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Crafts Family Fun Summer

Create a Summertime Firefly Filled Mason Jar Lantern

July 14, 2017

Summer nights make me think of crickets, warm breezes, sleeping with the window open, and of course catching fireflies. One of the things I look forward to come summertime, is spending time with my kids. They’re growing up so quickly. I share lots of memories from when I was a little girls with them and…

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Main Dishes Recipes

Game Day Buffalo Stuffed Peppers

January 29, 2017

I love buffalo anything! Being part Italian, I also love a mean stuffed pepper. As game day approaches, I thought a fun and clever food would be to stuff some peppers up buffalo style. They are easy and super pleasing and of course, peppers help to make this dish healthy. This dish preps up in…

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Christmas Crafts Family Fun Gardening Holiday Plants Projects

Growing Paperwhites Indoors for the Holidays

November 27, 2016

One of my favorite things about the holiday season is growing bulbs indoors. I do this for both Christmas and Easter. There is something about growing flowers indoors during the chilly winter months. During Christmastime, I especially love growing paperwhites. This is a fail-proof project for even those with a brown thumb. If you have…

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Chickens Giveaways

6th Annual Hug a Chicken Day Celebration

November 4, 2016

Wow! It is hard to believe that six years ago I started this event. It seems like yesterday that I was down in Manhattan with the folks from Country Living Magazine . They encouraged me to start a Facebook page for Tilly’s Nest and enter the realm of social media. Soon after I started my account, I…

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Crafts Family Fun Halloween Holiday

Halloween Fun: Tricks and Treats

October 24, 2016

I love celebrating Halloween with my kids. Both of my kids do not enjoy being spooked with scary masks or things that go bump in the night, but rather they enjoy the more whimsical side of Halloween. This year, we were especially lucky that my editor at DIY Network had kid-friendly Halloween crafts in mind…

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Crafts Wedding

Tissue Paper Peonies

May 24, 2016

I adore peonies. I have loved them since I was a little girl. There is something magical about their fragrant, deep intoxicating blooms and the way that they announce the beginning of summer here in the Northeast. It’s been unseasonable cool here. Spring is taking forever to warm up. We have had a few teasers…

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Chickens

9 Tips: Keeping Chickens with Kids

April 12, 2016

Keeping a flock of backyard chickens while raising children is, in my opinion, one of the most wonderful things that you can do as a family. Kids and chickens go hand in hand. From the fresh eggs to life’s lessons, I don’t think that you can chose a better pet. Did I mention that they…

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Crafts Family Fun Holiday

A Fun Family Craft with Sham”rocks”

March 17, 2013

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Chickens Stories from Our Nest

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October 4, 2011

Today we had to go to Boston for an appointment. We left late morning. Right before, I went out and visited with the girls. I fed them scratch, gave them their treats, meal worms and then asked them not to eat any eggs. I knew that we would be out until sometime after dinner. When…

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Create a Summertime Firefly Filled Mason Jar Lantern

Game Day Buffalo Stuffed Peppers

Growing Paperwhites Indoors for the Holidays

6th Annual Hug a Chicken Day Celebration

Halloween Fun: Tricks and Treats

Tissue Paper Peonies

9 Tips: Keeping Chickens with Kids

A Fun Family Craft with Sham”rocks”

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