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In our latest box of reclaimed produce {I’ll post the pictures tomorrow} there were a ton of free tomatoes that needed to be dealt with right away. The quickest thing I could think to with them was to make a batch of dehydrated tomatoes. If you have never dehydrated tomatoes before it’s super easy. Wash, Read More >>
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Monkey Boy and The Girl Who Thinks She’s a Bird were rather busy this past weekend. First on the summer project list was to build a new chicken yard for our backyard flock. Ricky the Raccoon had made 3 appearances over the previous 2 days and so we knew he was casing the joint for Read More >>
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Is it Monday already? Wow. Time sure does fly when you are having fun. Now that summer vacation is finally here, it’s hard not to want to sit around all day in my pajamas and drink tea. Here is a re-cap of the things I picked up last week. On Saturday The Girl and I Read More >>
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Meet Sam and Sadie, They “live on the East Coast, a few hours from the Atlantic Ocean”. They are the children of my friend Jane. Knowing these two {and their little sister Miriam} have been raised with a backyard garden, I asked them if they would be interested in giving us a tour of their Read More >>
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Yesterday, The Girl Who Thinks She’s a Bird and I attended the Tacoma Urban Chicken Coop Tour. There were 10 different coops located on the map we were given, and we ended up visiting 5 of them. The artfully designed chicken coop with the living roof you see above, totally stole the show. The owner Read More >>
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Do you make fried rice? I’m not a huge fan of pork, so usually I make our fried rice without it. Sometimes I’ll make this as our main meal and other times as a side. It just depends what kind of mood I’m in. Fried rice can be made so many different ways, by simply Read More >>
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School was out for a mere 23 hours before I started to crack the summer vacation = free child labor whip. Summer vacation is for sissies. Sure there will be summer sports practice and volunteering, but that doesn’t mean Monkey Boy and The Girl get to lounge around the house for the rest of the Read More >>
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Last night as I was watering in the greenhouse I noticed something rather peculiar. The tomatoes are almost through the roof. Holy Crack! Because I am a newbie greenhouse gardener, this is something I never anticipated. Now what? Do I just cut the top off the tomato plant to prevent more growth? Do I remove Read More >>
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