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    Half is enough

    Oh, the garden. It’s just not going to be a great year for it. The weather doesn’t like to cooperate, my body doesn’t want to cooperate, some of my seedlings have died because I forgot about them… Not a good year at all for the garden. Last night I forced…

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    It’s for the best, really

    I’m not quite sure the best tactic for a knitter at a fiber/yarn show, but I think the lesson for the day is that having a plan means coming home (mostly) empty handed. This weekend was the Great Lakes Fiber Show, which we visited last year and I scored quite a haul.…

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    Wee visitor

    I know I’m not supposed to like bunnies in the garden, but I do. they make me happy, with their little fuzzy ears and their soft fur and sweet little tails. And, besides, our garden is in a state of complete disarray at this point – every time we make…

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    Here a cheep, there a cheep

    The next best thing to having chickens of your own? Your parents getting chickens, letting you pick out a breed you want, and letting you have one all to yourself to name (which may turn out to be a bad thing when we figure out which ones the roosters are…

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    Natural Dye Play

    It’s Easter today, which means this weekend I had a bee in my bonnet about dyeing eggs. But I didn’t want to just do any ol’ dye job – no, I wanted to play with natural dyes with what I had in my kitchen. Which happened to be blueberries and…

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    Better late than never

    I finally managed to start my seeds last week (there was quite the meltdown about money to fix the cars, and how starting seeds saves us money on plants and whatnot) and they’re germinating nicely. I skipped the peppers, since they take a lot longer to germinate, but there are…