“You city folk need to come out here for a REAL salad”

It’s been a great season so far for salad greens. Not too hot, not too cold, and plenty of moisture.
We have been eating salads for weeks now, and I tell you what; it’s one of the highlights of my day. Not just because produce is so expensive at the store, and tastes like the bag [...]

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Construction zone

Today Emma announced that we needed to build a playset for her bantam chickens. The bantams are a very small type of chicken, and our two are kept separate from the flock because the cats would eat them. I have a LOT of scrap wood around, about 500 pounds of nails and one hammer. I [...]

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More to come….

I feel terrible that we haven’t been posting like we should. It is finally spring so we are spending every waking hour planting, planting, planting.
We will post later today about all that has been going on as of late.
Here is a picture of a tree that i pass twice a day, and I always think, [...]

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Weekend Breakfasts

Breakfast at our place on the weekends is a really special (and yummy!) time for us. It’s nice to be able to sit together for breakfast and enjoy it, rather than eating on the run as we all get ready to start our day during the week. My anniversary gift from Don was a [...]

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