We’ve been eating chard out of the greenhouse for awhile, but today I picked our first 2 zucchini, along with a handful of snow peas, which we enjoyed in a yummy stirfry for lunch. Yeah!! Summertime, here we come!
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gardening
Garden lunch
New babies at the Owlhaven!
Aren’t they cute????? You can click on the links to enlarge each picture– and if you’d like to see my 4yo’s whole face! Technorati Tags: chickens
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Starting seeds for the garden
My adorable hubby is sharing seed starting secrets over on his blog for anyone who’s interested.
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Garden: Starting seeds indoors
Starting your own seeds indoors is the best way to get an economical start on a garden. One of these days my husband will be putting up a post with all the details, but I wanted to give a brief answer to those of you who are eager to get going. Our last frost...
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What is a garden worth?
As we gear up for the start of gardening season, I was interested in the following post at kitchengardeners.org. In it they detailed the amount of financial savings from a 1600 square foot garden. What about you? Gonna have a garden this year? Tell me about it below. You might also enjoy checking out...
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It must be fall
(My husband has the week off, and I am making the most of it by working hard on my latest writing project. Here for you is something I wrote around this time last year.) ———– The woodpile is heaped tall and wide and deep, and covered with a brand new tarp. The stove pipe...
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I’m a little teapot
Look at the sweet little teapot that grew in our garden! ————- (Added: a second picture for perspective)
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canning mania
Time for my yearly full-pantry picture. I have 7 full shelves and 1 shelf partway full of jars. Each shelf holds 33 quarts. But a couple of the shelves are double-stacked with pint jars. I am guessing I have over 250 jars, plus about 10 gallon-sized ziplocks of dried tomatoes, apples and apricots. It...
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From the garden this morning
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