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Save money on a $1.00 off Armor All Air Freshener! Keep that car smelling great! Find this in the automotive section at your local Walmart.

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Well this is our 11th Mother’s Day together and after four kiddos it has gotten better after each one! I love you so much. I hope you have a good and relaxing day (and maybe stay off of A Thrifty Mom website for a day and take a break. You deserve it.

After our first – Matthew I thought we were in for one crazy ride. And we were, not relationship wise, although many times in a hardship of a very sick child, many do not make it. We did and never had any marriage issues.

After Mckeely was born it was so much fun. A cute little girl I could hold that reminded me of you! She was and is so special to both of us. And we realized what having a normal child was like with out having to be flown away to distant hospitals.

Then came Maleeya – and she roared into our life. She made her self known with her screaming and crying – when she wasnt eating. Cutest little thing and she would just look at us, until she realized she was hungry and demanded our attention. And she is still just as loud now as she was then.

Now with Maveric – a strong handsome little guy. He has brought so much laughter to us with his cute smile, and happy personality. Know that he is two he is showing us that he is the man of the house, as he climbs to the tallest shelf in the room, and yells ARRRGGHHHH – MMMMMAAAAAA!

And with each of these cuties you have been the main person to teach them, love them, and wipe their tears. You have taught them right from wrong, Yes ma, no sir. And how to thank others. You are their mother, and have been the best wife and mother to my children as I could of ever hoped for. Thank You so much for being who you are. I love you, Matt

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As you know we plated our garden a few weeks ago,  but Idaho weather is crazy so we have had days in the 80′s only to have it hail 2 days later with temps in the 40′s for a day time high.  There is always a gamble in planting your garden early, praying  the frost will stay away and your plants will mature quickly for a early but long harvest in the fall.

Matt has been watching the weather like a hawk to protect his plants, he wanted to cover them last Saturday because the temperature was suppose to get down to 36 degrees.  I assured him that the garden would be fine and not to worry…. well I was WRONG.  All of our squash, watermelon, cucumbers, cantaloupe were hit by the frost and we awoke to many of our plants sad and brown.  Luckily it just got the outer leaves and I think the plants will have a set back, but be ok.

Well last night the temperature was suppose to dip down into the mid 30′s again.  Not wanting to take another chance Matt found every bucket, bin, box, tent, blanket  he could to wrap about his plants to keep the frost off at night.  I had to giggle a little bit when I looked out the window to see his handywork.  I feel like we should be part of a comedy act, You Might Be A RedNeck If….

On the bright side many of our seed are growing well, and we even have some strawberries that should be ready to pick early next week. You can read our full Garden Journey 2012, here.

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Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them FREE Kindle Book (was $25.95)

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Many of you know I (Matt) would never pass up the chance to get a Jamba Juice. And to save money on it too! Don’t miss you chance to print this Jamba Juice coupon!

Hint – If you do not have a Jamba Juice in your zip code.. use a zip code that has a store nearest you…

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With spring here and summer well on it’s way, many of you may be thinking of planting a garden.  If you do not have space in your yard then you may want to think about a container or pot garden.  BUT if you are on a tight budget  those garden pots can be a little pricey. But with a little imagination, and creative thinking you can turn one mans “trash” into a up-cycled garden.

My Mom wanted to plant her tomatoes in a pot this year.  She is kind of like Mary Poppins with a paint brush, and can turn a drab old worn out vacuum canister into a bright and sunny pot to hold this years tomato plants (or grandchildren).   First she sprayed it yellow with spray paint… then she tole painted a happy little garden and sealed it all with clear coat.

Well that is one vacuum canister that will not be in the dump anytime soon!  So while yard selling, or cleaning out your garage … be creative and see what you can up-cycle and use in your garden! What money saving  garden ideas do you have?

Check out more projects from Ashbees Crafts…. or like them on Facebook.

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We have had fun working in the garden the past 2 weeks… The best part is the kids still think it is fun, and not work at all.  I am keeping my fingers crossed we can keep it that way.  I found a few FREE Ebooks today on gardening that I though you might enjoy if you are planting a garden this year.

You can read our full Garden Journey 2012, here.

The Seasons on Henry’s Farm: A Year of Food and Life on a Sustainable Farm FREE Kindle book (was $25)

Grow your own food FREE Kindle Book (was $7.95)

Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them FREE Kindle Book (was $25.95)

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We planted our garden

04/22/2012 10:02 am · 4 comments

Well we have been waiting for the April Showers to let up and the ground to dry just enough so we could plant.  Friday was a beautiful day. So we headed out to our local mom and pop nursery - Sweetbrier Nursery on 10th ave in Caldwell. Their plants are always so healthy ( and no I am not paid in anyway for my opinion – we just really like them). They are only open for a few short months in the spring.

Well we had so much fun picking and choosing what we thought would make a fun garden! Little Maveric comedered the cart:

Planting a garden

He wouldn’t let go for any reason!

Smelling the flowers

Maleeya loved smelling the flowers!

Planting a garden

We planted, then planted some more…

  • 80 feet of corn (in 2 rows total) (3 kinds of Sweet corn – Honey & Cream, Peaches & Cream, Bantam Hybrid)
  • 2 mounds of Butternut Squash
  • 2 mounds of Spaghetti Squash
  • 2 mounds of Zucchini
  • 2 mounds of yellow Squash
  • 6 cucumbers
  • 1 Celebrity Tomato
  • 1 Beefy Boy Tomato
  • 1 La Roma II Tomato
  • 1 Sweet 100 cherry Tomato
  • 1 Lemon Boy Tomato
  • 4 Big Boy Tomato
  • 4 La Roma Tomato
  • 8 Broccoli
  • 15 feet row Spinach
  • 7 feet row lettuce
  • 7 feet row Swiss Chard (white rib)
  • 7 feet Finger Carrots
  • 7 feet Rainbow Carrots
  • 7 feet row Garden Bean
  • 7 feet row Sugar Snap Pea
  • 3 okra
  • 2 artichoke
  • 15 Strawberry
  • 6 feet pole bean
  • 2 pumpkin
  • 2 watermellon
  • 2 cantelope

Yep – That’s a ton… at least from someone who used to have to raised beds 4ft by 8ft…. Now that we have a larger yard we have room to try out our skills in a large garden! It should be a fun journey to see what happens in our garden this year!

You can read our full Garden Journey 2012, here.

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