We Love'emOur Fine Furry Friends Ways to Include Them Sometimes gardening with our pets can be, well, troublesome.  Here’s some thoughts and ideas to help include them into your routine so that everyone enjoys the gardens you work so hard at. Play with Your DogDogs need physical and mental stimulation each day. So carve out time to give your dog a long walk or playtime each day. Active breeds like this Border collie can cause a lot...

Yummy Recipes! Good Food, Good Times image courtesy of budgetbytes.com The slow cooker is a life saver in the summer. You can still cook things long and slow without heating up your whole kitchen! Plus, something about hot, spicy southwest flavors still works when it’s 100 degrees outside. I don’t get it, but it works. INGREDIENTS 1½ lbs. chicken breasts 16 oz. jar salsa 2 cloves garlic, minced 15 oz. can black beans ½ lb. frozen corn 1...

Yummy Recipes! Good Food, Good Times image courtesy of laaloosh.com Sweet and tangy, this cold noodles recipe is incredibly easy to make and super delicious. It makes an excellent Weight Watchers salad recipe and goes great with a soup or salad. It’s light, flavorful and very satisfying. Ingredients 1 9-10oz package soba noodles 1 large cucumber, diced 1 cup carrots, diced 1 tbsp sesame oil 1/3 cup reduced sodium soy sauce 1/4 cup rice...

GARDEN & HOME Rose of Sharon – Care & Pruning From Our Garden To Yours, Expect Success With Stutzmans Rose of Sharon is a Beautiful Summer Loving Plant Colorful, showy flowers appear in summer in shades of white, red, pink and purple on the rose of Sharon bush. Growing rose of Sharon is an easy and effective way to add long lasting summer color with little fuss. The large, showy flowers attract birds, butterflies and other useful...

GARDEN & HOME August Lawn & Garden Check List From Our Garden To Yours, Expect Success With Stutzmans The work in the garden never seems to end.  It is a labor of love, even in August.  Here’s some tips for this month: Continue monitoring watering needs of plants. Scout for diseases and insects. Prune and deadhead roses by mid-August to help promote fall flowering. Also, apply the last fertilizing to them. Toward the end of the month,...