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There is nothing more satisfying than watching the green leaves of bean plants fill up your garden. Beans are my favorite crop to use succession planting on. I also am a pretty big fan of using them in companion planting. Beans mostly give a lot to other plants…they are givers, they can’t help themselves. There are Read More >>
I made 2 trips to Costco this week… The HH received a giant pack of beef sticks {barf!} in his stocking this year and when he went to open them up we noticed a tear in the package. All those poor, delicious beef sticks had mold on them, so I took them back to Costco Read More >>
I was out puttering around the garden this morning and ended up picking a giant tub of beans and immediate thought, beans… it’s what’s for dinner.” I even posted a picture on my Instagram account declaring green beans were on the dinner menu. But them I changed my mind. 😉 I think I’ll make a pie instead. Read More >>
You know that feeling you get towards the end of summer when you’ve tried every recipe you have and even though there are more vegetables to harvest in your garden, you simply have no clue what to do with them? It’s like your brain just shuts off and calls it quits. Well that’s where I’m Read More >>
The weather has been crazy good here up in the Pacific Northwest this summer and it’s hard to believe gardening season will be coming to a close pretty soon. Well, not technically coming to a close… we’ve still got plenty of things to grow around here in the winter months, but for things like fresh beans Read More >>
