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    Fun with Words

    I’ve been meaning to do this for a while and so I figured, what better time to create a fun word cloud about our little urban farm than when I’m smack dab in the middle of a 30 day blogging challenge and in need of something to post? So much fun, right?! xoxo, M

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    Local Bite

    Local Perspective – The Urban Ecolife

    Up until today’s Local Perspective, our Guests have written about their experiences eating locally where they live.  For today’s post, however, I am very pleased to introduce you to Emily from The Urban Ecolife who is going mix it up a little and talk about her experiences eating locally while traveling! Yes, Emily has been traveling Central & South America…

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    Local Bite

    Local Bite Mini Challenge ::: Week Ten ::: Swap One Beverage

    Welcome to our tenth Local Bite Mini Challenge! Can you believe we’ve been at this for 2 1/2 months?  Amazing, right?! Up until now we’ve focused mostly on food items, but there’s no way I could leave out one of my favorite things ever: Beverages!! So, your challenge this week is to swap out one beverage that you drink often or…

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    June Challenges – An Update

    Today marks the midway point of two of my three current challenges so I thought it would be the perfect time to let you all know how I’m doing!  Here goes: Blogathon – I have to admit that, while I have actually posted every day so far this month (even a couple of times on a couple of days), there…

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    When Rhubarb Flowers

    Have you ever seen rhubarb flowers?  They usually show up on established rhubarb in the spring and they are gorgeous. Gorgeous and harmful, unfortunately. We encountered our first rhubarb flowers a few years ago and, not knowing what it was or what to do about it, we turned to one of our favorite books.  According to John Seymour’s The Self Sufficient…

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    Local Bite

    Local Perspective – Blue Yurt Farms

    Today’s Local Perspective comes from Erin at Blue Yurt Farms!  Erin and her husband Mike have become a huge inspiration for me as my Partner and I assess how we want to move forward in our journey towards an even more sustainable lifestyle.  I joke often about selling it all, picking up and taking off in search of a nice…