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Poor Pablo and Picasso. They are counting down their days together until Pablo’s first crow. Once the first crow happens, he’ll be shipped off never to see his woman Picasso again. It’s tragic, but this is suburbia, and no roosters are allowed. {Silver Laced Wyandotte} I think Pablo knows too. He likes it when The Read More >>
We didn’t have any potatoes left in the pantry so I headed out the garden to pull up the remaining potato towers this morning. The last potato tower I pulled up sort of bombed, so I was hoping for a much better yield this time. I started to get a little excited when I saw a couple of Read More >>
Can you believe it’s fall already? So far this year I have grown 1168 pounds of fruits and vegetables in my backyard, and holy cow man, it feels good. Learning how to be a little more self-sufficient each day, pretty much rocks in my book. I always thought you had to live in the woods, or Read More >>
I went out to the garden this afternoon to find some fruit for a fruit salad tonight, and was surprised to find so much out there. Here it is almost October, and there’s still plenty of good stuff growing in the backyard. Pretty stinkin’ awesome if you ask me. A few years ago we planted Read More >>
Have you ever made a Hubbard squash pie before? I made one last night and it’s already gone. Yep, the Hubbard squash pie was that good. I found this recipe for Brown Sugar Hubbard Squash Pie several years ago and I’ve been making it ever since. This year I was able to grow 184+ pounds of Hubbard Read More >>
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