Tag: garden
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Copper’s Day Off – Fruitful!
The summer weather is here, but all of the good, sweet fruit of summer is here with it. We stayed busy today with needful things around the house, the boys homeschooling, Copper still working on the house trim, and a run to the vet for vaccines for the dog. I think we’ll […]
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Copper’s Day Off – A Day in June Edition
We had a hot weekend, but today was a beautiful June day! Copper, Dani and I spent most of it running errands far and wide. It’s nice to be able to do most of our shopping and errands on our Fortnightly Marketing Peregrination every other Saturday, but sometimes things need to be done on a […]
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Pretty, Happy, Funny, Real – Early Garden Edition
Pretty – Dani, my pretty girl, in our blueberry patch. The blueberry bushes are loaded with berries this year. Our freezer will be full! Happy – All those blueberries are making me very happy! This is just one small branch on just one bush. Blueberry Buckle. Blueberry Cobbler. Blueberry Muffins. […]
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The Promise of Summer in the Heart of Winter
I didn’t grow up knowing about gardening and growing food. My parents were both adults during The Great Depression, and my mom was raised as the daughter of a farmer who never owned his own land. The idea of having to garden, or grow your own food out of necessity, was something they never wanted […]