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Yesterday Lucy and I worked in the potato field {yet again} harvesting potatoes. Would you believe we still have two more rows to go? Holy cow man, will it ever end? 😉 I called our local food bank and asked if they’d be interested in some home grown potatoes and they said YES. Sweet diggety, Read More >>
Backyard Garden Plot Pictures – Week 36 of 52 Even though the weather here in Western Washington has been a little wonky lately {rain one day, sunny skies the next} everything in the garden seems to be growing as it should. Every year about this time the zucchini and cucumbers start to fade out and the Read More >>
Lucy the Puggle Dog and I have been hard at work in the garden today pulling up strawberry runners and sprucing up the pallet gardens in the backyard. So far this year we’ve grown lettuce, beans, strawberries, chard, zucchini, celery and spinach in the pallet garden. Lettuce has done the best. The strawberry runners had Read More >>
Books, Books, and More Books from Amazon.com Homemade Living: Â Keeping Chickens with Ashley English: Â All You Need to Know to Care for a Happy, Healthy Flock The Gardener’s A-Z Guide to Growing Organic Food All New Square Foot Gardening Cooking with Quinoa: Â The Supergrain Garden Updates and Chickens Too! Heirloom Tomato Harvest Mavis Butterfield | Read More >>
This year I’m on a mission to grow 4,000 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables in my suburban backyard. In 2012 I was able to grow 2,028 pounds, and in 2013 I’m going double or nothing. I have absolutely no idea if I’ll be able to achieve my goal. But, as with any adventure, half the fun is getting there.   ~Mavis ******* This Read More >>
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