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Yesterday I was thinking about canning all those peas I picked. But after reading everyone’s recipe suggestions I quickly bailed on that crazy idea, and decided to take reader Elena’s advise and adapt her recipe for peas and prosciutto. I didn’t have any prosciutto on hand, but I did have some bacon. So with the Read More >>
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Yesterday, I took The Girl Who Thinks She’s a Bird and Monkey Boy to try out the new zip line course, “Zip Wild” at Northwest Trek. The Girl is afraid of heights, and I thought this would be a great way to overcome them. I don’t know about you, but I think dangling form 60 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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Have you ever made peach salsa before? Holy mackerel, this stuff is good. I had a few peaches left over from the other day so I thought I’d give my neighbor Girly Girl’s peach and mango salsa {without the mango} a try. I’m almost thinking this homemade peach salsa would go great with some chicken Read More >>
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This morning I went out to the garden to check on the Green Arrow shelling peas. Even though I planted the shelling peas and the sugar snap peas at the same time, this year for whatever reason, it seems like the shelling peas are taking there own sweet time to develop. Which is a totally Read More >>
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Each week, The Girl Who Thinks She’s a Bird and I head to our local market to collect boxes of discarded produce. All of the produce you see above was sitting on the grocers shelf less than an hour or two before we came to pick it up. The produce we bring home has either Read More >>
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The zucchini has just started to come on strong, and this year, I’m hoping to be able to find a few more recipes so I can incorporate the over abundance of squash that will be coming our way. I already have a super moist zucchini bread recipe that I love, and chocolate zucchini waffle recipe Read More >>
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This morning I started the process of planning out my fall vegetable garden. Normally I wouldn’t be so gung- ho about fall planting, but since I’m trying to grow 2,000 pounds of vegetables this year, I figured I needed to get my act together pretty quick. Even if it is only mid-July. In addition to Read More >>
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