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I have made so many pies through the years I think I could make a pie crust in my sleep. But it doesn’t matter how many pies I make {and consume}, I never ever get sick of pie. My family feels the same way. Probably because you can stuff a pie with all sorts of Read More >>
When you’re attempting to grow tons of food in your garden, there are a lot of gardening tools involved. And it doesn’t seem to matter how many I own or buy, I always find myself needing an extra set of hands. I’ll head out to the garden and weed; I need a place to put Read More >>
It seems like it’s been a long time since I’ve updated my 2013 garden tally so I thought I would share with you what’s been happening in our backyard lately. In a nutshell, not much. 😉 Besides the occasional salad harvest here and there, we are still in maintenance mode. Or lazy mode, I’m not Read More >>
Last week the only thing I harvested was 3 ounces of chives. Whoop. T. Do. But, I did plant an entire bed with winter carrots and radishes, so that kind of makes up for it, right? 🙂 Even though there isn’t a whole lot going on in the garden these days harvest wise, I Read More >>
This past week we harvested squash, potatoes, tomatoes and kale from our backyard garden. Things have totally slowed down because of the colder temperatures, but I don’t mind. I think it’s kind of nice because it give me more time to get a few projects crossed of my list both indoors and out. Last week Read More >>
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