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  • Gardening 101~How to Start Growing Things Yourself
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    Gardening 101~How to Start Growing Things Yourself

    ByMary Crozier May 8, 2024May 8, 2024

    Someone recently asked me if gardening takes a great deal of time…and I’ve been pondering the question ever since. I’ve been gardening for as long as I can remember.   Not only do I find it rewarding, but growing vegetables is a way to teach my children that food doesn’t just appear on a styrofoam tray. …

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  • Growing Your Own Chamomile and Making Tea
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    Growing Your Own Chamomile and Making Tea

    ByMary Crozier April 30, 2024May 1, 2024

    When I was planting my garden years ago, my sweet daughter opened up a whole packet of chamomile seeds and scattered them far and wide, while squealing, “Wheeeeeeeeee”.  For those of you who know me, I am a geometric person, who likes things planted in rows, straight rows  I had no idea where the seeds…

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  • Fresh and Fabulous Ideas and Recipes for your Kentucky Derby Party!
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    Fresh and Fabulous Ideas and Recipes for your Kentucky Derby Party!

    ByMary Crozier April 29, 2024April 29, 2024

    The “Race for the Roses” will be held this Saturday on May 4, 2024 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. If you cannot be there in person, then what better reason to have your very own Derby party. There is so much history surrounding this annual event and how fun to partake in its revelry….

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  • Saturday Meanderings
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    Saturday Meanderings

    ByMary Crozier April 26, 2024April 27, 2024

    Things are heating up here in Phoenix but our mornings and evenings are still cool enough to say it is Spring. Our yard is in full bloom and it’s the prettiest I recall. We are blessed with lots of rain this year and now it is paying off. Happy Saturday! April appears to be racing…

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  • Creating a Spring Themed Dinner
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    Creating a Spring Themed Dinner

    ByMary Crozier April 16, 2024April 16, 2024

    Spring has definitely sprung here at Bella Terra. All the flowers are blooming, my garden is growing and what better way to share it than a spring themed dinner at home. Recently we hosted friends of ours who are out of state that is still experiencing snow. It is their first time to our house,…

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Welcome to Life at Bella Terra. I’m Mary and I am delighted you are here. Life at Bella Terra is about embracing what the present can bring by valuing what the past built. Here, from our historic property, I will share decorating, entertaining, gardening tips as well as my adventures in the kitchen. Occasionally you may see a DIY but it’s only because it was a rare success! I hope that this blog will be a place of comfort and joy and together, we will learn something from each other along the way. Learn more >

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