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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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  • Unique Gifts for Mother’s Day or for that Special Woman in your Life
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    Unique Gifts for Mother’s Day or for that Special Woman in your Life

    ByMary Crozier May 6, 2024May 6, 2024

    My mother passed away in November 2014 and naturally, I am missing her especially on Mother’s Day. But I know she is happily with my Dad in heaven. There are quite a few Mother’s Day gift posts, but I though I would share items that I personally use or love that you may want to…

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  • Saturday Meanderings
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    Saturday Meanderings

    ByMary Crozier May 3, 2024May 3, 2024

    Happy Saturday, friends! Am I the only one that cannot believe it’s the first Saturday in May? Each time I write this post I like to take the time to look at photos from a year ago. Last year at this time I was harvesting artichokes and this year, there are none growing in the…

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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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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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