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Man-oh-man, I hate it when I think I have all the ingredients to make a recipe, only to find out that something has gone bad. Did you know you can extend the life of cottage cheese, sour cream, and yogurt by storing it in the fridge lid side down? It creates a vacuum that slows Read More >>
Now that I am spending my days outside digging in the dirt, I’ve noticed my clothes are taking a little bit more of a beating. And while it’s just dirt, glorious dirt, it reminds me of when The Girl and Monkey Boy were little–a day in the dirt meant a few more challenges in the Read More >>
This year, I’ve decided to crank it up a notch in the composting department. Growing 4000 lbs of fresh produce is going to require that I really think about my soil. In the words of the movie Uncle Buck, I am going to start “cooking our garbage”–all of those wasted food scraps {that are too Read More >>
10 Cool Things to Do With Eggshells – With all of the effort my ladies go through to lay an egg, it feels wrong somehow not to use the whole thing. Plus, there are soooo many ways to use the shells. Even it you don’t have chickens, you can still totally use the shells from Read More >>
Today, I decided to make a compost bin out of wood pallets. Since I’m going double or nothing and trying to grow 4000 lbs. of fresh produce this year, I figured I better get serious about making every effort to keep the soil healthy. Plus, composting is FREE, and once you have the spot for Read More >>
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