snow peas

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Garden Happiness(es)

Garden Happiness(es)

Round two of the snap peas is much smaller than Round One, but we already have a few flowers and one actual pea :-)The Blue Corn is coming along nicely!  This is my first year trying this variety...my fingers are officially crossed!All of the tomatoes I started from seed in one of our raised beds are turning into giants and…
June 23, 2011
The bad, the ugly and the upside…

The bad, the ugly and the upside…

Sometimes, when I write a blog, I want to only show the good, beautiful, happiness that is happening with the yard or the chickens.  Don't ask me why, maybe it's just in my nature.  However, it's not the whole truth and I know that I enjoy reading of other urban homesteading struggles because those who share their struggles are telling…
May 15, 2011
Spring has officially arrived!!!

Spring has officially arrived!!!

With spring officially upon us I find myself remembering how many hours of hard, dirty work it takes to get the yard ready for planting!  All winter long, while I'm warm and cozy, hibernating and stuck inside, I fantasize about being in the yard with the sun on my back and the warm soil at my fingertips.  I forget, however,…
March 21, 2011