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Backyard Garden Plot Pictures – Week 48 of 52 It’s hard to believe it’s December and our backyard garden is still alive and kicking. The fava beans we planted this past fall are doing great. We also have carrots, beets, Swiss chard, kale garlic, leeks and turnips growing in the garden boxes. I know it Read More >>
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After digging up a few vegetables for our Thanksgiving dinner this past week, I did a little bartering with my neighbor Hulda. Being able to share/trade our extra vegetables with our neighbors is pretty RAD. She had meat, I have veggies, so it was a win-win deal. Now, if we could just get a few of Read More >>
Can you believe Thanksgiving is tomorrow? I totally spaced about the turkey and just placed it in the refrigerator last night. I’m pretty sure Mr. Tom Turkey will be spending tonight in a cold water bath. 😉 What kind of nut forgets to thaw their turkey? I mean c’mon, get your act together Mavis!! So, Read More >>
Another week, another couple of boxes of ugly discarded produce we hauled home because nobody wanted to pay full price for them at the supermarket. This week Mr. Produce Guy stuffed our reclaimed boxes full of all sorts of goodies for our backyard flock of chickens. There were practically 2 boxes filled with just greens! Read More >>
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