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Have you ever grown mutant vegetables before? How am I suppose to peel this thing anyway? Over the weekend I spent a lot of time working in our raised garden beds. Since we currently have {16} 8’x4′ wide garden beds, weeding them can be quite the chore when I neglect them {which is often}. So Read More >>
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Blech. When The Girl and I went to pick up the produce boxes a few days ago all I could see were heaps of lettuce trimmings. The good thing was, chickens love lettuce. The not so good thing, I really have no use for 4 boxes of lettuce leaves. This week we were able to Read More >>
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I went out the water the greenhouse this evening and discovered a few tomatoes that needed to be picked. 4.25 oz to be exact. Wahoooo! We all have to start somewhere… Right?
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The Boy Scout came over this afternoon to hang out with The Girl Who Thinks She’s a Bird. They’ve only been able to see each other a few times this summer because he’s been off camping in the woods for weeks at a time, and helping little old ladies cross the street on weekends. So Read More >>
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This past weekend after pulling up the remaining Green Arrow pea vines, and I was able to harvest a little over 4 pounds of yummy peas. I don’t know why, but every year I get sucked into planting peas. Don’t get me wrong, we love fresh peas, but this year I’m going for poundage, and Read More >>
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For tonight’s dinner I decided to whip up a fancy corn and tomato quiche. After all, when you have chickens, there always seems to be a plethora of eggs in the refrigerator just screaming to be used up. And with the whopping 5 ears or corn we scored for free the other day, and our Read More >>
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Move over Ryan, I found a new boyfriend. Sure, he may not speak English, but he frequently wears velour track suits and travels with large tour groups, so that’s a plus. And, did you see his hat? I’m a Rock Star? Be still my heart. As far as my shopping went, it was a rather Read More >>
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I know there are all sorts of freezer and low sugar recipes out there for raspberry jam, but this one {and all it’s sugar} is still my favorite. For the most part, we don’t consume a lot of sugar. But when it comes to raspberry jam, I like mine sweet, and in my opinion, this Read More >>
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