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It seems like everything in the garden is in a holding pattern. The raspberries are waiting to burst open. The cucumber seeds are beginning to sprout. I’m not sure which I like better, chives as food or their flowers to look at. Something about their bright purple blooms screams happiness. The baby chicks are no Read More >>
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The Handsome Husband made mini burgers for Sunday dinner. I ate two of them. Monkey Boy ate 4. Got some free coupon crack in the mail. And made some spicy chicken stir fry. And drank tea from a “coffee” cup. I made another 250 cookies. And dreamed about a Bee Haus. Yep, it’s been a Read More >>
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The Girl is crazy for her chickens. Can you read what her shirt says? “I’m Freakin Nuts.” You can say that again! Do you see the patch of cleared tundra in front of you? Do you notice how ALL the weeds are gone? Sure it might look at little ghetto now what with the dog Read More >>
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The Girl had a sleepover last night with some of her peeps. This is the text I received at 7:32 this morning: How can you say no to that? Well, I guess you could but I’m a BIG fan of well behaved teenagers and these peeps are the best teenagers ever! And so pancakes it Read More >>
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Karma I tell ya. Sometimes it just comes around and bites you in the butt! Like this morning. I headed over to Safeway for some FREE money making cornflakes (buy 4 boxes for $4, use $2 in coupons, pay $2, get $3 off your next order: viola! Mavis makes a buck while she’s there picking Read More >>
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My daughter, The Girl Who Thinks She’s a Bird, as turned into some sort of track rockstar. I asked her the other day if she wanted me to bring anything to her track meet (I was thinking along the lines of Gatorade or a pear). “How about cookies” she said. “The Brownie Cookies” “Ummm???? Okay. Read More >>
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Dear Reader, Mavis will no longer be “jumping” as in “jumping off the processed food chain.” Mavis began this blog one day (about 2 years ago) after she Googled the words “Organic Gardening.” It lead her to a blog called Future House Farm which lead her to a few other interesting blogs like Fast Grow Read More >>
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View from the garden gate: May 9th. The Girl made me french toast with strawberries on top for breakfast. It was the last of last summers frozen strawberries. Luckily these will be ready in about about 6 weeks or so I hope! The baby chicks are babies no longer. They are getting HUGE. Black Fatty Read More >>
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