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I think it’s kind of funny how our backyard garden has sprung to life again with all the cold weather we have been having. The garden boxes are full of green goodness and are chugging right along. The latest vegetables to emerge are cauliflower and winter beets. I’m still not sure if we will be Read More >>
This year my goal is to grow 2,000 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables. I think I can do it. With 16 raised garden beds, a greenhouse, a raspberry patch and a few more planting beds sprinkled throughout our property, I believe growing 2,000 pounds of food is an attainable goal. Even if I do Read More >>
I have a confession to make. As soon as I reach 2,000 pounds of produce, I’m planning on ripping up all the Swiss chard and kale in the back yard and tossing it to the chickens. Let’s hope it happens before Thanksgiving. Don’t you think the Swiss chard be a wonderful Thanksgiving meal for them? Read More >>
So yesterday after, finding all those onions hiding in the raspberry patch, I started to wonder what else I may have missed. And that’s when it hit me. Potatoes. I need to go back and see if I missed any potatoes. After all, the day I harvested the fall potatoes it was raining, and I Read More >>
This morning I looked out the window and thought I saw a glimmer of red in the raspberry patch. So I stepped into the Handsome Husbands boots {you do that don’t you?} and walked out to the raspberry patch in my Pajamas. Holy Cow Man! Raspberries… in November. But it gets better! As I was Read More >>
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