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{photo credit} {photo credit} {photo credit} {photo credit} {photo credit} {photo credit} {photo credit} {photo credit} {photo credit} Fun Fact: Barns are red because pre-mixed paint wasn’t readily available and farmers discovered that mixing skimmed milk, lime, and red iron oxide created a coating that preserved their wood structures–and with that the American tradition of Read More >>
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One thing I’ve learned over the past few years as I’ve whittled my family’s grocery budget down from $800 a month {2008} to $100 a month {since 2010} is that there are specific times of year when groceries, household items and other goods go on sale. Just because a certain fruit or vegetable isn’t in season in Read More >>
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I don’t know about you, but there is a boatload of crapity, crap in practically every nook and cranny of my house. Things I don’t need, don’t want, don’t fit, don’t know where the heck they came from. You know, crap. By the time spring cleaning rolls around I’ll be too busy in the garden Read More >>
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And so it begins. Last year I was able to grow a little over 1 ton {2,028+ pounds} of fresh fruits and vegetables in my suburban backyard. And this year, I’m going to try and double that. 2 Tons = 4,000 Pounds of Food Yep, this is what happens when you live in suburbia without cable, when Read More >>
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Get a look at all those bags of “old” salad mix that were on their way to the dumpster. Lucky for us, Mr. Produce Guy set them aside along with all our other chicken scraps. Let’s just say The Girl was pretty excited with the loot! Remember in the “old days” when products were thrown Read More >>
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Yesterday I made a batch of homemade chicken noodle soup in the crock pot. Sure I had to beg some carrots and 2 stalks of celery off of Girly Girl to make it, but man was it good. I used to think Crock Pot meals were for busy days when there was no time to Read More >>
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The area around the chicken run has finally all been cleared, and yesterday I started on a new project. I’m thinking it should take me a few afternoons to complete. If you read my garden posts this past summer you probably noticed there were not a whole lot of weeds in the mulched areas of Read More >>
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