Little gift idea for neighbors this year: a jar of homemade granola or a loaf of pumpkin bread, tied up with a free printable gift tag. Simple, warm and cheap, which is the best kind of Christmas giving. Free tags here:

Free Printable Plantable Christmas Gift Tags

Free printable Christmas gift tags for plantable cards, grow kits and gardener gifts. Eight cut-apart tags; print or save as PDF.

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Advent starts Sunday, November 29 this year, which is closer than it feels. We like a simple countdown on the fridge so the kids can color in a square each morning and we can slow down and talk about why we celebrate. Ours is a $3 printable you can print as many times as you need: https://payhip.com/b/HTY70 #advent #christmas #faith #family #printables

Old garden rule around here: plant your garlic before Thanksgiving, then forget about it till spring. Cloves go in pointy end up, about two inches deep, with a blanket of straw on top. Not sure if your patch is too warm yet? Check your town's average first frost and fall bulb timing:

When to Plant Garlic and Fall Bulbs in the Southeast (SC, NC, GA)

Fall planting windows for garlic, tulips and daffodils in South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia, timed to NOAA first-frost normals and cited e...

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We're planning a few cozy family game nights between now and Christmas. Christmas bingo is an easy one: little ones can play with picture squares, and grandparents love it too. Free printable cards here, no sign-up:

Christmas Bingo Cards – Free Printable Generator

Make free printable Christmas bingo cards with 36 holiday words, or customize the list. Random cards, caller sheet, prints at home.

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Cold weekends are good for indoor projects, and we're thinking about a winter rescape of the tank. Before buying sand or gravel, it helps to know how many pounds you actually need so you don't end up with three extra bags in the garage. This free calculator does the math:

Aquarium Substrate Calculator – How Much Gravel, Sand or Aquasoil?

Calculate gravel, sand or planted-tank soil volume for a flat or sloped bed, and how many bags to buy.

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Four weeks until Thanksgiving, and the pie debate has already started at our house: pumpkin, pecan or sweet potato? (The right answer is "yes.") If you're the one who always saves room for dessert, this shirt says it for you: https://front-porch-designs.myspreadshop.com/ #thanksgiving #pie #family #giftideas #tshirts

Rainy fall evening, so a big pot of lentil stew is simmering with carrots, celery and a little smoked paprika. It's cheap, filling and even better the next day. We keep our favorite meatless suppers on printable recipe cards, $3 for the set: https://payhip.com/b/Iv4gB #vegetarian #recipes #comfortfood #fallcooking #meatless

This year we want to send real thank-you notes to the folks who quietly make our year better: the kids' teachers, the neighbor who brings in our trash cans, the mail carrier. A handwritten note goes a long way. Our $3 printable Christmas Thank-You Kit has cards and tags ready to print: https://payhip.com/b/8WI0d #christmas #thankyounotes #gratitude #kindness #printables

First real frost of the season is in the forecast, so the porch blanket is back on the swing and the cocoa tin is on the counter. Our Hot Cocoa Weather tee is made for slow, chilly mornings like these: https://front-porch-designs.myspreadshop.com/ #hotcocoa #cozy #firstfrost #frontporch #tshirts

Don't bag up all those fall leaves. Run the mower over them a couple of times and spread them over the garden beds as a free winter mulch. By spring they're half broken down and the worms have done the rest. Check when your first hard frost usually arrives here:

Frost Dates SC, NC & GA – Last & First Freeze by Town (NOAA 1991–2020)

Free frost-date lookup for 416 weather stations in South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia: last spring and first fall freeze odds plus a planti...

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Anytime the oven is on, the dog parks himself in the middle of the kitchen floor, just in case a crumb falls. Holiday baking season is his favorite time of year. If your kitchen has a four-legged supervisor too, we made a shirt for that: https://www.teepublic.com/user/front-porch-threads #dogs #doglovers #holidaybaking #dogmom #dogdad

Every year we promise to start the Christmas gift list before Thanksgiving, and every year it ends up on the back of an envelope. This year it's going in one place: names, ideas, budget and who's already checked off. Our $3 printable Christmas planner keeps it all on one page: https://payhip.com/b/jVro8 #christmas #christmasplanning #giftlist #printables #family