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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 >>
Besides pancakes, I think fried zucchini and potatoes must be the best breakfast food on the planet. During the summer months we like to jack them up with all sorts of fresh vegetables. This morning we used zucchini and peppers. Next week? Maybe I’ll go British and add a few tomatoes to the pan. Read More >>
Have you ever grown mutant vegetables before? How am I suppose to peel this thing anyway? Over the weekend I spent a lot of time working in our raised garden beds. Since we currently have {16} 8’x4′ wide garden beds, weeding them can be quite the chore when I neglect them {which is often}. So Read More >>
This past weekend after pulling up the remaining Green Arrow pea vines, and I was able to harvest a little over 4 pounds of yummy peas. I don’t know why, but every year I get sucked into planting peas. Don’t get me wrong, we love fresh peas, but this year I’m going for poundage, and Read More >>
Yesterday, the kids and I went to the feed store to buy a bag of chicken feed. As we were walking to the counter to check out, I noticed a display of crocks on one of the end caps and stopped to take a look. For years now I have been wanting to attempt to Read More >>
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