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	May 2012 (7)
		
			18: Herb Spiral Update (0)
			16: Propagating Grapevines (0)
			10: Planting Potatoes: The Double Dig Method (1)
			08: Egg Recipe: Garden Fritatta (0)
			07: Anniversary Winner (0)
			04: Inviting Birds into the Garden (1)
			02: Taking Down the Snag (0)
		
	
	April 2012 (7)
		
			30: HipChickDigs Turns Five + Giveaway! (28)
			25: Spring Signs of Summer Fruit (1)
			20: Becoming A Parent: What I’ve Learned So Far (3)
			17: Emerging Spring (1)
			10: Our Homestead Plan (2)
			05: Broody Duck (0)
			03: Spring Planting With Company (0)
		
	
	March 2012 (7)
		
			30: Raised Bed Soil Prep (4)
			27: Spring + Portland = Snow? (0)
			20: Gardening An Hour At A Time (3)
			14: Rediscovering Spring (0)
			08: Kitchen Facelift (1)
			05: Welcome Baby Juniper (6)
			01: Bedroom Facelift (2)
		
	
	February 2012 (7)
		
			28: Tutorial: DIY Upholstered Headboard (4)
			23: Dividing Bulbs (0)
			21: New Fruit Trees (6)
			17: Recipe: Insomnia Teacake (0)
			15: Easy Spring Veggies (0)
			10: Portland Prospects (1)
			07: Serious Nesting (7)
		
	
	January 2012 (8)
		
			31: What & When to Grow (4)
			26: Get Busy! (1)
			18: Upcoming Event: Eugene Home & Garden Show (1)
			16: Goodbye Howard, Our Beloved Companion (6)
			12: Whirlwind in Oklahoma (1)
			06: Risky Business: Exotic Edible Plants (2)
			06: Farmy Baby Shower (4)
			03: New Year, New Bathroom (6)
		
	
	December 2011 (7)
		
			27: The New Duck Coop (3)
			23: Holiday Prep (0)
			21: Duck Coop Construction (1)
			15: Out With the Old (3)
			12: Fall Studio Wrap Up (1)
			09: Winter Morning Garden (0)
			06: Portland, I’m Home! (0)
		
	
	November 2011 (8)
		
			28: Friendsgiving (0)
			22: Thanksgiving Prep (1)
			16: Problem Solver: Strawberry Tree (2)
			11: Missing Gramps (1)
			09: Raking Is Not Homework (0)
			07: Fruit Crisp for Two (2)
			04: Portland, I’m Coming Home! (0)
			01: Molting Chickens (0)
		
	
	October 2011 (8)
		
			27: Chicken Mites: Yikes! (0)
			25: Visiting New Chicken-Keepers (2)
			19: Early Fall-Coloring Trees (1)
			13: First Mushroom Foray (0)
			11: Dog Attack = Chicken Dinner (1)
			06: Saucy Canned Marinara (2)
			04: Simple Canned Tomatoes (0)
			03: Rustic Applesauce (0)
		
	
	September 2011 (6)
		
			27: A Calm Birthday (0)
			21: Cape Cod Retreat (4)
			19: New England Farm Wedding (0)
			13: My Biggest Project Yet (9)
			08: Racking Plum Wine (0)
			06: Late Summer Already (2)
		
	
	August 2011 (7)
		
			30: First Duck Eggs (1)
			25: Making Plum Wine (5)
			23: Vacation Food (1)
			17: High Desert Plants (0)
			10: Less-Than-24-Hour-Tour of Portland (3)
			04: Friends in the Right Places (0)
			02: Cool Summer Eggs (5)
		
	
	July 2011 (8)
		
			27: Good Haul (1)
			27: Portland Book Event This Saturday (0)
			20: Goodbye Milt (2)
			14: Strawberry Waffles and Funny Eggs (2)
			13: Milt Needs to Go (3)
			07: Found the Off Button (0)
			06: Strawberry Lemon Marmalade (0)
			01: Holy Strawberries (1)
		
	
	June 2011 (8)
		
			28: Duck Flock Decisions (4)
			21: Summer Solstice (0)
			17: Changing Weekend Plans (0)
			16: Raccoon Attack (10)
			15: Charming Seattle (1)
			10: BEA Recap (1)
			06: Elliot Bay Book Company – Sunday 6/12 (0)
			02: Mendocino Woodlands Design (0)
		
	
	May 2011 (7)
		
			25: Hello Book Expo America (1)
			23: Garden of Plenty (2)
			20: What to Eat (0)
			14: Spring Vegetable Starts (0)
			10: Heiße Zitrone (0)
			04: Chartreuse and Purple Garden (2)
			02: Impatient Spring (2)
		
	
	April 2011 (10)
		
			28: Building the Shared Run (5)
			26: Building the Duck House (0)
			24: Duck Names (2)
			20: I’m Somebody! (3)
			15: Poultry-Proof Garden (2)
			13: Visit Me At Powell’s (5)
			11: Ducklings Bath Time (6)
			08: 2011 Vegetable Varieties (1)
			06: Planting Plan (6)
			04: Garden Design (1)
		
	
	March 2011 (9)
		
			31: Growing Ducklings (0)
			27: Share Your Homesteading Tips (0)
			24: Naming the Ducklings (6)
			21: My Book: Modern Homestead (9)
			17: Newest Homestead Additions: Ducklings (0)
			15: Swiss Chard for Dinner (0)
			10: Another New Herb Garden (1)
			02: Duck Breed Decisions (8)
			01: Cold Chickens (1)
		
	
	February 2011 (3)
		
			22: Planting Season Begins (2)
			15: Winter Garden Chores (2)
			08: Winter Harvesting (1)
		
	
	January 2011 (7)
		
			26: Slow down winter (1)
			21: Canned Marinara Pizza (1)
			14: Fall Term Design Studio (2)
			11: Pork Tenderloin (0)
			07: Harry Potter Party (0)
			05: My Current Garden (1)
			03: Holiday Candy (0)
		
	
	December 2010 (5)
		
			22: Holiday Cookies (1)
			21: Marking the Solstice (1)
			16: Holiday Prep (0)
			09: Finished Hard Pear Cider (3)
			07: Post Thanksgiving Recap (0)
		
	
	November 2010 (5)
		
			23: Our Thanksgiving Turkey (3)
			18: Stuffed Pumpkin Recipe (1)
			16: Eugene Local Food Resources (0)
			10: Fall at the Farm (0)
			03: Making Butter (1)
		
	
	October 2010 (4)
		
			28: Crooked Beaked Chicken (2)
			19: Unsustainable Choices (1)
			08: Canning Tomatoes (0)
			07: Canning Pears (1)
		
	
	September 2010 (6)
		
			30: Holy Tomatoes (2)
			28: Asian Pear Cider: Redo (0)
			23: Road Trip Recap II (1)
			21: Road Trip Recap (0)
			12: Home Sweet Home (1)
			08: Monticello (0)
		
	
	August 2010 (8)
		
			31: Goodbye New York (3)
			26: New York Botanical Garden (2)
			24: White House Vegetable Garden (4)
			20: Washington DC Botanical Gardens (4)
			17: Brooklyn Botanical Garden (1)
			12: Mount Vernon (6)
			09: Apocalypse Pasta (0)
			02: My New York Garden (1)
		
	
	July 2010 (9)
		
			29: Shrimp Étouffée (1)
			27: Community Garden Inspiration (1)
			22: Park Slope Food Coop’s Newest Member (2)
			20: Road Trip: Arrival in New York (2)
			14: Road Trip: 5,000 Miles (1)
			12: Road Trip: 4,000 Miles (2)
			08: Road Trip: Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center (1)
			06: Road Trip: 3,500 Miles (2)
			02: Road Trip: 3,000 Miles (0)
		
	
	June 2010 (8)
		
			30: Road Trip: 2,500 Miles (0)
			25: Road Trip: 1,500 miles (5)
			23: Road Trip: 1,000 miles (0)
			16: Garden Project Update: Easy Herb Garden (6)
			14: Annual Chicken Coop Cleaning (6)
			09: The Road East (11)
			07: Spring School Project (1)
			01: Stop the Starts (4)
		
	
	May 2010 (4)
		
			25: Getting Outta Dodge (1)
			18: Finding Where I Fit (5)
			12: Grassroots Garden Visit (2)
			05: Busy Spring Chickens (3)
		
	
	April 2010 (8)
		
			30: Happy Birthday Blog (1)
			27: Swarming Season (0)
			23: Is It Just Me? (0)
			20: My New Gig (5)
			15: Natural Woodland Cemetery (2)
			13: Shortcuts (2)
			06: Spring Greens (4)
			01: Holy Garden Moment (4)
		
	
	March 2010 (7)
		
			30: Spring Break (1)
			25: Eugene Grafting Fair (1)
			23: Early Flowering Plants: Part II (2)
			16: Lents Town Center Design (6)
			11: Early Flowering Plants: Part I (3)
			10: More Later (3)
			02: Pruning Grapes (8)
		
	
	February 2010 (5)
		
			24: February Veggies (1)
			18: When to Plant (8)
			16: Beet and Apple Salad (1)
			10: Chickens Back in Business (1)
			03: Winter Gardening (4)
		
	
	January 2010 (6)
		
			28: Pearl: Rat Attacker Extraordinaire (6)
			26: Problem Solver: Evergreen Huckleberry (0)
			20: Bare Root Tree Planting (1)
			14: Egg Recipe: Kale and Potato Spanish Tortilla (3)
			12: Problem Solver: Salal (6)
			06: Winter Provisions (3)
		
	
	December 2009 (8)
		
			31: The Highline (2)
			29: Christmas in New York (1)
			23: Park Slope Food Coop (3)
			17: Making Good Garden Soil (7)
			15: Goodbye Urban Farm (1)
			09: Comfort Food (2)
			03: Final Fall Project (3)
			01: Cranberry Hazelnut Bread (0)
		
	
	November 2009 (7)
		
			24: Turkey Day (5)
			19: Chilly Chickens (2)
			17: Ginkgo Nuts (5)
			12: The French Kitchen Garden (3)
			10: Pear Cider Success (6)
			05: Use Those Leaves (6)
			03: Ultra Urban Gardens (2)
		
	
	October 2009 (9)
		
			29: Plants Class (0)
			27: Mushroom Festival (0)
			22: These Jars Need Filling (2)
			20: Back Home (2)
			16: Meet the Minis (1)
			13: Bantam Adventure (4)
			08: Big Time Composter (1)
			06: Fall Crops (2)
			01: Pear Cider Progress (1)
		
	
	September 2009 (7)
		
			28: Renee 3.0 (4)
			22: Welcome Fall (4)
			16: How to Kill a Chicken (59)
			11: Tomato Sauce = Fail (8)
			09: Endless Squash (3)
			04: Making Pear Cider (18)
			02: Canning Season (2)
		
	
	August 2009 (7)
		
			27: Zucchini Parmigiana (2)
			25: Modest Harvest (4)
			21: Beet Leaves (4)
			19: Plum Bread Extraordinaire (3)
			13: Summer Term Ends (1)
			11: Let Them Eat Figs (3)
			05: Season Race (2)
		
	
	July 2009 (7)
		
			31: Working on the Urban Farm (2)
			27: Simple Compost Bin (4)
			21: First School Review (3)
			15: Oregon Country Fair (1)
			09: Garden Planted (0)
			07: Scattered 4th (1)
			01: Updated Frugal Projects (0)
		
	
	June 2009 (6)
		
			26: Dinner with Ruth (3)
			22: Chickens Move In (8)
			16: Eugene Arrival (4)
			09: Low Maintenance Garden Design (3)
			05: Prolific Potato Tires (7)
			03: Plant a Teepee (2)
		
	
	May 2009 (10)
		
			29: May Ripening (0)
			26: Last Week of Normalcy (1)
			22: Vegetable Beds Planted (3)
			19: My New Home (7)
			15: Chicken Attack (6)
			14: My Dinner Guest (0)
			11: House Hunt (4)
			08: Secrets & Changes (12)
			07: More Potatoes (9)
			04: Soaked, again (5)
		
	
	April 2009 (8)
		
			30: Two Years (9)
			27: Lettuce Hanging Baskets (2)
			21: Container Herb Garden (4)
			17: Spring Awakenings (1)
			13: Slow Motion Makeover (3)
			09: Intro to Beekeeping: Part III (3)
			07: Spring Seedlings (0)
			02: Intro to Beekeeping: Part II (8)
		
	
	March 2009 (9)
		
			31: Intro to Beekeeping: Part I (3)
			28: Wedding Flowers (5)
			24: Egg Recipes: Cowboy Hash (4)
			20: Spring Eggs (6)
			16: Video: Newspaper Seed Pots (5)
			13: Certified National Wildlife Habitat (4)
			10: The Cleanse: Final Week (1)
			05: Building Fort Knox (2)
			02: Preparing the Vegetable Beds (0)
		
	
	February 2009 (7)
		
			25: The Cleanse: Week 1 (4)
			23: Starting Seeds (3)
			18: The Cleanse (2)
			16: Woven Fence (5)
			10: Experimenting with Propagation (6)
			04: Newspaper Seed Pots Again! (6)
			03: Seed Exchange Party (7)
		
	
	January 2009 (7)
		
			28: Harvesting January (0)
			25: Winter Chickens (6)
			21: Onward (6)
			18: Driveway Project Complete (5)
			17: American Victory Gardens in World War II (2)
			10: Growing a Victory Garden (9)
			05: The Best Cracker (1)
		
	
	December 2008 (6)
		
			31: Goodbye Gramps (5)
			26: Valiant Attempt (0)
			22: Snowed in Chickens (2)
			14: Snow Delay (2)
			09: Diggin the Driveway (7)
			03: Returning My Key (2)
		
	
	November 2008 (7)
		
			30: Technical Difficulties (0)
			28: Zimtsterne Cookies (1)
			19: Eugene Envy (1)
			16: Garden Karma (1)
			10: Divide and Conquer (0)
			05: Exhale… (2)
			02: Potato Tires Harvest (11)
		
	
	October 2008 (9)
		
			30: Wise Words (0)
			29: Drying Herbs (0)
			26: Falling Back Home (0)
			21: Fall Preparations (0)
			16: Autumn in New York (0)
			13: Strange Chickens (0)
			08: Last Canning (10)
			06: Canning Tomatoes (0)
			02: Heirloom Tomatoes (1)
		
	
	September 2008 (14)
		
			30: Hood River Fruit Loop (0)
			29: Birthday Karaoke (2)
			26: Happy Birthday to ME! (3)
			25: Pear Chutney = Sweet Piece of Heaven (7)
			24: Asian Pear Butter Success (10)
			22: Buying 1/4 of a Cow (10)
			18: Building Garden Paths (7)
			16: Overrun with Asian Pears (1)
			14: September Orchard Tour (0)
			11: Orchard Tour this Weekend (0)
			10: Healing Herbs (3)
			08: Seattle Meetup (4)
			03: One Man’s Trash… (5)
			01: Favorite Zucchini Recipe (0)
		
	
	August 2008 (14)
		
			28: Making a Dill Crock (2)
			24: Sunday Bliss (1)
			20: Crowing Hen (3)
			18: Summer Recipes (2)
			16: Saving August (3)
			15: Pearl’s Video (3)
			14: Unbelievable: Update (0)
			13: The Unbelievable (4)
			12: First Egg (1)
			10: Farewell Steve (3)
			07: Potato Tires: Final Stack (14)
			05: Hello Steve (4)
			02: MuddyClogs Grows Up (3)
			01: Archive Index
		
	
	July 2008 (13)
		
			30: Chickens Coming of Age (2)
			28: Tour de Coops Recap (3)
			27: Summer Garden Transition (1)
			24: 5th Annual Tour de Coops (1)
			24: Bee-Keeping Workshop (5)
			24: Busy Week (0)
			18: Blueberry Fields Forever (4)
			15: The Joiner Updates (4)
			13: July Harvest (2)
			13: About (0)
			09: Home Away From Home (5)
			09: Back Home (2)
			01: Six Random Things About Me (4)
		
	
	June 2008 (15)
		
			29: Garden Tour (4)
			28: Friday Farm Trip (0)
			25: Fo-Po Garden Tour (4)
			23: Patio Progress (4)
			21: June Harvests (6)
			18: Office Produce (4)
			15: Goodbye Ed (12)
			13: Good Morning Ed (13)
			12: What Won’t I Give Up? (4)
			10: My New Scooter (6)
			08: A Rooster Among Us (3)
			07: Potato Tire Stacks: Progress (3)
			04: Office Farmer’s Market (3)
			02: Backyard Permaculture Layers (3)
			01: The Joiner (2)
		
	
	May 2008 (13)
		
			28: Flops and Fertilzer (2)
			26: Garden Pests (0)
			25: Spring Vegetables (3)
			25: Waiting (4)
			21: Final Flock (1)
			19: Goodbye Chickies (6)
			18: Jay 3.0 (0)
			12: Birds in the Garden (5)
			11: Eugene Calling (1)
			07: Tree Generations (4)
			05: Typical Spring Evening (6)
			04: May Plantings (0)
			03: May Sprouts (4)
		
	
	April 2008 (15)
		
			30: First Anniversary (6)
			28: Farmer’s Market Restraint (0)
			27: Mysteries Solved (3)
			23: Labor of Love (1)
			21: Sluggish Seedlings (5)
			20: Chick Condo (2)
			16: Patio Plans (2)
			14: Chicken Coop 2.0 (5)
			12: A Grand Day Out (0)
			09: Crazy Chicken Idea (7)
			09: 101 Posts (1)
			07: Rain Garden Workshop (1)
			05: Growing Chicks (3)
			04: First Farmers Market (1)
			02: Mysterious Happenings (4)
		
	
	March 2008 (11)
		
			30: Cat-Proof Raised Vegetable Beds (3)
			29: Seed Packet Infestation (2)
			25: Meet the Chicks (6)
			24: Building an Herb Spiral (1)
			23: Easter Gifts (3)
			19: Back in Business (2)
			18: Growing Potatoes in Tires (17)
			16: New Additions (0)
			13: New Book Decisions (1)
			10: First Transplants (2)
			04: Small Steps (2)
		
	
	February 2008 (9)
		
			28: Hey Broccoli, Tell Your Friends! (4)
			24: Spring Preparations (2)
			21: And They’re Off! (4)
			17: The Best of Everything (5)
			14: Anxiously Awaiting (1)
			12: Newspaper Seed Pots (14)
			06: Sunchoked Will of Steel (3)
			03: Seed Swap (0)
			03: I’ve Got Skills (6)
		
	
	January 2008 (10)
		
			30: Roll Out the Harvest (0)
			27: Gray Days (2)
			24: Calling All Coops (0)
			22: Food Forest Final Design (3)
			19: Fruit Tree Pruning Tips (1)
			15: Pruning Calendar & Workshop (0)
			13: Old and Ugly (0)
			08: Stranded (0)
			06: Cannonball Beach Trip (0)
			02: Chicken Brain (4)
		
	
	December 2007 (6)
		
			24: Mrs. Frisby’s Hideaway (5)
			19: Disappearance of Structure (2)
			17: The Great Sheet Mulching 2007 (Part III of III) (3)
			12: Once (2)
			09: The Produce Bible/Gardening Gifts (1)
			04: Stand Still (2)
		
	
	November 2007 (9)
		
			28: Sheet Mulching Update (1)
			27: Extra Padding (1)
			26: Gardening Gift (2)
			19: All in One Piece (1)
			14: Felony Flats (1)
			11: The Great Sheet Mulching 2007 (Part II of III) (1)
			10: Flurry of Activity (1)
			04: The Great Sheet Mulching 2007 (Part I of III) (10)
			01: Full of Beans (0)
		
	
	October 2007 (9)
		
			30: Overheard (1)
			29: Back on the Bike (2)
			28: Market Day (0)
			25: Take Me Home (2)
			17: Signs of Life (2)
			14: Harvest Festival & Orchard Tour (5)
			07: Fall Clean Up (1)
			03: Into the Wild (1)
			01: Muddy days are here again! (0)
		
	
	September 2007 (9)
		
			28: Back to Business (2)
			28: When I’m a Rockstar… (1)
			24: You Grow Girl (0)
			19: Tomatoes, Basil, and Bob (0)
			18: Gallery of Gourds (1)
			16: Naked Ladies (3)
			10: Motivation Canned (0)
			08: House Bound (1)
			06: More Time for Happy Hour (0)
		
	
	August 2007 (11)
		
			28: Missing Link (0)
			28: State of the Garden (0)
			25: Training the Upper Layer (1)
			19: It’s all coming together (0)
			15: Caution: Rant Ahead (7)
			14: Name that Gourd (2)
			13: Zen and the Art of Backyard Chicken Maintenance (3)
			08: Backyard Harvest (2)
			06: Life as an Urban Chicken (2)
			06: And the Winner Is… (0)
			01: Little Farms That Could (1)
		
	
	July 2007 (8)
		
			30: How to Build Rain Barrels (3)
			26: Calling All Portland Bloggers (0)
			24: The End of a Muddy Era (2)
			18: Garden Art Inspiration (1)
			15: A Lighter Shade of Green (2)
			10: Highs and Lows (1)
			04: Excerise Your Freedom of Speech! (6)
			02: Mulch Matters (1)
		
	
	June 2007 (5)
		
			27: Inspiration from South Korea (3)
			25: Post Vacation Freak Out (1)
			11: Give me Seoul (1)
			08: The Fig Tree That Could (4)
			03: Stocking Up (2)
		
	
	May 2007 (7)
		
			28: In Loving Memory of Mabel (1)
			23: Eggs a Go-Go (1)
			20: NW Vegetable Planting Chart (1)
			18: Portland Permaculture Workshops (0)
			16: Pop Goes the Garden – Really? (2)
			14: Food Forest Arrives (0)
			14: Nesting Outside (0)
		
	
	April 2007 (2)
		
			30: Hello Girls! (0)
			30: What am I doing? (1)
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