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I just about fell over when I first saw the 30 boxes of strawberries. My immediate thought was strawberry jam. Then strawberry smoothies, then what the heck am I going to do with all these berries? The chickens have some pretty fierce competition these days for the free produce scraps. At this point I still Read More >>
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Guess what came in the mail today? {Oh Gnome You Didn’t T-shirt} Oh just a few gnomes for our Send in the Gnomes Fundraiser for St. Jude Children’s Hospital. We have officially hit the 10% mark. Yep, over 100 gnomes have been sent in so far. Yee- Haw! Some of the gnomes were sent in without messages. Read More >>
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The other day I stumbled onto an NPR article that asked the question: “How Did Our Brains Evolve to Equate Food with Love?” I don’t know why exactly, but it struck a chord with me. I spend all day growing food and searching it out and I’d like to think I work pretty hard to Read More >>
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You probably already know how much I love Meyer lemons, but if not, let me be very clear: I LOVE THEM. I would bathe in lemon juice if it were socially acceptable and didn’t dry my skin out. So, whenever I make anything that calls for lemon juice and I have fresh lemons on hand, Read More >>
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Yesterday it rained all.day.long. Although it was nice to lounge around in my pajamas all day long and watch movies, around 5 pm yesterday I actually got bored {can you believe it?} and so I got dressed and went outside to do a little gardening. I don’t know about you, but when it’s raining outside, I Read More >>
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You know what’s really weird? After looking at this weeks pictures I tried to remember what I fed my family this past week. I remember serving pasta, salmon, buffalo, smoothies, oatmeal, sandwiches, soup, and lot’s and lot’s of eggs. When you think about it, it’s pretty amazing what little a family needs to purchase each week if Read More >>
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Week 15 of 52 – Mavis’ Backyard Garden Plot Rain, rain, go away, come again another day. Like in the middle of a heat wave in August. Yeah, that would be nice. You know what the soggy, wet bark reminds me of right now? A 1970’s maroon shag carpet. Or Ron Burgundy’s sports coat. Yep, I’d take Read More >>
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I started some celery seeds under grow lights a while back, and yesterday I transplanted the young plants out to the garden. As long as you keep your celery plants watered, it’s about as low maintenance as it gets. Celery seems to thrive up here in the Northwest because of our cool spring and fall temperatures and it Read More >>
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