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Lucy and I worked in the garden this morning spiffing up the walkway outside of the chicken coop. As you can see she is a big help. It’s pretty much 3 steps forward, 2 steps back when any sort of planting goes on, but she loves being outside, and I love having her out there. Read More >>
Well it sure was a good thing I asked you whether I should use straw or hay to cover the backyard garden for the winter. Since this is my first time trying to overwinter vegetables in the garden, I really had no clue. I do know one thing though. This straw is going to make Read More >>
This morning I went out back to collect chicken eggs. There were 22 of them. I guess no one collected eggs while I was out of town. Hmm. I wonder I could make. I’m a little tired of quiche, and I’m too tired to think. Do YOU have any good recipes that use up a Read More >>
Yesterday as I was working in the garden, I decided to make a game plan for this week. In a nutshell, my raised garden beds are driving me bonkers {and that’s saying it mildly}. Almost all the garden beds are overgrown, unrulely and look like crap and they are making me crazy. So what’s the Read More >>
OCD has it’s perks. I don’t know about you, but I like my vegetables to line up in pretty little rows. I mean, if I’m going to go to all the effort of planting a garden, it might as well look nice. Right? Am I wrong? Do only total garden crack heads like me do Read More >>
