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Garden Beds

Well, I’ve been a little behind schedule due to my Achilles…but I managed to cobble together my garden beds two weekends ago, and filled them with dirt this past weekend.  I ordered topsoil from a local nursery.  It was anything but TOP.  I was a bit disappointed.  I did some more research and found that [...]

Exactly where I want to be

I had one of those moments tonight where you just realize that you’ve got it pretty good.  I’m exactly where I want to be.  I’ve spent a long time working to get here.  Things just kind of fell into place over the past 6 years.  2002 was a mess, but from April 2003 it all [...]

Seeds in Some Earth

I’m very excited today because I finally got some seeds into the earth this morning.  I have been meaning to get some seeds started for about a month now and it just has not happened due to broken car windows, and injuries…The latter being the fundamental problem because it really slowed me down. I’m happy [...]

Eating Local

A few weeks ago, while at a good friend’s house I noticed a book on her coffee table titled Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver.  She told me that she originally read a copy from the library, but that it was such a good book and she raved about it so much that her sister had [...]

Another Veggie Triumph

I’m really getting into this veggie thing.  It’s almost a game now — avoiding meat.   So, I got home tonight and found that really I had not planned appropriately for dinner and I really was scrounging in the kitchen.  Yes, scrounging.  I have not been to the store in over two weeks – TKD has but we’ve not [...]