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If you are in the Seattle/Tacoma area and own chickens or have been thinking about raising chickens in your backyard, you’ll want to cough up $5 to take a tour of local chicken abodes this weekend. I went on the Urban Coop Tour last year and came home with a bunch of ideas for the Read More >>
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This afternoon I walked out the back door to pick a few strawberries for dessert, and discovered a robin happily pecking at my berries. What a stinker! In recent years I have had to deal with chipmunks trying to steal my berries, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen a bird in my berry patch Read More >>
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Is it just me, or do you also plant vegetables that you don’t know what the heck to do with once it’s time to harvest them? Every year I plant cabbage, and every year I’m left scratching my head wondering what on earth to do with it. The Handsome Husband is the big cabbage fan Read More >>
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Yesterday I headed out to the garden with one specific goal in mind. To pick a cabbage. I don’t know why, but I still find it hard to believe that you can plant a seed, give it a little water and it will turn into food. Am I the only one who is totally in Read More >>
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This past week was fairly decent. We were able to pick up a ton of free chicken scraps as well as reclaim a bit of fresh produce for ourselves. Because I don’t have a need for it, I no longer hold back any of the lettuce {which typically fills an entire box}for ourselves. Even though Read More >>
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Ring. Ring. Hello… Hello… Are you coming to the potluck? Can you bring a vegetable side dish? Why, yes. Yes I can. Holy crackers Batman! Who knew bacon and corn tastes so perfect together? I know corn isn’t quite in season yet, but if you come across a good deal on corn, grab a few Read More >>
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This year I planted 3 kinds of peas. Sugar Snap Peas, Snow Peas, and Green Arrow Peas. This morning I went out the the garden and noticed quite a few sugar snap peas that were ready to be picked. So I decided today would be the perfect day to talk about sugar snap peas. Read More >>
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Sooo, How was your weekend? Did you do anything, or catch anything exciting? Well, I won’t go into details just quite yet, but I’d say we caught a few things… Here is what we picked up this week Costco $26.57 Guess who bought all this crap? Not me. The Handsome Husband took Monkey Boy to Read More >>
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