Lets Jump Together

I heard on a PBS show this morning that people are starting to get back to the basics.
The basics of gardening and having a few chickens around for eggs and meat.
They went on to show how quickly and inexpensively one could build a chicken coop.
Sounded pretty awesome to me.
Then the rest of the show was [...]

For many years we have had our gardens in the raised beds that we put in about 20 years ago.
Each spring we add organic manure, new top soil, and some peat moss.
This year we are trying a whole new approach.
Our raised beds have produced okay, but I think they are getting a bit tired from [...]

Have you ever seen this kind of asparagus?
In this country, and in most around the world, the green variety is the one we are most familiar with.
In Germany - this white version is just about the only kind they will eat.
And this white kind is the exact same as the green kind - they are [...]

I had not made a batch of Chocolate Chip cookies for a couple of months now.
Last time was before the Thanksgiving holiday.
The itch to make a batch had been nagging at the back of my brain for about a week.
I didn’t mention it to anyone - figured I would fit it in when I had [...]

Just a couple of days ago it was 81 degrees - way above normal for this time of the year.
The garden certainly hasn’t minded though.
The weatherman is forecasting the potential for frost tonight - a bit early for that in our area.
Fresh basil is my absolute favorite herb, and I have been using the dehydrator [...]

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There is nothing like fresh picked produce from the garden!
Tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, beans, and zucchini are some of the plants we grow in our garden.
It has been a couple of years since we had a vegetable garden - [...]

It is that time again.
Time to decide on a cell phone plan and phone to go with it - the years go so quickly between these contracts.
Looking at the phones they have to choose from is not a pleasant thing.
All we require is a simple, well made phone - no texting keyboards, no internet, just [...]