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Tonight The Girl and I are going to watch The Secrets of Highclere Castle. It is a PBS documentary on the true past and present of the castle and family Downton Abbey is based upon. It’s supposed to be a pretty interesting look into the English aristocracy. Plus, I LOVE my Downton Abbey, and think Read More >>
{Spring 2009} In spring of 2008 we built the house we live in now. Over the summer, I created our first garden bed {12’x20′} and filled it will tons of tomato, cucumber and zucchini plants. Even though we had moved to a wooded neighborhood, it still never occurred to me the deer who roamed freely up and Read More >>
Tonight, I am going to watch Fresh. It’s another food documentary that looks at our food production methods. It also shows farmers and businesses that are trying to make changes that would have a positive impact. I don’t know about you, but I can’t get enough of these. It always invigorates my gardening goals. If Read More >>
Tonight, The Girl and I will be watching Vegucated. Amazon describes the film as: “…a guerrilla-style documentary that follows three meat- and cheese-loving New Yorkers who agree to adopt a vegan diet for six weeks and learn what it’s all about.” Even though I’m not Vegan, it should be interesting. I always like shows that Read More >>
Books, Books, and More Books from Amazon.com The Backyard Homestead: Produce all the food you need on just a quarter acre! The Drunken Botanist The Book of Gardening Projects for Kids: 101 Ways to Get Kids Outside, Dirty, and Having Fun Fix-It and Forget-It Big Cookbook: 1400 Best Slow Cooker Recipes From Garbage to Gourmet: Read More >>
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