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    Peas

    With the forecast calling for warmer days and nights for the next several days, I finally got a few peas in the ground (Tom Thumb & Cascadia)! It’s good thing too, because they were way too big for their little seed starting pods! Tom Thumb Peas xoxo, M

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    Bees & Pollinators

    Empty Hive

    Dead bees and excess honey.  That’s what we found yesterday when we got into our hive.  Sadness and confusion abound. The cold nights and blustery days of spring led us to postpone getting into the bees.  We’ve wondered about them and checked them from afar. We watched orientation flights a couple of weeks ago.  We looked for an signs of…

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    A New Addition

    With the exception of my rough patch a few weeks ago (which has nothing to do with the news in this post), the last few months around here have been a whirlwind of celebrating, planning and activity, that I haven’t yet shared with you all in this space, but it is time. Words truly cannot describe how incredibly happy I…

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    Happy Earth Day!!!

    “The man who has planted a garden feels that he has  done something for the good of the world.”  ~Vita Sackville-West xoxo, M

  • Chickens

    Chickens love Greens

    *chirp, chirp, chirp* Newbie #1, “What the heck is that green thing?!” Newbie #2, “I don’t know!  Go check it out!” Newbie #1, “I’m not checking it out!  You go check it out!” Hen #1, “What the hell?!  Are you guys kidding me?  If you don’t eat that, I’m gonna come over there and eat it myself!  Dumbasses!” Newbie #1,…

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    101 in 1001 Update

    It’s been a while since I’ve given an update on my 101 in 1001 list, so I figured t was about time.  The items on the list that have been accomplished are marked in red.  The rest (yes, all of the rest), has yet to be completed.  It’s a good thing I still have some time, ha?  😉 Start date: November…