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Companion Planting Guide Have you ever been out gardening and planting seeds, then thought… “Ooh… Can these carrots be planted with tomatoes?” Well, I have!  Then I spend a good amount of time looking on my phone trying to figure out which plants can be planted by each other, and which ones cannot. Wouldn't it be wonderful to have all the plant companions in one easy place? Well, you're in luck.  I have created plant companion guides that you can keep on your phone.  That way while you are outside planting, all you have to do is open the guides and quickly know which plants companions and which ones are enemies. I have also included some growing instructions and some of the health benefits of each fruit or vegetable. They are available for purchase in our  Etsy Shop Here is a sample:

I painted these cute pumpkin nails on myself. I used white, yellow-orange, olive green, and a brownish green color. I used this  Nail Tool  to paint the polka dots and pumpkins.  Here are the photos

  I am setting up an email list.  I am hoping to have it done very soon.  If you would like to join keep an eye out for the sign up! When you join our email list we will give you a free digital copy of the list we created of cool weather crops. You will be able to save it on your phone, so when you are getting ready to plant, it's right there with you. I'm hoping to be able to share my knowledge with you and anything else that I learn. Here is the picture I created to put in our first email.  :) What do you think?

  Here is our little family Halloween Party this year.   I made mummy dogs (hot dogs in crescent rolls) that I make every year, zombie mac & cheese (regular mac & cheese dyed green), and little bags of chips. We got drinks from the gas station, which we do almost every night. I bought Halloween plates, dessert plates, and napkins. Zain wore Xander's inflatable dinosaur costume, Lydia was Jasmine (except when we went trick-or-treating she wore Xander's inflatable bull rider costume), and Tyler was a police officer. Brichette and Sam joined us (Sam is wearing the white wig). Xander went with his friends to a party. I felt like I was running around all day and hardly got anything done.  It was a crazy night! It got dark before I could get individual pictures of them in their costumes, so I took them the next day.  Although Zain wouldn't let me take it, so there's that!

  This year we have been making our kids school lunches. You can find our list of lunch ideas  In This Post .  Here is a fun lunch for Halloween. I gave them mini bagels with pumpkin cream cheese, cut up strawberries, and Halloween shaped pretzels.

  We made these Hocus Pocus Halloween signs to sell in our  Etsy Store .  Nick bent the metal and drilled holes, and I put the vinyl on and tied the string on. What do you think? I added the string later…

  We had created Instagram Story Highlight Board Covers using Canva, but after taking  Michelle Gifford's BMS  (Business Mom School) we decided to change them. We created a Brand Guide with our Brand Colors and Fonts.  I am still working on headshots and stock photos, but that's a story for later.  I changed the colors and added cute stickers that would go with our highlight stories.  So here they are!

  With it being close to Halloween, I thought this was so neat and wanted to share. There is a big spider, a cat spider, that made this beautiful web on our chicken coop. I don't really like spiders, but as long as they stay outside and don't come in our home, I leave them alone. If you'd like to see our chicken coop it's in  this post .

  My first Halloween nails for this year. I painted them black and orange, used my pink glow in the dark, and then put gloss and matte finishes on them. I’m not sure why in the dark the pink is a different color… the only thing I can think of is one finger is painted orange and the other is black. 

Here are my first fall nails of the year. I painted them to match my toes (I used vinyl stickers). I used a dark maroon and black. Used gloss and matte finish. I used this  Nail Tool  to make the white flowers and do black vines.