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{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 >>
{Carrots Love Tomatoes – One of my favorite gardening books!} Companion Planting Chart to Make Gardening Easier I don’t know about you, but I am a big fan of companion planting and I love having a companion planting chart to remind me what works well together. Companion planting operates on the basic premise that certain plants Read More >>
Although I read a lot of books, I don’t often write book reviews, but last week I received a copy of Salt, Sugar, Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us. I just finished reading it and thought it was so interesting, that I just had to tell you about it. It’s a book by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Michael Moss. Basically, Read More >>
I looked over at Monkey Boy the other day as he was working on his homework. “What is that?” “I dunno.” “What class is it for?” “Science.” Hmmmm…. The Girl is currently reading Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. I have no idea what it is about and the pictures are kinda creepy so I’ve Read More >>
As I was eating gingerbread-pumpkin pancakes the other morning, I began to wonder… Why is gingerbread a seasonal treat? Although I make gingersnap cookies year-round, I never make gingerbread waffles, gingerbread houses, or gingerbread cake any other time of year except around Christmas time. Why? Is there a rule against making plates of gingerbread goodness Read More >>
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