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This morning as I was pulling up a part of the English pea patch, I spotted a few volunteer purple potato plants growing in between the pea vines. I don’t remember planting purple potatoes last year, so I think this batch was actaully left over from 2010. Holy cow! Who knew potatoes could hide that long underground? I had Read More >>
So far this year I have spent a whopping $484.46 on seeds, soil, Tagro, and garden tools. My original goal was to keep my expenses under $600 and to try to earn back my “seed money” via selling extra vegetables at the end of our driveway. But giving away my beloved vegetables and donating them has been really fun Read More >>
Check out this bouquet of basil I picked this morning, isn’t it lovely? Now comes the hard part, trying to figure out what to make with it. I already have a boatload of pesto in the freezer, so I’m trying to come up with a salad or a dish worthy of it. I don’t know Read More >>
Books, Books and More Books from Amazon.com Mary Bell’s Complete Dehydrator Cookbook $12.53 Fast, Fresh & Green $15.02 The Complete Guide to Food Preservation The Complete Kitchen Garden $9.99 Coupons, Freebies and Online Deals Amazon Grocery Deals- Dried Cranberries, Fruit Leather, Pancakes, Agave Nectar and Hershey’s Chocolate Milk Amazon Arts & Crafts Deals – Brother Sewing Machine, Cricut Read More >>
Wahooo…. Let the fun begin! I headed out to the greenhouse tonight to snap a few pictures when I noticed my first English cucumber growing from the gutters. I was so excited that I tripped and totally ate dirt as I ran back to the house to grab my heart shaped cucumber mold. I cannot Read More >>
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