Wham Bam Garlic
So remember that post where I was scared to plant garlic for fear of failure? …….well the fear is still there, BUT so is the garlic! I’m so excited I could pinch myself. However, I still keep in the back…
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Tag Archive: History in the Making
Garlic Goodness
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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Here We Go Again
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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A Year in Retrospect
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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Dun Gone And Dun It
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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Farm Goals
It’s that time of year. The time where you naturally assess your life and where you want to go. The possibilities are endless, literally. The span of your imagination is the only limitation you have. Well, your imagination and your…
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Cornbread- It’s Been Around Awhile
Cornbread is cornbread. Nothing amazing about it in particular, but you have to wonder why it has been a kitchen staple for hundreds of years. Most likely because cornmeal is and was readily accessible and cornbread could be made with…
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Boys Will Be Boys
What often is not said, is that boys “need” to be boys. I have been a mother to a son for only a year, but it doesn’t take long to realize how different boys are from their counterparts. God knew…
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I Can’t Do This
That is how I felt after the first 24 hours of being a chicken owner. Up till that point in my life I had never dealt with an animal “dying”. Yes, I had had a few cats and a dog…
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Bug Be Gone
This is just a compilation of some of my bug-tastrophes. Maybe it will be of use to others fighting the battles. Reader beware: bugs were killed in the learning process that is gardening. Methods of how to kill said bugs…
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