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  • the chicken and the egg

    the chicken and the egg

    Until I had chickens I really had no idea how valuable those eggs at the grocery store really are.  It seems so simple, right??  You have a few…

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  • fermented cucumbers and jalapeños

    fermented cucumbers and jalapeños

    You know that team building game that people sometimes play where you have to choose what two foods you would want to live on for the rest of…

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  • garden notes :: 7.28.15

    garden notes :: 7.28.15

    The heat of summer is definitely here!!!  The tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, and tomatillo are loving it, while the beans and cucumbers are tolerating it and wishing that I’d…

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  • blueberries!!!

    blueberries!!!

    One of my favorite parts about summer is preserving all of the wonderful bounty that grows around here in our short summer months.  And fresh, local berries are…

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  • washing windows

    washing windows

    Windows!  We have so many windows!  Sixteen on our main floor, to be exact, and six upstairs.  I love our windows for the wonderful ventilation and natural light…

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  • summer heat, in the house and out

    summer heat, in the house and out

    July is in full swing and with it has come the hot and humid Minnesota air of summer.  I love this time of year, because it’s such an extreme…

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