Yesterday as I was driving home, I passed by a sign that read FREE U-Pick Plums. I hurried home as fast as I could, hopped out of the car, ran into the house and yelled at The Girl… “FREE PLUMS! Hurry, grab some baskets, Let’s go before they are all gone!” Turns out, the people who Read More >>
Roadside Vegetable Stands – Duris Farms Puyallup, Washington
Over the weekend, The Girl and I were in the Puyallup area. On the way home we were driving down River Road and decided to stop by Duris Farms to see if there was anything we wanted/needed. We picked up a Granite Ware Dish Pan, thought about buying a 5 gallon bucket of pickles, snapped a Read More >>
Easy Kitchen Tips – How to Get Rid of Fruit Flies
I don’t know what is going on in YOUR kitchen, but around here it’s fruit fly city. Seriously, how do the fruit flies even get into the house? Does anyone know? Do they hitch a ride on the back of the berry wagon or what? Well anyway, there was a lady at the grocery store Read More >>
Bartering with Mavis – How to Barter with Your Neighbors
The Girl Who Thinks She’s a Bird was complaining yesterday that we “don’t have any food.” Booo Hooo. So I went over to Mrs. Hillbilly’s house to try to score some “food.” You know, the kind that doesn’t have dirt all over it.
Mavis Garden Blog – Green Arrow Shelling Peas
This morning I went out to the garden to check on the Green Arrow shelling peas. Even though I planted the shelling peas and the sugar snap peas at the same time, this year for whatever reason, it seems like the shelling peas are taking there own sweet time to develop. Which is a totally Read More >>