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Garden Update – May 6, 2011

Everything is my garden is growing along pretty nicely.  Out of all my beds, the new bed with 100% imported soil is doing the best.  I think my next project will be to add another 12″ of height to my … Continue reading

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Garden Slideshow – 2004 to 2010

I created this slideshow of the progress my garden has made over the years.

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Garden Update: November 19, 2010

This is the time of the year when the garden would be producing lots and lots of vegetables. If I had stuck with it and planted more stuff a few months ago I would be buried in produce right now. … Continue reading

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Local, It’s What’s For Dinner

Amber suggested that a picture of the cooked food was much more appropriate blog fodder than just the raw food. After lots of cutting and cleaning, here is what she fed the family with tonight. Fried Okra (Glenda Style), sautéd … Continue reading

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More CSA Food

I went by and picked up another distribution of food from our CSA after work today. Looks like lots of good food, and we haven’t even got to the good stuff yet. Armenian cucumber (which is actually a melon), okra … Continue reading

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Dinner From the Yard

When it was time for me to cook dinner tonight, I instinctively walked into the pantry and thought to myself, “what can I make that is quick and easy”. Staring at all the packaged and processed foods, I gave myself … Continue reading

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New Food At Home

We received our first delivery of local food from our CSA this past weekend. Here is a picture of our ‘one share’ of food. And, as if that wasn’t cool enough, some of my plants are starting to produce too. … Continue reading

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Farmers Market

We all went to the Farmer’s Market in McKinney this morning. I picked up a watermelon, some peaches , local honey and onions. If I didn’t already have a jalapeño roasting tray, I would have been real tempted to buy … Continue reading

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Garden Update May 10, 2009

I could have used another few days to work in the garden this weekend, but that isn’t going to happen. The grape vines are growing vigorously. Lots of fruit. I pruned lots of them, and straightened the vines up.

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Garden Update April 12, 2009

I made a huge salad from the radishes, leaf lettuce, and a little bit of Swiss chard and baby spinach.

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