Strawberry-Rhubarb Hand Pie
Don’t you just love June? I’m planning our evening meals based on garden strolls – picking artichokes here and there, […]
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cooking, harvest, recipes
Mixing Chicken Flocks
The new pullets are quickly turning into adult chickens. They are close to four months old now and ready to
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backyard livestock, chickens, top-backyard-livestock
Battling Flies
Having backyard livestock is a joy, but it’s not all eggs and sunshine. Chickens, ducks and other backyard livestock can
How to Plant Tomatoes
It is time to get those tomatoes in the ground! I pulled out almost everything in my late spring bed
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tomatoes, vegetables
Three Bin Compost System
That brown stuff my veggies are planted in isn’t “dirt” – it’s “soil”, a substance teeming with life from the
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compost, soil health
How to Use Bantam Eggs
Our new flock has settled in comfortably to life in our city garden. The older chickens are still separated from
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backyard livestock, chickens, egg recipes
From Spring to Summer
I can’t tell you how many people I have heard gushing about the amazingly sunny spring we are enjoying in
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garden, vegetables
Front Yard – Spring Update
Remember back in the fall when I was busy cutting and dividing perennials for the front garden? The new little
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design, garden
Baby Fruit
A home orchard is the best way to savor the delicious sweetness of summer fruits. I would argue that it
The Case for Boring Vegetables
My first years of gardening really focused on the divas of the produce world: tomatoes, pepper, eggplant and melons. Those
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garden, potatoes, vegetables