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Follow me A few days ago I posted the story of Babes, the little bluish-gray chicken who was lost for three days, and then came back to us. She has…
Read morePickling Peppers: a super-easy way to preserve your little peppers!
Follow me This post was updated in October, 2015: When I planted peppers this spring, I had definite ideas for what I wanted in the garden this summer, pepper-wise. (My…
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Follow me A few years ago we planned a surprise 70th birthday party for Mom, and it was also to be a reunion of sorts. Mom’s one sister Maria lives…
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Follow me We keep chickens on our little farm, for fun but (unfortunately) not for profit. Every spring I buy day-old chicks at the feed store, driven by color…
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Follow me DROUGHT It’s hard to believe, now, that it was spring of last year when we had late-winter, record snowfalls which–combined with other factors–spurred the Missouri River to flood…
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