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My name is Carissa, the person behind Life on Lady Slipper Lane. This is Cara, the adorable chocolate lab! Cara and I love hanging out around the house and spending as much time as possible in the garden! Learn more about us below!
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Propagating Pothos From Cuttings
Pothos are a gorgeous houseplant! They have beautiful coloring and look incredible when allowed to trail down a pot, table, or shelf! Who wouldn’t want to make more of these beauties! Luckily, it’s super simple! Start by taking cuttings from a healthy parent plant. Long runners will be able to provide multiple cuttings. Be careful
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The Oval Flower Garden, Take #2
If you follow @lifeonladyslipperlane on instagram, you may have seen on a story that I shared where I commented that I had big plans for the oval garden in the backyard. Well, my “big plan” was to turn this into a cut flower garden so that I could go out and cut my own bouquets…
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Propagating Aloe Plants
Aloe is extremely beneficial for many different things including soothing a sunburn. This plant is also incredibly easy to grow and multiply! The one downside of propagating aloe is that you need to wait until the aloe decides to create more baby plants. If you have an aloe that isn’t producing pups (baby plants), try
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Sweet Beet & Banana Smoothie
I went to make myself one of my favorite smoothies for lunch the other day only to find that we didn’t have enough ice cubes! What I did have, though, was a bunch of frozen beets that we boiled and vacuum sealed from last year’s garden. I decided why not give that a try and
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1994 Hornet Camper Renovation: Lakeside Exterior
Oh. My. Goodness. I am so excited to be sharing this transformation with you today! I say this about every single step of this renovation process… but this made a huge difference! So, we have a fairly permanent location currently for our camper. It has full hookups including sewer in its current location. It is
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10 Steps To Throwing The Ultimate BBQ Party
With the 4th of July coming up and today being flag day, I wanted to share the 10 steps we follow when throwing a BBQ party! Caleb and I love to host BBQs. With the weather that comes with living in Minnesota, we have to enjoy the outdoors while we can! We have thrown many
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