If you can’t tell by the title… this isn’t a sweet little farm post. It’s an itchy, frustrating and exhausting path to insanity post. This post is partially in existence to regain some of the sanity I’ve lost over the…
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This is by far my favorite drink and it’s medicine at the same time. Ba-da-bing, Ba-da-boom! I hate the “snot” season, and with 4 children I’ll probably never know a winter without snot… I am sure of it. But thank…
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Probably my number one, go to, flavor booster. I put fresh garlic in literally everything. Well….. except maybe pancakes. But you get the idea. For three years I have wanted to take a stab at growing my own garlic. But…
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I created this last night with the hope that whatever it turned into would be edible for breakfast this morning. Pretty low expectations I must say, but I pretty darn near shocked my socks off. The hardest part was trying…
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I know. It’s been a while…. Like 15 months a while! You’re probably thinking I fell off the face of the earth. In some ways it kinda feels just like that… but I’m back. Refreshed. Feeling awesome. Rocking being a…
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Yep you saw that correctly….there is a safety pin in the oven. Okay, there’s a baby in the oven, but I am pretty sure you figured that out. The Givens Clan is about to grow by one more and we…
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As the one year anniversary of The Givens Grove blog approached, I had some tough questions for myself. How do I feel about continuing the blog? Do I like it? Does it stress me out? Is it pointless? Ugh…..tough questions….
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Chad and I have owned/built several houses since we married, but those houses were always built to sell. They were never truly mine. Actually, I haven’t lived in a home that was “mine” per-say since I was 8 years old. …
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That’s what I said. TO. DIE. FOR. I can say with some certainty that those words have never been uttered before in the history of man. Let’s face it…think of all the vegetables that have a bad connotation, especially…
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I am just going to put this out there….if you are like me and have hated…I mean really HATED pinto beans your entire life, I beg you to give these a chance. Seriously. I’m not joking. Now, I know I…
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