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We Love Mama’s Quinoa Pizza Bites: Gluten-Free

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As the weather heads into fall, I’m collecting recipes that are perfect for cooler days with football/ultimate frisbee in the backyard or a gathering of friends and family. I plan to triple this recipe often and freeze these delectable pizza bites for impromptu use.

As we’ve thought more about going in the direction of Gluten-Free, we discovered quinoa, and we’re crazy about it! We love the taste and the texture – it has a nutty feel to it making it a little crunchy. Our sons love it because they have read about its high protein content, the fact that it contains all the 9 essential amino acids including lysine, and that it helps them rebuild after a workout.

Quinoa is a superfood.

This easy and hearty finger snack is perfect if you love pizza, and who doesn’t!

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Grow a Lemon Tree from Seed in Your Own Home

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Did you know that you can start a lemon tree in a cup?

Typically, lemon trees flourish outdoors year-round in hot, sunny regions, but they can also thrive indoors as edible houseplants in cold-season climates.

These miniature citrus trees can deliver a big dose of cheer to any sunny space. And it’s practically foolproof. I planted seeds this April, enjoyed watching them spring up in the windowsill, have forgotten to water them for 7-8 days at a time, and 6 months later my little lemon tree forest is luxuriously green and smells fantastic. Best of all, they bear the exciting possibility of fruit!

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Building A Strong Wind & Weather-Resistant Trellis

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Green beans, butternut and buttercup squash crawl right to the top and over

Anytime but the dead of winter is a great time to build a center-piece for your garden – a durable, eye-pleasing trellis!

Here are instructions to build a simple arched trellis that will be very strong as well as beautiful. You will leave this one in place all year around. It holds up to high winds – we know because we have had 70-75 mph winds several times during spring and fall tornado-like storms.

Building A Strong Trellis

Check the cattle panel sizes available in your area at the local Tractor Supply, Rural King, or farm store, etc. Ask for 36-38″ wide x 16′ long. This gives more than enough room to walk under, yet easy to reach beans,  squash, or melons when you are ready to harvest. …

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Lillian Weber’s Basic Peasant Dress Pattern

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Lillian Weber makes a beautiful basic peasant dress. She sends them to little girls through the Christian outreach Little Dresses For Africa (LDFA). I posted earlier on Why 99-Year-Old Lillian Weber Is Not Retired.

Lillian Weber’s goal was to make her 1,000th dress by her 100th birthday. On Thursday, March 12, she accomplished that goal, well before her own birthday deadline in early May.

So, in honor of Lillian Weber’s 100th birthday on May 6, 2015, I found a beautiful tutorial over at Once Upon A Sewing Machine for the basic peasant dress (before ruffles and appliques and pockets) just like Lillian makes (with shorter sleeves). Most beginning sewers can do this.

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