and doing chores where I need to wash my hands more regularly. Plus, my constantly changing internal temperature makes &#8216;dressing for the day&#8217; nearly impossible. What I needed was an easy off [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>How to Grow Tomatoes that Ripen Before the First Frost</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2018 22:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The basics about growing tomatoes If you want actually get yummy red tomatoes to eat before winter, there are some things you need to know. It&#8217;s not a lot of information and it is not complicated, so don&#8217;t be discouraged. Just a little knowledge of factors affecting when tomatoes will ripen will help you a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Will My Old Garden Seeds Grow ?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 00:53:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Why did I just plant 5 year old pea seeds? I just planted 5 year old pea seeds and I think there is a pretty good chance they will sprout. Aside from the fact that I have heard of seeds that are hundreds of years old sprouting, there are some specific things I evaluated before [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>22 Helpful Things to Look for in a Seed Package</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2018 21:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Do you know how to read a seed package? How much difference can seed packaging make? In some ways it might depend on your gardening experience. However, even if you are fairly knowledgeable, there are so many varieties of plants, that just knowing the general type of plant is often not enough. I have come [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>8 Keys to Starting Your Own Seeds for Your Garden</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2018 17:04:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[How you can have a green thumb Having a green thumb is a combination of good plant care habits and learning what really needs to be done. Seed starting requires slightly different knowledge and habits than taking care of stable seedlings or mature plants. If you want to have a green thumb for starting seeds, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>An Accidental Trip to the Maui Quilt Shop</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2018 00:32:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My husband accidentally took me to visit the Maui Quilt Shop this past week. After returning snorkeling gear, he decided to drive through the nearby strip mall to see what was there. It was mostly things like dentists and banks. But then I spotted the Maui Quilt Shop! (click on any photo to enlarge) I [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Christmas Cardamom Waffles for a Crowd</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Dec 2017 23:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Why cardamom waffles? Have you ever had to scramble for your favorite waffle recipe the day before Christmas? Then wonder how the chemistry of it will be affected when you multiple it by five? That&#8217;s what I did this last Christmas, because there was a high demand for those cardamom waffles. Before this recipe, I [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>28 Essential Ideas for  Pantry Organization</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Dec 2017 21:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The essentials of pantry organization A new, but smaller walk-in pantry is being built in my basement for me right now. It will be closer to the kitchen and free up other space for my sewing room! I have read LOTS of articles on the subject of pantry organization to gather the best ideas out [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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