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Wahooo…. Let the fun begin! I headed out to the greenhouse tonight to snap a few pictures when I noticed my first English cucumber growing from the gutters. I was so excited that I tripped and totally ate dirt as I ran back to the house to grab my heart shaped cucumber mold. I cannot Read More >>
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When I spied this recipe on my friend JJ’s blog the other day, I knew from second I saw the picture I’d be making it as soon as I got my hands on an avocado. Well, yesterday was my lucky day. Or rather, the Handsome Husbands lucky day, as he’s the one who had it Read More >>
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I hope you know, I do not consider myself to be a “gardening expert.” I have no formal training, and I did not grow up in a household full of gardeners. I grew up in suburbia, and we had a gardener who cut our lawn, trimmed the hedges, and occasionally planted flowers for us. Although Read More >>
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Attention tomato growers… If you are growing tomatoes this summer you will definitely want to be on the look out for an ugly tomato growing on your vines. Simply Snap a picture of your ugliest tomato and submit it HERE to the Ugly Tomato Contest, sponsored by Relish Magazine. The winner will receive a new pair of gardening boots Read More >>
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After picking another whopping 32 pounds of carrots in the garden yesterday, I stood there trying to figure out what I was going to do with them. The food bank in my town is rather small, and they already receive fresh produce from a local grocery store, so although I can donate fresh fruit and veggies, I Read More >>
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Well, it’s official. I am starting to feel overwhelmed. There are so many things going on in the garden, it is now becoming increasing difficult to group them into one post. So today I’ll show you what’s happening in the main garden, and tomorrow and show you the greenhouse and the side gardens. How’s that? Read More >>
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Imagine how much easier life would have been for the pilgrims if they would have only had food dehydrators. The pilgrims would have been able to dry tons and tons of vegetables for winter and provide hot and hearty stews for their peeps. But I suppose they would of needed electricity for that. Oh well, Read More >>
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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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