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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 >>
OCD has it’s perks. I don’t know about you, but I like my vegetables to line up in pretty little rows. I mean, if I’m going to go to all the effort of planting a garden, it might as well look nice. Right? Am I wrong? Do only total garden crack heads like me do Read More >>
Because kale and Swiss chard are pretty much the only thing I can grow outside all winter, I figure I might as well start coming up with a few recipes so we can enjoy the stuff now before we are inundated with it and I have no idea what to do with it. So today, Read More >>
Photo Credit Okay, so maybe I am a total garden nerd, but every year around this time I start thinking about what I’m going to plant in NEXT YEARS garden. And because I am a super nerd, I like to get on the mailing list for my favorite seed companies so I’ll be the first Read More >>
Hey, Mavis! This year we got an awesome 1,000 gallon water tank to use for our rainwater collection system that feeds off the carport. It has made all the difference in the world. We live NE of Dallas, TX (appx. 25 miles SW of Paris). Most everyone else around here has given up and plowed Read More >>
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