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Cherries from our very own tree — whee!

Monday, June 28, 2010

So far, one of the more successful of our backyard ventures, food-wise. These are Van cherries and right now this batch is being baked into a clafoutis. Update: baking results!

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Drying Lavender

Friday, June 25, 2010

The first bunch of lavender for this year, hanging over my desk to dry:

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Tiny World IV

Friday, March 19, 2010

These sweet flowers are in big blue pots on my front porch. I found the first tulip in our yard today — not quite open, but any minute now. The magnolia tree is covered in pink blossoms, the daffodils and forsythia have been giving us beautiful yellow color all over the yard for a few [...]

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Ew

Monday, November 9, 2009

We’ve got some grody little mushrooms growing out of one of our straw bales. The straw is for winter mulching in the yard.

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News from the homestead – September, 2009

Monday, September 28, 2009

It’s been slightly less than forever since I did an update on the yard and house. We’re starting to think about how to prepare for winter, and seeing what we can get out of the garden for fall and winter. We also need to make sure the chicken coop is well-insulated, and we’ve already gotten [...]

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Succulent in Bloom

Thursday, July 9, 2009
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Daisy, Daisy…

Sunday, May 31, 2009
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Sun, glorious sun!

Sunday, April 5, 2009

We have had such a wonderful weekend here… two full days of sunshine. On Saturday we made up a pen out of four posts and some burlap & bird netting and we let the chickens into the yard for the first time. They loved it, and it made me really look forward to when we [...]

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Daffodil

Thursday, April 2, 2009

daffodil from the yard

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Giant Dutch Crocus

Friday, March 13, 2009

Took this shot yesterday evening — have I mentioned how much I love daylight savings? These beauties are out by our mailbox and between the light at that time of day and the color of these flowers, they look kind of unreal. We also have yellow daffodils, both small and large. I don’t know what [...]

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