Growing zucchini in Oregon took little more effort than tossing a few seeds over your shoulders and coming back in a month or two to harvest (and harvest, and harvest). Sure, a slug or two might eat your young plants, but if the zucchini plant outgrew the slugs, you were pretty much guaranteed more ...
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Peach Recipes :: Fresh, Cooked, and Preserved
Peaches are one of my family's favorite summer fruits, and we eat them by the dozens when they are in season. Last week, my husband Brian brought home 3/4 of a bushel of ripe Missouri peaches that are dripping with juice, and sweet with a bit of tart. When you bring home so many almost-ripe peaches, ...
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Building a Tiny House
Today, I'm excited to give a progress update on the process of building a tiny house. All along, we (meaning Brian, with occasional under-skilled help from me) have been steadily building, working on a sub-floor here, framing there, planning and purchasing as we go. In the back of our minds, a ...
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How to Identify Tomato and Tobacco Hornworms
If you've raised tomatoes for any length of time, you've probably experienced the devastation of the Tomato or Tobacco Hornworm. I originally thought that I was dealing with the Tomato Hornworm (Manduca quinquemaculata), but truly, the caterpillar that is defoliating my tomato and tomatillo ...
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A Moveable Homestead Chicken Coop
In between house building, blacksmith work, and all-around handyman activities, my husband Brian has been hard at work building our chickens a home. Back in Oregon, he envisioned a moveable chicken coop on wheels and created this:
Nest boxes on both sides that were easy to access from the ...
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Solar Oven Blueberry Banana Mini Muffins
It's blueberry season here in Northeast Missouri, and we've been picking! Three visits to the local U-Pick, and many more visits to the bushes at our friend's house. I like to go into the winter months with at least 6 to 8 gallons of frozen berries for baking, smoothies, pancakes, and ...
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