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		<title>Starting Strawberries</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently bought 25 bare root strawberry plants from my local garden center, and I got some great advice. &#8220;Soak &#8216;em good for a day,&#8221; the man said. I did, and two weeks after planting, they are doing really, really well. I cannot even believe it, but I think I see the beginning of blossoms [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heymom.info/blog/?p=54</link>
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		<title>Keeping it clean</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After years of wanting a gas stove instead of an electric, I finally got one. I love cooking on it, though I still need practice regulating the heat. I found that my stove presents another challenge&#8211;keeping it clean. With my old ceramic top electric, cleaning was relatively simply. But there is more to maintaining a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heymom.info/blog/?p=52</link>
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		<title>Warm up with soup</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Winter is the best time to try new soups.  I recently had a meatball minestrone at a local deli and enjoyed it. This is my version, which I think is better. While tasty, the deli soup was full of overcooked penne pasta. This version is more delicate and has more discernible vegetables. One bowl definitely [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heymom.info/blog/?p=50</link>
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		<title>Eating us out of house and home</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The old expression, &#8220;eating us out of house and home&#8221;  implies that one eats a lot&#8211;beyond just the food on the table to even the house itself. While the saying is a good example of hyperbole, that is not why I chose it as the title for this post. I chose it because it is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heymom.info/blog/?p=45</link>
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		<title>Using a clothesline, the RIGHT way</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In one of my recent magazines, there was an article about hanging laundry outside for the health benefits: bending, stretching, etc. So it seems that this very old way to dry clothes is now popular again not just because it saves energy, but also because it&#8217;s good exercise. However, just about every picture I see [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heymom.info/blog/?p=28</link>
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		<title>Lining shelves and drawers: wallpaper is better than contact paper</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Papered walls are quite passe these days, even a drawback if one is trying to sell a house. But I was reminded today, as I helped my daughter clean her 60-year-old new house, that good (heavy; vinyl coated; pre-pasted) wallpaper is perfect for lining old drawers and shelves. There is no shortage of storage in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heymom.info/blog/?p=23</link>
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		<title>April is not cruel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[T.S. Eliot wrote that April is is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, Mixing memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain. Taken out of context of The Wasteland, we lose Eliot&#8217;s meaning. But these lines are often quoted and misquoted to say something profound about April. To be fair, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heymom.info/blog/?p=21</link>
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		<title>Harbingers of spring</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is the return of the robins, of course, daylight savings time, the snow melted and green grass growing&#8211;but one of the best, for me, is being able to hang my laundry outside again in the sun. Today, it was sheets and one load of whites. They gleamed in the sun, swayed in the breeze, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heymom.info/blog/?p=18</link>
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		<title>Buying seeds . . . .</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I can always tell when spring is here. I buy seeds and plan my garden layout. This year I am also going to buy a small electric tiller. My garden is fairly small, so it should do a good job. I tossed a lot of nice compost into the garden last fall, and it needs [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heymom.info/blog/?p=12</link>
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		<title>Zucchini galore: now what?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Even one zucchini plant can be a prolific producer. If everyone in your neighborhood has planted zucchini, you may find you can&#8217;t eat it fast enough. This easy to grow squash is, thankfully, a versatile food in the kitchen. It can be cooked, eaten raw, added to baked goods, soups, salads, and more. It is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heymom.info/blog/?p=10</link>
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