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Yesterday, The Girl Who Thinks She’s a Bird and I headed over to the Seattle Tilth’s Edible Plant Sale. We all know I have more plants than I need at this point, but they were advertising they had over 50 types of tomatoes plants for sale. 50! Many of them heirloom tomatoes. Who cares about Read More >>
I spent the better part of the morning harvesting radishes. Then, after replanting the previously occupied garden bed with cabbage starts, I realized there was no way on earth we were going to be able to eat all the radishes I had just harvested. I filled a gallon sized bag full of radishes in the Read More >>
Photo Credit Wowza! If I lived in a more tropical climate, or near a beach, I’d find some old tires and paint them hot pink. Maybe even add a plastic flamingo or two. What a super cute idea! Photo Credit Even though I only have 1 window box, I have a serious weakness for them. Read More >>
It may be raining outside, but that didn’t stop me from taking a few snapshots of the garden. Check out the potato tower! The leaves are totally popping out. The French Breakfast radishes look like they are ready to harvest. The chives should bloom any day now. The first crop of beets need to be Read More >>
Last week, as I was picking up Monkey Boy from his Kung Fu lesson, I noticed several small wood pallets laying next to a large dumpster. Hmm. Who on earth would throw those out, I wondered. The parking lot full of moms sitting in their minivans. Do you think that stopped me? Nope. I grabbed Read More >>
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