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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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Continue reading →: It’s almost harvest time for the Barn garden! (Follow along Friday)
Just wanted to pop by my severely neglected blog, and give everyone a quick update on all the growing things. Goliath the giant rouge turnip, is MASSIVE. For that matter, most the turnips are getting to be quite substantial. Today, we pulled all the ones that are impeding the growth…
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Continue reading →: Hexagon quilt (update #1)
I have always wanted to make a quilt by hand- the same way my great grandmothers probably would have done. Something that can stay in my family long after I am gone. After much pinteresting, I decided on a hexagon quilt. There were enough tutorials online to help me along…
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Continue reading →: Alberta Wild Rose Hip and Apple Jelly…. That turned out as syrup!
EDIT: my jelly turned out more as a syrup… But I’m leaving this post as is. I will also be trying a different recipe hopefully this fall after I collect more hips. Remember last week when I asked if anyone had made anything with rose hips? Well… I finally did…
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