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After listening to my neighbor Girly Girl go on and on about how wonderful her $12 jar of gourmet cherry jam was, I thought I would try whipping up a batch for myself. So this morning before The Girl Who Thinks She’s a Bird left for practice, I made her pit 3 pounds of cherries Read More >>
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I have mixed feelings about the garden right now. Some parts of the garden are doing really, really well. Like this bean teepee you see above. The beans are faithfully climbing up the wooden poles and the hubbard squash below is spreading like wild fire. I’m super excited to see what it’s going to look Read More >>
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After we dug up those purple potatoes yesterday, I quickly hopped online to find some sort of salad recipe to use the techno colored spuds in. I was originally thinking about making a cold potato salad, but in the end I chose to make another roasted vegetable salad. This time with blue potatoes, beets and walnuts. Not only did Read More >>
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One of my local grocery stores {Safeway} has cherries on sale this week for $1.29 a pound. So I got up bright and early and headed down to pick up 10 pounds so I could can some cherries to use later this winter. Have you ever tried home canned cherries before? Holy cats, they are 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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Just a few short weeks ago this area was just plain old dirt. Well get a look at it now. Wahoooo! This is going to be the best flippin’ pumpkin patch ever! Grow Baby Grow!
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I am re- posting this strawberry bruschetta recipe tonight because The Girl and I picked a few handfuls of strawberries this afternoon and are planning on making this to go with dinner tonight. If you have some strawberries on hand, and have not tried this recipe yet, give it a go. It’s delicious! Have you ever made Read More >>
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This morning as I was pulling up a part of the English pea patch, I spotted a few volunteer purple potato plants growing in between the pea vines. I don’t remember planting purple potatoes last year, so I think this batch was actaully left over from 2010. Holy cow! Who knew potatoes could hide that long underground? I had Read More >>
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