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I’ll admit it, I am a total sucker for baby chicks. So yesterday when I stopped by the Garden Sphere in Tacoma for a few packets of Crosby’s Egyptian Beet seeds for my late fall garden, the words “do you have any baby chicks?” flew out of my mouth before I could close it. I Read More >>
Remember the potato towers I built earlier this spring? Well last night I decided to knock one over to see what was inside. Now this potato tower was a little different than the other potato towers I have growing, somehow I got distracted, and never got around to adding more dirt to this particular potato tower. So I knew the Read More >>
Right now the garden is in a holding pattern. Almost all of the tomatoes are green, and the squash are getting nice and fat. This time of year is the best part, but waiting for everything to ripen, is hard. Mostly because I know that when it does, it will be pandemonium trying to get Read More >>
This past week I hit the jackpot in the reclaimed food department. Melons, lettuce, strawberries, corn and grapes. This whole idea of asking your local grocer for their chicken scraps isn’t a bad gig. Some weeks we make out like bandits, and some weeks the chickens get all the loot. What we obtain, and what Read More >>
I was out running errands this afternoon and stopped by 2 grocery stores; Safeway and Fred Meyer. I was able to load up on free weenies, milk, orange juice, butter and a few candy bars {to hide in my desk} for only $10! Not to shabby if you ask me. Here is how my shopping Read More >>
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