Cute Magnetic Spice Rack you can make!

Here's a great tip from Tip Nut and apartmenthomesteader.blogspot.com

Another great use for those paint markers I boasted about!  By the way, speaking of paint markers, and not to get off subject, but I made this rock to put at the mailboxes (they are all bunched together on our side of the road, on my property line)

Recycle Small Jars Into Magnetic Spice Organizers: {DIY}

Today’s feature is from Little Apartment On The Prairie with Baby Food Jars to Magnetic Spice Rack:

Recycle Baby Food Jars Into A Handy Spice Organizer With This Project Tutorial By apartmenthomesteader.blogspot.com

I put mine on the fridge, but you could easily install a metal strip under kitchen cupboard to hang them near your counters as well. Just a note: I would hang them somewhere cool and dry. It will extend the life of your spices and the jars will be easier to open (uh, yeah that is another story).

The supplies needed are basic and if you can re-purpose some baby food jars or small canning jars you have on hand, the cost is minimal. You’ll need: jars, glue, spray paint (for the lids) and heavy duty magnets. No super crafty ability required!
Arrange the jars on your fridge or on a metal sheet attached to a wall in the pantry.
Please visit the site listed above for all the details, clever idea! Remember to keep herbs and spices away from a heat source to prolong shelf life.

  

Maryland Seafood Recipes

Go to Maryland Seafood and Aquaculture's site and you can order their cooking brochures free (and you can order them all at once, filling out one form online, and order several copies for family or friends too.

If you are in a hurry, you CAN print them, but its nicer to save the ink and get them in the mail.

Crabs, Oysters, Clams, Bluefish, and more!  Get one of each! 

http://marylandseafood.org/recipes/order_brochures.php

My Gardening Journal and Martha's Growing File idea!

 I keep a gardeners journal and a big binder with all of my gardening newsletters from Penn State Master Gardeners (they have such great newsletters and pamphlets).  

In my journal I keep track of plants I plant that are perrenial and their botanical names, as well as annuals that I plant and if and were I had luck with them...anything that will help me in the future with my gardening.  In my journal,

I also have a few pics of my property and hand drawn map of the property and gardens I have put in (my herb garden, flower beds etc)

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I got this email from Martha Stewart and loved this idea.  (Have you signed up for her daily tips yet? )

To create an indispensable reference guide to your garden, staple seed packets to index cards and organize them in a recipe box. Staple only one edge of a packet, so you can flip it over to see instructions for growing. On the lined side, note when the seeds were sown, when they sprouted, and any other dates you might need for future seasons.

Source:  http://www.marthastewart.com/good-things/growing-file?xsc=eml_org_2010_05_16
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There are many commercial Gardening Journals that you can buy.  I like my plain lined journal that I got at Sams Club in a two pack for about 7 dollars a  few years ago.

 Here is my garden journal on the outside.

 The next pic is just what the pages look like on the inside. I chose a page with little writing in it so that you could get a view of the lines. 

 I made up a binder and put page protectors in it for my hand outs, flyers and newsletters from the Master Gardeners of Penn State.  I can always go back and reference things, as you can see, its overflowing!  I also keep birding info from them (plants that birds like, and such), compost info ect in the binder.

 Now I am going to find a nice little metal file box for my seed packets and put some note cards in it.  That is such a cute idea!  Gotta love Martha Stewart!








   

Free Cookbook Go Red, heart healthy book (print)

This one you have to work for..not really lol.  It's just a silly test that most anyone can pass, asking a few trivia questions about health.  Takes about 1½ minutes. Link below....

http://www.goredwithmerck.com/go_red/goredwithmerck/consumer/smarts/index.jsp

Another Freebie Cookbook Offer (print editions)

Order one or all from Sunmaid Raisins...FREE!

http://www.sunmaid.com/recipes/Recipe_Booklets.html

Spring Cleaning Basics ebook

 I jumped through hoops for this, going thru page after page of dumb  offers.  Figured, I got the link, I'd share it and save you all the trouble of having to go thru any of that.  This should take you directly to the ebook.

http://images.eversave.com/pdf/SpringCleaningEbookDraft033009.pdf

My favorite books on cleaning, and they are great for saving time...

Another Free Cookbook by mail, a real print edition!

I love the Gooseberry Patch and have tons of their cookbooks and things from their catalog.  Great stuff!  


Here is a FREEE cookbook you can order from them courtesy of Sunmaid Raisins. 


link for those who'd rather copy and paste..


https://www2.gooseberrypatch.com/gooseberry/affiliates.nsf/f.free_cookbook_gooseberry_patch_sunmaid_raisins_fall_favorites?openform&CMP=AFC-sunmaidfallfavorites


I have a bunch of their books and love the one that you can buy that is blank pages to put your own recipes in for your kids. Called My Favorite Recipes.  I have a few of these I am working on for my kids.  My recipes  they love and ask me to make go into it.


















Some of the other books I love of theirs are  here..I get a lot of my Christmas ideas from them.  The Almost Homemade has some great easy recipes in them.  Fast to make and little effort, but so good.