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If you don’t hear from me for a while it’s because my husband has had me committed. Apparently “nobody has 74 tomato plants, or 20lbs of potato seeds trying to sprout in their living room!” “Nor do they make their own jean shorts. They buy them at Target for $25. Woman, you’re turning us into Read More >>
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Yippee! Something else for me to plant! The seed potatoes arrived today from Seed Savers. I like surprises so I ordered the 20lb sampler. I don’t know if I’m more excited about the potatoes or the cute little muslin bags they came in. I can’t wait to re-use them. I received 2.5lbs of each Read More >>
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Today was the first day of the Farmer’s Market. What a beautiful day. No rain! I showed up just after opening and purchased 2 rhubarb plants. Perhaps I’ll be able to enjoy a stalk or two this year, but if not I’ll be looking forward to rhubarb cobblers next summer and for many years Read More >>
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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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