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Even though I spent a lot of time playing in the dirt this week, I still managed to squeeze in a few quick shopping trips. My favorite “shopping” trip last week wasn’t really shopping at all. I mean really, what normal person would consider picking up “chicken scraps shopping? I think it would be more Read More >>
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Yesterday, I collected another load of “chicken scraps.” This time there were 4 boxes. I almost fainted. The first thing that came to mind was, what’s wrong with the watermelon? What’s wrong with the carrots? And then it hit me. There was nothing wrong with them. It would just be to time consuming to pick Read More >>
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Here we are, the end of April and the backyard garden plot is finally starting to take shape. Just a few more weeks to go until I can plant my tomato starts and really start to see some progress from above. The recent cold weather has done wonders for the peas, broccoli and cabbage plants. Read More >>
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For lunch today I made the Handsome Husband a lovely strawberry and spinach salad. It cost me nothing. Although he would never admit it, I think he’s secretly impressed with my scavenging skills. I mean it’s not everyday a wife makes her husband a gourmet lunch out of free food that was intended for the Read More >>
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After harvesting lettuce and radishes out of the gutters this morning, I went ahead and re-planted them. When I first planted the greenhouse gutters with radishes in Mid-February, I had no idea it would take 2 1/2 months for them to be harvested. Clearly, it was due to the cold weather. And since I want Read More >>
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