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My neighbor Hudla came over this morning to help with a few tomatoes plants. We bartered French breakfast radishes and eggs {mine} for garden labor {hers}. Does it get any better than that? I’ve decided Hudla is the best garden assistant on the planet. Mainly because when she comes over, she’s only here for one Read More >>
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Cookies for breakfast? Oh heck ya! These oatmeal cookies have eggs, oatmeal, apricots and nuts in them. Sounds like a pretty good breakfast to me. Grab a few of these babies and a cup of tea {or coffee} and you’ll power through your morning. Cookies. The breakfast of champions. Ingredients 1 cup butter, softened 1 Read More >>
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I snapped a few pictures of our square foot garden while I was out working in the backyard today. For the most part things are growing as planned. I think I’ll set out some cucumber starts and more lettuce next week, and tomatoes, tomatoes are totally on the list as well. I just need to Read More >>
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I went up to Girly Girls house to borrow some pine nuts for my Spinach and Basil Pesto Farfalle recipe and noticed another neighbors trash was overflowing in to the street. Our neighbor had these 3 fake Cinderella pumpkins sitting alongside her trash can waiting for Mr. Garbage Guy to pick them up. Oh I don’t think Read More >>
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Yesterday I took little Miss Lucy to one of her favorite places. The veterinary clinic. She loves going there. She doesn’t even mind that they give her shots because she always makes a new friend and her veterinarian is really nice. The last time we were there she got a rabies shot. It stung, and Lucy Read More >>
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I harvested some fresh basil from the greenhouse garden today and with the weather in the 80’s it seemed like the perfect opportunity to whip up a batch of spinach and basil pesto farfalle pasta salad. I don’t know about you, but I love a good pasta salad for dinner. Ingredients 2 cups fresh spinach leaves, well-washed and Read More >>
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If you are looking at this picture and thinking, holy crap, these two looked like they just rolled out of bed, you would be correct. The Handsome Husband dropped us off exactly 2 minutes before the Tacoma City Marathon started. There wasn’t even enough time to pee. We hopped in line, then found out we Read More >>
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Noah left a great tip in the comment section of the What’s on Sale in May post the other day and I wanted to make sure everyone read it because it was such a great tip! Here is what Noah had to say: “I just discovered this weekend that if you buy a boneless ham Read More >>
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