Typical Spring Evening
I can see how my routines look awfully strange to people sometimes. When I recap my weekend, for example, it’s […]
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backyard livestock, chickens, modern homesteading, potatoes, randomMay Plantings
A big highlight from this weekend was spending the day with my sweet nephew, Evan, on Saturday. Evan, Jay and
May Sprouts
April flew by this year and everything seems to be growing along quite well. I took a turn through the
Farmer’s Market Restraint
I had the pleasure of spending Saturday morning with a good friend at the farmer’s market in downtown Portland. It’s
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farmers market, flowersMysteries Solved
A couple weeks ago our temperatures in Portland were dropping to unusually freezing temperatures. I wrote about the mysterious happenings,
Growing Potatoes in Tires
This is a new venture for me: growing potatoes in tires. I read about this initially on this Ed Hume
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garden, potatoesFirst Transplants
When it’s sunny in Portland, it reminds all of us why we endure the 60-some consecutive days of rain in
Newspaper Seed Pots
This is the first year I am starting seeds indoors for my vegetable and herb garden. In the past, I
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frugal, garden, green living, newspaper seed pots, permaculture, seedsGallery of Gourds
Where is my Indian summer in Portland this year? It feels like summer is long gone, but the autumn equinox
The Fig Tree That Could
It all started at the Horse Brass… Jay and I were sitting around a table of friends the other night
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food forest, garden, trees