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The weather has been downright tropical around here lately in New England, and working in the garden has been an absolute joy this past week. Yesterday I finished weeding the area in front of the potting shed and planted a few packets of cottage garden type seeds. Hollyhocks and white sunflowers for height, pink, red Read More >>
Apparently I was having too much fun using my Mantis 4-Cycle Tiller Cultivator and so the HH finally decided to give it a whirl yesterday and revive a garden bed alongside the mini greenhouse. And everything was going a-okay until the blade stopped turning and the tiller sorta bounced off something. The HH immediately turned off the Read More >>
Fresh Eggs $7.00 Fresh eggs, you just can’t beat them. Last week we needed eggs and I since I had no other reason to go grocery shopping, I went a half mile up the street and bought 2 dozen eggs out of someone’s cooler at the end of their driveway for $3.50 a dozen. How Read More >>
I often wonder what’s going through Lucy’s mind. She was just 2 months old when she came to live with us, and at the time and we lived in the old neighborhood, the one with the big backyard and her friend Tuffy the Jack Russel Terrier who lived at the top of the hill. It seemed Read More >>
Today, was exhausting. I knew it was going to be, but still, as I type this at 10:30 tonight, I feel like I need a massage. And I’m totally not the massage type either. My legs are tight, my back hurts and I’m dehydrated. So far, this was been my least favorite day on our Read More >>
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