Christmas Gift Ideas … RYG Style!

Christmas Gift Ideas

Looking for last minute gift ideas for your ground redeeming friend or family member this Christmas? If so, we’ve come up with a few suggestions to help you out.* Hopefully these ideas will work…but if not, maybe they’ll at least get you thinking a bit. Regardless, you better get to it…because times-a-tickin’! (By the way, feel…

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Stamping with Okra…Yes, Okra!

Stamping with Okra - Redeem Your Ground | RYGblog.com

Here’s a little craftiness for you crafty gardeners…stamping with okra!  Yes…okra!  When you cut off the head of the okra there is such a charming and unique shape to be found inside the rough, elongated exterior that makes for an adorable stamp.  So if your garden is producing way too much okra that you just can’t…

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Why are my azalea leaves turning yellow?

Why are my azalea leaves turning yellow? - Redeem Your Ground | RYGblog.com

Well it’s happening again … many of the leaves on my azaleas have turned yellow. So as I did last year, I’m briefly interrupting our holiday-related posts to re-post the answer to a question that I’ve had…and one that several of my clients have asked me recently … Why are my azalea leaves turning yellow?   It seems that…

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How to Make Homemade Mulling Spices … the Perfect Teacher Gift or Hostess Gift this Christmas!

How to Make Homemade Mulling Spices - Redeem Your Ground | RYGblog.com

Okay…I realize that I re-post this post on homemade mulling spices every year. But I’m not going to apologize…not gonna do it. Because mulling spices really are that good. And they never get old. If you ever stop by casa de Scott during the months of December or January, don’t be surprised to find a pot of mulling spices simmering on our stove…wafting…

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Top Christmas Movies

Top Christmas Movies - Redeem Your Ground | RYGblog.com

Merry Christmas everyone! And if your family is anything like mine…after all the presents are opened and you’ve gorged yourself on candy and food you might want to sit semi-comatose and watch a Christmas movie. Okay, I know…you’re probably saying to yourself, “What’s so ground redeeming about watching a Christmas movie”. I get it. However…Britt would suggest that…

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Last Minute Gift Ideas for Your Ground Redeemer

ENO Double-Nest Hammock - Redeem Your Ground | RYGblog.com

I once did a post on last minute gift ideas for your ground redeeming friends and family t … and was recently been asked if I was going to do it again. Well … the answer is, “I am.” Today. Right now. So keep reading. (By the way, feel free to check out the other…

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How to Make a Lighted Christmas Star (or Card Holder)

How to Make a Lighted Christmas Star - Redeem Your Ground | RYGblog.com

Alright…so I’ve shown you how to make lighted Christmas balls using chicken wire and then with folding wire balls. Today I’m going to share how to make a lighted Christmas star. So if your kids are clamoring for you to add a little Christmas life outside…this project is super easy and really cheap. (And if you stick with me to the…

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Deck the Halls…Scott Family Christmas Traditions

Christmas Tree Trimming - Redeem Your Ground - RYGblog.com

It’s definitely looking a lot like Christmas in our home…and I love it!  I just love how our home transforms during this special time of year.  In the early morning and late evening, I love sitting and gazing at everything as I reflect on the joy of Christmas! We wanted to take this opportunity to invite…

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How to Make Lighted Christmas Balls

How to Make Lighted Christmas Balls - Redeem Your Ground | RYGblog.com

Ironically…and much to our girls’ chagrin, we have never done much more than hang a few stands of white lights outside to decorate for Christmas. Our deck-the-hall efforts have always focused on the inside of our home. But this year it’s going to be different. Not that our house will rival the Griswold’s from National Lampoon’s…

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Let There Be Light…String Lights!

Let there be light...string lights - Redeem Your Ground | RYGblog.com

If you’ve been reading RYGblog for anytime at all, you’ve probably heard me talk about “Scott Family Farm”…which is really just our side yard that we’ve redeemed from the waste of a space it used to be. (If you’re just tuning in and are interested in seeing more of what I’m talking about, check out…

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Repurposing Glass Jars as Charming Flower Vases

Repurposing Glass Jars as Charming Flower Vases - Redeem Your Ground | RYGblog.com

Last weekend I helped host a bridal shower with some friends for our pastor’s daughter.   What a fun and special celebration for this young bride!  One of my responsibilities as hostess was to bring flowers to brighten up the tables.  With all the glass jars on the counter from last week’s blog (on reusing them as inserts in decorative…

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Natural Bug Spray Recipe

The Rhythm of Family...Natural Bug Spray - Redeem Your Ground | RYGblog.com & SouleMama.com

It’s the end of August.and I am so fed up with battling mosquitoes.  I know they are God’s creation and all…and I know that they have a great purpose in our ecosystem, but they drive. me. crazy!!!!! They steal so much joy out of an otherwise lovely day!  My girls and I always get eaten…

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How to Prune Hydrangeas…and When

How to Prune Hydrangeas - Redeem Your Ground | RYGblog.com (PeeGee Hydrangea)

Several weeks ago I started a series of posts on one of everyone’s favorite landscape shrubs…the loverly hydrangea. I started with defining and describing the different types of hydrangeas…and next how to plant hydrangeas.  Today I’m going to continue along the hydrangea path with answering one of the most common questions I get from friends and family…How do you prune…

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The Burlap Wreath | Year’round Door Decor

Add fall texture with a burlap wreath (with step-by-step instructions) - Redeem Your Ground | RYGblog.com

Since Doug shared what he made for the family Christmas gift exchange this year (a Pallet Board Red Ribbon Star), I felt sure everyone was dying to know what I made. Well probably not, but I’m going to flatter myself and share what I made with you anyway.  A burlap wreath!  (That probably doesn’t surprise…

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