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Continue reading →: Happy First Day of Fall!
Yay! Welcome my favourite season! Here are a few reasons I love fall: I can use my oven again without having to worry about the skyrocketing temperatures in my house. Sweaters! Cuddling in bed with the love of my life and all our animals. Without overheating. The demise of all…
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Continue reading →: Ladybugs – Natural Pest Control
Ladybugs! I have been seeing them EVERYWHERE when I am at work. They seem to be particularly fond of the thistles. You can find upwards of 20 just on one plant. And while I have been seeing large numbers of them at work, My backyard has become an aphid hangout.…
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Continue reading →: The Story of Goliath the Giant Turnip
I wanted to share with you, the story of Goliath, the giant turnip. You may remember from last week when I posted a “guess the weight” post. He turned out to be 6 pounds! Goliath’s story as I know it, started back in March. My mom was helping to enable…
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Continue reading →: Guess the weight of Goliath the giant turnip
We harvested the garden at the barn! And Goliath is now above ground in all of his glory! He was nearly 26 inches around! So we are doing a little contest. Guess how much he weighs! I guessed 8lbs, Cal (I’ll link to her blog when I’m at my computer…
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Continue reading →: Hexagon how-to (since our harvest has to wait a few days)
We have been hit with a bunch of rain in the last few days, so the harvest will need to wait until the mud goes away. So I thought I would add a little how-to on the hexagons I am making for my hexagon quilt. You can find tons of…
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