I have bipolar organization disorder (as anybody who knows me can also swear): I swing from hyper organized to OMG where are my keys mode. I had two rooms in the house that were totally junked up and looked like the back room at Goodwill right before the cut off date for tax claim purposes. … Continue reading Spilling the beans
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Ugly volunteer tomatoes ROCK!
During the winter, I was buying a type of tomato at Walmart called Ugly Heirloom Tomaties. They were two to a pack and were $4-$5/pack. The cores were always tossed over the porch railing to my chickens. Walmart quit selling these (along with the hot dogs with no corn syrup and Annie's Cheddar Bunnies and … Continue reading Ugly volunteer tomatoes ROCK!
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Making salsa
I was gifted three five gallon buckets full of fresh tomatoes. I know!!! That is AWESOME!!! They had to all be done up pretty quickly though because they were very ripe. The first thing is to get the canner going with the jars in it to sterilize them while working up the tomatoes. In all … Continue reading Making salsa
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It’s the little things…
...that make you love someone. Grand gestures are fun, but it's the day to day little things that reveal the true character of a man's heart. The little things he thinks nobody notices - those are the things that bind you to him because you DO see them. Ted mentioned last week that someone had … Continue reading It’s the little things…
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Produce galore!
There were soooo many bags of apples gifted to me that I couldn't let Bessie and the Terrible Twosome have them all (too many could cause bloat). I gave them about 50 apples and gave the rest to the turkeys and chickens. The turkeys went wild for these things. Getting extra or soft veggies and … Continue reading Produce galore!
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July apples
A fellow teacher's sister moved back here recently and bought a house with an apple tree in the front yard. The tree is dropping apples and making it hard for her sister to mow the yard. She offered me the apples and told me to come get the bagged ones every week. Bessie and the … Continue reading July apples
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Look what I found at our farmers’ market!
I am so happy that our local farmers' market is growing every year. Today I found a wonderful source for stoneware pottery - all locally thrown, painted, and personalized by hand! The tables were overflowing with beautiful pieces, and I couldn't take them all in fast enough because every time I felt myself eyeballing one … Continue reading Look what I found at our farmers’ market!
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