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Victory Garden Planning – January 2024

Published on January 16, 2024May 12, 2025 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place Blog6 Comments

No catchy title line here… no time for that today as the kids and the dog have been WILD! I’m exhausted and it isn’t even lunchtime yet!

We are almost halfway through the first month of the year and I’m already behind on my garden duties! Granted, we have had some CRAZY weather here and the house remodel has taken first priority but things still have to get planned so we can try to have an even more abundant garden this coming year!

Click HERE to see our Garden Progress on YOUTUBE!

I’ve been working on some Planning Notebook pages soon but for now, I’ll just list some of the things I’ve been working on for the garden. I have been playing around with a new planning program called SEEDTIME. It really does seem like it will be quite the time saver as I’ve been keeping up with my gardening task on notecards in a small file system… quite cumbersome at times.

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Special Winter Dinners w/Printable Recipes & Links

Published on January 13, 2024February 21, 2024 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place Blog3 Comments

I know you are probably sick of hearing me talk about the new meal plan that we are using but it is the BOMB! The only issue the kids have been having is that they don’t look at the breakfast days separate from the numbered days… I haven’t come up with a solution to that yet as I really like having all the days for a week on one sheet but I think they’ll catch on soon enough.

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Loaded Cauliflower Casserole

Published on January 3, 2024March 1, 2024 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place Blog1 Comment

This is our take on low-carb twice-baked potatoes… it has quickly become a family favorite! You could easily use potatoes in place of the cauliflower, if you please.

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Getting Ready for the Holidays Week 9 (2 Weeks Before Christmas)

Published on December 11, 2023September 16, 2025 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place Blog4 Comments

We got the tree up (I hope) and the house is looking pretty festive. This week we will be having our Polar Express Party so that will be the main topic of discussion. Here are some of the things that we will be working on this week:

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Easy DIY Onion Soup Mix and Au Jus Mix

Published on December 10, 2023December 12, 2023 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place Blog9 Comments

Don’t run out of these mixes again! These are so easy to make and they taste so much better than the store-bought… your family won’t know what you did differently but they’ll love it!

DIY Onion Soup Mix

Ingredients: