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Hello Saturday! According to the weather service, gusty winds and small hail are possible today. And it’s raining right now too. So you know what that means… pajamas…. ALL DAY. Yee-Haw! On the agenda for this wet and windy day: Pack up orders and ship them out Plant peppers in the kitchen garden {once/if it Read More >>
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Yesterday the plan was to harvest seaweed from the muddy beach below to add as mulch around our tomato plants. I think I have somewhere in the neighborhood of about 75 tomato plants in the garden so far {with still a few more to plant}. But after about 2 wheelbarrow loads, I sort of got Read More >>
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Our floating dock still isn’t in the water. Which is sort of a bummer beacuse it means we can’t use the dinghy until it’s in. We were going to put it in the water last week, but it was too windy and the HH didn’t feel comfortable wrangling it into the water with just the Read More >>
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Yesterday we visited the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay, Maine. The gardens have been on my list of “places to visit” since moving to Maine a few years ago. And while there wasn’t a tremendous amount of flowers in bloom yet, there was still plenty to see. My favorites being the children’s garden and Read More >>
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Last friday the HH and I stopped by the Damariscotta Farmers Market just as it opened and were surprised at how busy the market was. Some vendors already had 3-4 people in line for their products when we got there. This is only the third farmers market we’ve been to in Maine {how is that Read More >>
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Well, I fell off the wagon. Last week I had an appointment down south and was near a Market Basket so I stopped by {without a list}. What started out as a maybe I’ll just stop in for a Boston cream doughnut and some produce turned into a summer stock up on pickety bit items. Read More >>
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Here’s my big list of things I want to accomplish in 2022: Remodel The Kitchen All kitchen projects are on hold until the dishwasher, and oven are delivered. Which is a good thing… because I’m having too much fun playing in my new religious family sized garden plot to care about anything kitchen related. 🙂 Read More >>
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Hello Saturday! Clouds and a high of 52 is the forecast for Mid-Coast Maine today. But hey, it’s above freezing so I’ll take it. 🙂 On the agenda for today: Pack up orders and ship them out Start hardening off my tomato/pepper plants {2 hours outside today} Wait for Dirt Guy to show up Get Read More >>
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