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Tray of seedling pots with wooden markers, gently basking in sunlight on a tablecloth, by Owl Creek Farm.
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Baby steps

February 15, 2009 0 min to read

Today I planted Chives Basil Thyme Roma Tomatoes Celery Lettuce Green peppers Cabbage Jalapenos And set up one counter with the light and tray. In 2 weeks we should see …

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Less scatterbrained planning

February 11, 2009 1 min to read

We went to Lowes for a few things and I found onion and potato starts so I got those to try out – russet and red potatoes and red and …

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This week, to do

February 11, 2009 0 min to read

Scatterbrained planning. To buy: Peat pots/dirt Mini greenhouse from previous post and maybe a shop light or two Walla Walla onion seed Celery seed Cucumber seed Cabbage seed Basil seed …

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Staying in Oregon and Strawberries?

January 29, 2009 1 min to read

NO IDAHO! YES! Excuse the shouting, I’m very happy about it. I get to stay here! We’ll find out today or tomorrow if we get the house we want – …

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Garden wish listing

January 18, 2009 2 min to read

Assuming I get a place with a decent size spot for gardening, I starting pouring over Territorial Seed’s catalog. Just typing out some stuff so I can remember what I …

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If you haven’t heard about this yet, please read up!

January 16, 2009 4 min to read

The government screwed up. The royally screwed up, by allowing unsafe toys from China and other toys to be imported and sold to Americans. They admit that. But now they …

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Garden of Eatin’: Winter Edition

December 22, 2008 1 min to read

Who ordered the cold, snow and ice? Cause I’m living in the Willamette Valley and it got lost here. I’d love to send it to you! We lost power (along …

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Slowing down

September 26, 2008 2 min to read

There hasn’t been much garden to blog about and it makes me sad. I wish I was able to plant my fall/winter garden and be working with that and blogging …

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Farming Part 2

September 14, 2008 0 min to read

Farming won’t happen any time soon. The USDA Rural Development farm loan program requires 3 full years of verifiable farming experience. Kinda silly, but there’s ways to do it. I …

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Farming

September 11, 2008 1 min to read

I really want to farm. Run a CSA, have a big ol’ Kubota, have to worry frantically and obsessively about the weather, risk my livelihood on my crops. Tiny Farm …

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So the zucchini pickles

September 8, 2008 2 min to read

using that recipe….they’re kinda scary. :hide The house still smells like mustard. I’m going to try pickling them like cucumber slices and see what happens. While searching for something to …

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Pickled Zucchini

September 7, 2008 2 min to read

Yes, I’m going there :help I went in search of things to do with the 3 more monsters I just pulled from the garden and found this: Pickled Zucchini 1 …

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