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We made out like bandits this week with our “free chicken scraps.” I can hardly believe we have been picking up free grocery store cast offs for over 4 months now. Where does the time go? There was a little something for everyone this time around. Buff the Wayward Chicken and her friends enjoyed 2 Read More >>
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I came across this Martha Stewart recipe for blackberry apple cake a few years ago. Every summer since then, I try to make it at least once. You can serve this as a dessert with whipped cream, or for breakfast {my favorite}, it’s very versatile. And scrumptious. Let’s not forget scrumptious. Here are the directions Read More >>
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Everyday that goes by I am getting more and more excited about this years heirloom pumpkin patch. This morning as I was watering I must have spotted at least 10 different varieties of pumpkins. I can’t even tell you how badly I want to climb in there and walk around to count how many there are. But Read More >>
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Have you started thinking about your fall vegetable garden yet? Well you better hop to it. Over the weekend I started a second round of fall seedlings for my raised garden beds. The tray you see above is one I started a few weeks ago when I planted lettuces, bok choy, broccoli and a few other vegetables. Read More >>
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Over the weekend I made the best blackberry cobbler I have ever made. As soon as I pulled the bubbling goodness out of the oven, I went to the freezer, grabbed the remaining vanilla ice cream, and proceed to eat ALL of it while the cobbler was cooling. So by the time the cobbler had Read More >>
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Sorry Ryan, but I have a new boyfriend. I hate to be the one to break the news, but he does have a wee bit more gardening experience than you. I meet my new boyfriend Cisco Morris at the Ice Cream w/Cisco social that was held at the Highline Seatac Botanical Gardens today. Cisco was Read More >>
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How to Make Blackberry Jam Yesterday The Girl and I picked blackberries. After after gorging ourselves on fruit, we made a cobbler. But we still had a huge bowl of blackberries left over. So I popped them in the freezer last night and made a batch of blackberry jam this morning after breakfast. Blackberry jam is one of those Read More >>
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Here is another puzzler for you guys. I recently noticed two of my heirloom tomatoes plants have tiny black spots on them. The spots are the size of pins, and some areas have more spots than others. Does anyone know what this is? Luckily the spots are only on 2 of my tomato plants Italian Read More >>
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