homesteading
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Re-branding the Cucumber
Is your garden overrun by cucumbers? Is the farmers market giving away free cucumbers with every purchase? Are your neighbors foisting their excess cucumbers on you? Sick of pickles? Then I’ve got a solution for you: spa cucumbers. Cucumbers have… Continue reading
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Recovery
Gardening can seem like a lot of trouble and turmoil (hence, all the Boss’ war references), especially when everything is small and getting started. So vulnerable. Us gardeners can take is personally and “some of us” really let it get… Continue reading
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De Fence
The Boss finally took time to read this blog in which he figures so prominently (finally, after like 12 years) and he had some feedback. One of his first comments was, “I can’t believe you haven’t written about the fence.”… Continue reading
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Willy-nilly
Willy-nilliness will absolutely not be tolerated in the Eden of Garden. And this is a source of many a tense moment between the Boss and me. He is a carpenter and a builder with the mind of an engineer and… Continue reading
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Returning
Nothing says welcome home like the crunch of thousands of dead fly carcasses. Continue reading
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A Eulogy for the Butterboy
The garden is officially winding down. The boss man harvested all the green tomatoes off our wilting plants and pulled the last of the corn — oh Butter Boy you served us well, time to put you away until next… Continue reading
Eden of Garden 