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Harvesting & Preserving

The vibrant green aurora borealis illuminates the night sky over Owl Creek Farm, with clouds partially obscuring the display.
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Autumn Aurora Borealis

October 17, 2021 3 min to read

Hello readers! My best intentions to write regularly always fall apart when life happens and I have things to write about. We have been steadily getting ready for winter, like …

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As summer fades

September 28, 2021 3 min to read

It has been a whirlwind summer. The garden went in, with many lessons learned through the whole season. In early July, we got enough of the fencing done to put …

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Autumn so soon?

September 8, 2009 2 min to read

Doesn’t seem like the end of summer is just around the corner, but then again, the gray and rain we’ve gotten the past few days helps get over the weirdness …

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Those hardy enough to survive, thrive

July 6, 2009 1 min to read

[image links are broken after several hosting moves, hoping to find backups somewhere] I just harvested enough green beans for dinner tonight. I didn’t even know we had more than …

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Canning season

May 24, 2009 1 min to read

I hope everyone is having a good Memorial Day (and weekend)! We ran out of homemade jam early May and I could not find storebought that didn’t have HFCS (we …

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Tomatoes & the inevitable salsa

September 3, 2008 1 min to read

[image links are broken after several hosting moves, hoping to find backups somewhere] I really did mess up with the tomatoes :lol They’re all falling all over the place and …

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What a bounty! Woohoo!

August 20, 2008 0 min to read

Wow. I haven’t even set foot in the garden in 3-4 days because of the heat then rain and I was thrilled by what I found. Our first red roma …

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Rain

August 18, 2008 1 min to read

So much for planning on weeding today. A big storm came in last night and will last all week. With the amount of rain we’re going to get, I think …

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Almost baseball bats

August 3, 2008 0 min to read

I couldn’t stand it any longer, I had to pick the 3 big zucchini :lol Going to make some zucchini bread and maybe a treat for the kids and shred …

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Efforts rewarded

July 6, 2008 1 min to read

I thought it might be a good idea to check out the taters that were getting flooded over and over. The bottom 4 plants, the ones at the end of …

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Drying parsley: a how-to in progress

June 30, 2008 1 min to read

Some random images and thoughts on drying parsley for the first time. I’ll put it all into one post at the end if it turns out well! Started out with …

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Those pictures I promised

June 20, 2008 1 min to read

I couldn’t wait to get out and get pictures…I’m like a kid opening presents with this garden :lol Here’s a pea pod: One of the ripening strawberries: And the tomatoes …

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