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A big thank you to everyone who entered the Botanical Interests Seeds + What’s Wrong With My Vegetable Garden Book giveaway. We have a winner! Congratulations to Sue V. who said: “I would love to try the Eggplant Long Purple Heirloom seeds! What’s not to love–purple color and great for cooking. All the artwork is Read More >>
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Yesterday, I whipped up a batch of chocolate chip banana cookies for the Handsome Husband’s lunch. After they had cooled, I placed the cookies in 2 zip bags and stuck them in the goody drawer for safe keeping. This morning, when I opened the drawer to grab a few cookies to pack in the HH’s Read More >>
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One of the benefits of being of being a housewife in high maintenance suburbia is that I have a lot of free time on my hands. Instead of hanging out at the wine bar, going to the gym or tanning three times a week, I have time to pursue hobbies. Like gardening. This past weekend Read More >>
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I’ve been thinking about asking the Handsome Husband to build me a new potting bench. The one I have is about 10 years old and the back legs are starting to deteriorate. Here are a few styles I found on-line that I like. What do you think? {photo credit} This is the potting bench of Read More >>
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Although the bees seem to be out in full force this year, I can tell already our raspberry patch will not be producing a bumper crop this summer. I expect the berry output to be around half of what it was last year. In some ways it’s a little disappointing. I still have plenty of Read More >>
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Today I decided to brave the wind and the rain and head on over to the Tacoma Farmer’s Market. I’ve been on a mission lately to try and find a few more heirloom tomato plants for my collection. Even though I am currently growing 33 different varieties of tomatoes this year, I am still on the hunt Read More >>
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Here is another yummy quinoa recipe for all you quinoa crack heads out there. I don’t know about you, but I can’t get enough of this stuff. I am beginning to think quinoa should be sold by the ounce on a street corner. Seriously, quinoa is so addicting. It’s all I think about lately. Read More >>
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Last night I took a walk around the garden and snapped a few photos, and it’s a good thing I did it then. This morning, it’s raining cats and dogs, and unless it clears up later this afternoon, I think I’ll just stay indoors today and work on a few projects instead of playing in Read More >>
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