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This morning 5 the baby chick and I headed out to the garden. We cleared an 8’x4′ raised garden bed that was filled with sagging tomato plants and replaced them with kale starts. Even though no one in the house is a major fan of kale, I need to reach my goal of growing 2,000 Read More >>
Over the weekend I had the opportunity to visit reader Sara’s garden {and do a little bartering as well}. I wonder if Sara has an extra room at her house… Because I totally want to move in and live on her mini farm. Sara has horses, chickens, a dog, a huge garden full of vegetables and a cottage Read More >>
Baby it’s cold outside! As I left this morning to do my grocery shopping, I noticed the temperature outdoors was 44 degrees. Wow! I guess I better set aside some time to harvest vegetables today. For those of you who are following my efforts to grow food in our greenhouse this year, I snapped a Read More >>
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food from My Frontier Little House in the Suburbs: Backyard farming and home skills for self-sufficient living The Complete Guide to Building Your Own Greenhouse Root Cellaring: Natural Cold Storage of Fruits & Vegetables Grow Cook Eat Betty Crocker Cookbook: 1500 Recipes for the Way You Cook Today Best American Side Read More >>
This morning I headed out to the garden to photograph the pumpkins so I could record their growth. As I was inspecting them I noticed one of our Cinderella pumpkins was starting to get a little hole in it. So I picked it. There is still a wee bit of green on the pumpkin, but hopefully it Read More >>
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