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It’s been awhile since I’ve shared pictures of the greenhouse with you so I snapped a few pictures last night. If you look really close you can see a hint of pink near the greenhouse glass. That’s a stargazer lily plant. This is my first year growing lilies and something tells me I probably should Read More >>
This year I’m on a mission to grow 4,000 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables in my suburban backyard. In 2012 I was able to grow 2,028 pounds, and in 2013 I’m going double or nothing. I have absolutely no idea if I’ll be able to achieve my goal. But, as with any adventure, half the fun is getting there. ~Mavis ******* This Read More >>
This week we picked up four boxes of discard fruits and vegetables from Mr. Produce Guy. How do you eat your banana’s? Do you prefer them green? Totally yellow, or with a few spots? My grandfather would wait until a banana was practically black before he ate it. As a kid I thought it was Read More >>
Albertsons $13.17 Albertsons had a juice deal last week where if you bought one bottle of orange juice at $4.99 you got 2 additional for free so I loaded up. Oh yes I did! The juice doesn’t expire until around mid August so I’m pretty excited. Amazon Grocery – FREE I redeemed some of my Read More >>
Last week I hit the motherload of free produce. It was nuts! You can definitely tell when things start to pick up in the produce section and people start to buy more fruit. Although the free produce boxes from Mr. Produce Guy were overflowing again this week, the pickings were kind of slim when compared Read More >>
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