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With Our Hands
Friday night we enjoyed a quick getaway to French Lick and West Baden, IN with our friends. Since the mid 1800s this area has been known for its mineral springs and their restorative healing powers....
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Watching our Garden Grow
As I watch our garden grow I’m getting more and more excited to eat that first batch of vegetables straight from the earth. I’ve nibbled on some cress and a tiny lettuce leaf here and there, but so far...
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Knowing our Food
Driving past an elementary school in my neighborhood this evening I saw raised garden beds filled with corn, tomatoes, peppers and greens of every kind. These beds were spread throughout the...
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How Does Your Garden Grow?
It’s the Fourth of July Weekend and it is hot out. It’s humid, sticky and still. Luckily there is reprieve to be found in our shaded backyard. Of all the places to spend time in our home during summer,...
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Nourish
Lately I’ve been thinking about nourishment in all its forms. This summer, like always, we started a garden with good intentions. We planted seeds inside on a cold spring morning and watched them grow...
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Coffee Sack Window Box Liner
A few years ago we tried to make our tiny garage look less like an afterthought and more like part of our yard. I made curtains, hung terracotta pots and planted flowers in a window box with a coconut...
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Towards the Sun
Lately I’ve been feeling down about the state of farming in America. And down is an understatement. Our reliance on big agriculture, lack of crop diversity, our acceptance and support of GMOs (check...
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Garden in Bloom
This is the first year we haven’t turned to my in-law’s established yard to thin their perennials and cart them back to our in-progress yard. Mostly it’s because 17 inches of snow fell in Illinois when...
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Summer 2013
This summer has gone somewhere, though I’m not entirely sure where. I can tell by my hands that I’ve been working. A few of my fingertips are so cut and calloused that my fingerprint swirls seem to be...
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Another Post About Kale
The internet doesn’t need more kale recipes. I almost didn’t post this for that very reason, but then my husband reminded me the internet wouldn’t exist without unnecessary and redundant information....
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