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New Garden Design and Product Links

Published on February 4, 2026February 25, 2026 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place Blog3 Comments

This weather has been wreaking havoc across the country, and our area has not been spared. Florida has been seeing some historic lows, snow, and some areas south of us have even been experiencing colder temps than we’ve had here at our home… CRAZY!!! The winds have also been pretty rough and have caused a bit of damage.

If you are looking for links to the garden products… go to the bottom of the post!

Then the groundhog said that there’ll be six more weeks of winter??? Well, we took care of that groundhog… just kidding, but we did have a good meal to celebrate Groundhog Day.

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Finding PEACE Amongst the Differences

Published on January 12, 2026January 9, 2026 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place BlogLeave a comment

We have been working our way through the ‘PEACE like a River’ Devotional with our homeschool. On day 9, we had this optional activity listed:

Watch ‘The Rare, Tiny Flower’ by Kitty O’Meara on YouTube.

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Embracing a Slower Pace: Simple Habits for a PEACEful Year

Published on January 1, 2026January 4, 2026 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place Blog1 Comment

Hey everyone, I hope you are all doing well. We are coming out of a cold spell here, and happy to see some warmer temperatures. We have not set any New Year’s resolutions as we want to develop some lasting habits and routines that help draw our family closer. We will continue to work on routines that we have established, while adding new ones slowly.

I have a lot of plans for our family, home, and blog this year, and I pray that GOD will lead me in a way that I can inspire others and help them to create some simple habits that lead to a peaceful year. We will be focusing more on intentional living, making rest more of a priority, and creating a more peaceful rhythm for our family.

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Slow Cooker Mississippi Pot Roast Made Simple

Published on August 13, 2025August 13, 2025 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place BlogLeave a comment

This is one of our favorite crock pot recipes and it is so easy to make! Here is a link to the printable recipe for the Mississippi Pot Roast:

Mississippi Pot Roast

A link to our ‘Nothing Hidden Ranch Seasoning’:

Nothing Hidden Ranch Mix

And a link to our Au Jus mix:

Au Jus Mix

We hope you give this a try and let us know what you think!

Stomach Bugs, Garden Bugs, and a Bathroom Remodel

Published on June 14, 2025June 10, 2025 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place BlogLeave a comment

Whew! What a week… we finally got started on our master bathroom remodel but it is far from being completed. When we started peeling back the flooring we found that this was not the first time the floor had been ‘fixed’ and we also found more of the drywall mud patches on the floor like we had found in the kitchen and laundry room. We also found that some of the previous fixes included glue and nails which made the removal process more tedious but more on that in a bit.

Our garden has been coming along quite well other than a surge of pests which are eager to eat all of the food we’ve been working so hard to grow. The weather has been extremely hot but we have been getting a few showers that have helped. I did invest in a couple of new sprinklers that I’ll try to share about later. We have been putting up a few more videos on YouTube as well if you’d like to check them out.