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One of the ways I’m able to keep our grocery budget so low is by freezing our extra fruits and vegetables during the growing season. I also like to make large servings of soup in my crock pot during the week as well. Knowing I have the option to pull a hearty soup or pasta sauce Read More >>
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Since the weather has been getting a bit cooler lately I decided yesterday would be the perfect day to plant garlic bulbs. The garlic won’t be ready to harvest until next summer, but for the Pacific Northwest area, now is the perfect time to plant. If you have never planted garlic before it’s super easy. Read More >>
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This year my goal is to grow 2,000 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables. I think I can do it. With 16 raised garden beds, a greenhouse, a raspberry patch and a few more planting beds sprinkled throughout our property, I believe growing 2,000 pounds of food is an attainable goal. Even if I do Read More >>
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After making a batch of pumpkin puree the other day, I cleaned the pulp off the pumpkin seeds and made a batch of roasted pumpkin seeds. Usually I just add a bit of salt and pepper to the seeds, but this year I decided to add something new to my recipe, Worcestershire sauce. And oh Read More >>
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This morning 5 the baby chick and I headed out to the garden. We cleared an 8’x4′ raised garden bed that was filled with sagging tomato plants and replaced them with kale starts. Even though no one in the house is a major fan of kale, I need to reach my goal of growing 2,000 Read More >>
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Fresh, homemade pumpkin pie, is just one of the reasons I LOVE growing pumpkins every year. When the kids were little I used to grow them for carving, never thinking about actually using the pumpkins for the what Pilgrims intended them for, PUMPKIN PIE {of course}. Making your own pumpkin puree is totally cool. So Read More >>
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What’s up with all the free lettuce lately? To bad you can’t freeze the stuff, or I’d have a years supply of iceberg by now. Luckily, between our chickens, and Girly Girls Chickens, not a bit of it goes to waste. If there is one thing the chickens love {besides corn}, it’s iceberg lettuce, it must be Read More >>
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