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The garlic we planted last October is looking alive and well. When I planted it last fall, I covered it with about 6-8 inches of leaf litter. The garlic has over wintered nicely and it’s so tempting to pull one up and check its progress. But I don’t dare! The Complete Book of Garlic: Read More >>
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We went to the Organic Farm today to pick up our 3 dozen eggs for the next two weeks and we came across some Chioggia Beets. I had ordered some of these seeds from Seed Savers because we’ve never tried them before. I bought two beets for dinner tonight. I added a some sliced Read More >>
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My first harvest of the season! After being cleaned, the green onions weighed in at a whopping 4oz. To meet my goal of growing 2000lbs of food this year, I only need 1999lbs 12oz. more to go!
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Box of raspberry canes and their GIANT roots. All lined up in a pretty little row. 7 Beds about 12 feet long. I ran out of room so I had to pull up a few onions to make room for more raspberries. Well, I hate to say it but I my have ordered a Read More >>
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The mushroom kit has arrived. I ordered an indoor shiitake mushroom kit from Territorial Seed company about a month ago and it finally arrived today. I did not buy the mushroom kit because I like them. Just the opposite. The Handsome Husband LOVES mushrooms and I thought this might be a cool science experiment for Read More >>
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I think I have finally convinced the handsome husband to buy me some chickens. I have had my eye on the Eglu chicken coop for some time now. It’s a little spendy but I like the fact that: I can hose it off It looks cool Comes with 18 week old chickens I can move Read More >>
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I went out to the garden this morning and planted 2 rows of salad greens, 1 row of spinach, a row of turnips and 1 1/2 lbs of peas. It feels like spring already!
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My hillbilly neighbors were about to take three shelving units to the landfill when I drove by and asked if I could have them. They were happy to get rid of them and to not pay fee to throw them away. If I didn’t want something, I ‘d either put it in the garage Read More >>
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