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Blueberry Lemon Jam: I normally can blueberry recipes late June/early July. This recipe is a family favorite because of the lemon kick! Blueberry Jam with Mint: This jam is the kind of thing you’d find in a specialty food store for $15 a jar. Yumm a licous does not even begin to describe it.Mavis Butterfield | Backyard Garden Plot Pictures - Week 46 of 52. Leggy or Spindly Seedlings. Protecting Plants From Frost. Comments. Deb says. July 15, 2014 at 8:33 am. I found this story and these pictures really inspiring and motivating. Reading about starting out with 3 packets is a lot less intimidating than starting a whole garden to ...Blueberries to the rescue! A total win. Blueberry Jam with a hint of Mint: allowing the mint to soak in the hot blueberries for just a few minutes makes a divine infusion of flavor. Triple Berry Jam Recipe with Less Sugar: This award-winning recipe stands the test of time. And I used frozen berries with low sugar to make it!By Mavis Butterfield on July 26, 2012 - 44 Comments. After listening to my neighbor Girly Girl go on and on about how wonderful her $12 jar of gourmet cherry jam was, I thought I would try whipping up a batch for myself. So this morning before The Girl Who Thinks She’s a Bird left for practice, ...By Mavis Butterfield on May 7, 2014 - 4 Comments. One of my favorite things about living in the Pacific Northwest is the moss. Weird, I know. So when I was asked to do a Mother's Day segment on New Day Northwest I was reminded of a moss lined hanging basket I saw earlier this year at the Northwest Flower and Garden Show. The vendor was ...Aug 22, 2014 · Instructions. Place the chopped zucchini, onions, peppers and salt in a large bowl and cover with cold water and let it sit for 2 hours. Drain liquid, rinse thoroughly and drain again. Combine the remaining ingredients in a large pot and bring to a boil. Add the zucchini mixture, reduce heat to simmer and cook 10 minutes. By Mavis Butterfield on January 26, 2017 - 40 Comments. Several of you asked if I could get Mrs. HB to share her slow cooker crock pot recipe for the pot roast she made last week. Well, we are in luck! Personally, I've never made a pot roast the way she describes below but after reading her ingredient list {and tasting the final product} I am ...By Mavis Butterfield on August 16, 2015 - 12 Comments. Hello Sunday. The last two days here in the Pacific Northwest have been an absolute dream. It practically rained all day on Friday, and yesterday it was windy and overcast all morning. Fall is in the air people. It's AWESOME.Place the leftover pot roast, floaty bits, meat, water and dried beans in a Crock Pot and turn to low and let cook for 6 - 8 hours. Add remaining ingredients 1-2 hours before serving and turn the Crock Pot temperature to high for the remaining cooking time. Version #2 {Because not everyone wants to leave a Crock Pot on for 8 - 10 hours}Hand Dyed Wool Bundles Hand Dyed Wool Fabric, Sky Blue 10/16th Yards Total Primitive Rug Hooking $48.50 Hand Dyed Wool Fabric, 8 Army Blanket Green Fat 1/16 Sixteenth …By Mavis Butterfield on May 30, 2023 - 27 Comments Well, I’m going to show you! 🙂 Last year, as soon as I noticed The Duck Lady was using landscape fabric in her garden and that IT WAS WORKING, without hesitation I quickly ordered 2 rolls of the exact same landscaping fabric so I could do the same thing in our garden.Feb 27, 2012 · Mix the peels, water and baking soda in large saucepan. Bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover and let simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the chopped fruit and juice. Cover and simmer an additional 10 minutes. Measure 4 cups of prepared fruit into a 8 quart sauce pot. Stir pectin into prepared fruit in sauce pot Add ... Join Mavis Butterfield for vegetable gardening and canning tips, easy recipes, and saving money strategies (Rug hooking, too!). Simple living at its best! RECIPES;By Mavis Butterfield on July 23, 2023 - 8 Comments. 17 Things I Want To Do In 2023 - Week 27 of 52. Do you think someone would buy a bunch of washed up colored rope and bait bags from lobster pots? I'm thinking about listing some. 🙂 . Sold so far:By Mavis Butterfield on July 21, 2013 - 8 Comments. Backyard Garden Plot Pictures - Week 29 of 52. You know how the saying goes… The cobblers children have no shoes. Well lately I feel like I have so many other things on my plate that my backyard vegetable garden is getting neglected. Sure the raspberries, cabbage, chard and the occasional ...mavis mavis mavis….we love your math, but there is a hard and fast rule for garden beds….take it from a community garden manager. the width of a raised bed needs to be whatever you can reach into comfortably from either side. that usually means a four foot width, reaching in two feet from either side…for planting, weeding, and harvesting ...By Mavis Butterfield on August 18, 2009 - 2 Comments. Here’s the cast of characters for tonight’s canning session. Center stage is a beautiful assortment of prize winning homegrown heirloom (I might have awarded the prizes myself) tomatoes. Before going into the blender.Cool the prepared tart shell for 15 minutes. In a small saucepan, mix 1 cup sugar and the cornstarch and then slowly stir in the water, lemon zest and lemon juice until nice and smooth. Cook and stir over medium-high heat. Heat to boiling; boil 1 minute, stirring constantly, until the mixture is bubbly and has thickened.By Mavis Butterfield on May 7, 2014 - 4 Comments. One of my favorite things about living in the Pacific Northwest is the moss. Weird, I know. So when I was asked to do a Mother's Day segment on New Day Northwest I was reminded of a moss lined hanging basket I saw earlier this year at the Northwest Flower and Garden Show. The vendor was ...Join Mavis Butterfield for vegetable gardening and canning tips, easy recipes, and saving money strategies (Rug hooking, too!). Simple living at its best!By Mavis Butterfield on April 29, 2023 - 15 Comments. Hello Saturday! On the agenda for today: Hang out in bed all day ; Eat cake; Watch movies; That's it. That's my plan for today. It seems like a pretty solid one, don't you think? I'm so sore from working in the garden yesterday. There's so much to do…

By Mavis Butterfield on June 14, 2023 - 15 Comments If you've been on the hunt for the perfect homemade English muffins recipe, look no further! Back in March the Girl and I took the British Baking Classics class at the King Arthur Baking Company in Vermont and the English muffins we made there were so good, that I've been itching to try ...By Mavis Butterfield on June 2, 2020 - 12 Comments I was first introduced to Frito pie casserole back when The Girl was in college. I was there visiting one day and we ended up going to her cafeteria for lunch and Frito pie casserole was the special of the day.Mavis Maud Butterfield married Randolph Leighton Field. She passed away on Aug 1994 in Torpoint, Cornwall, England. Info Share. How do we create a person's profile? We collect and match historical records that Ancestry users have contributed to their family trees to create each person's profile. We encourage you to research and examine ...By Mavis Butterfield on December 31, 2022 - 11 Comments. Here's my big list of things I want to accomplish in 2022: Remodel The Kitchen. By far the biggest project I wanted to complete this year was to remodel the kitchen. And well, we made it 95% of the way there. New floors, new cabinets, new countertops, new appliances, and a new pantry.

Directions. Saute onions and carrots in butter and olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat until tender. Add the turkey, potatoes and seasonings and give it a stir. Then add the corn, chicken broth and milk and bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce the temperature to low and cover.By Mavis Butterfield on April 27, 2011 - Leave a Comment The flight was uneventful… I sat between The Girl Who Thinks She's A Bird and some man who was wearing a pair of Levi's with a pant size of 36″ x 30″ …according to the tag in the upper right hand corner or his pants…By Mavis Butterfield on July 5, 2013 - 14 Comments This apricot jam recipe is so simple and easy to make, sometimes I find myself getting carried away with the amount of batches I make. Apricot jam is one of my favorites, you don't have to deal with any of the seeds like berry jams, and you only need 3 simple ingredients.…

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