When we first moved into our house 4 1/2 years ago, one of our favorite things about it was our pantry. It was not original to the house…at some point over the past 30+ years, one of the previous owners decided to add in a pantry by breaking through the wall in the kitchen and taking a few feet from…
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Harvest Monday
Happy Monday everyone! I’ve been MIA in this space for a bit due to the fact that there have been no harvests to post about. Trust me, I’ve been very sad about it! However, this week I actually have a harvest to celebrate! Yep, we’ve made it back into another green season! These mixed greens have been growing happily under…
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Back in August I asked this question, so we’ve been tracking it on my sidebar ever since. This is what’s happened in a nut (egg?) shell… For a while (read: when we first started this challenge), we were getting 6-7 eggs a day and I was feeling extremely optimistic about our little experiment. Then, the ladies started molting, their eating habits…
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Seed Gifts
Anyone who knows me, even just a little, probably knows that I absolutely love seeds! Well, I’ve now received 3 separate envelopes of seeds in the mail and I’m just beside myself with excitement! I know, I know, it’s going to be MONTHS before I can plant any of them, but that’s beside the point! The point is, they exist…
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Greens Under the Grow Lights
Shortly after the grow lights went up, the seeds went in! We’re growing wheat grass, a variety of greens and sprouts for now and will experiment with different varieties throughout the winter to see what grows the best and the fastest inside in the dead of winter. They all might be quite small, but there are lots of true leaves,…
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I have a special place in my heart for cast iron pots and pans, but up until about a year ago, we didn’t own any. Since buying a few and being given an amazing dutch oven last Christmas, we have really fallen in love with them! Last weekend Tool Lady took a trip to the Goodwill to see what she…
