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The rhubarb is really starting to bloom in the backyard. I can’t wait to make a blueberry rhubarb pie. I think it will be a nice switch from strawberry rhubarb.

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I wanted something hot & quick for dinner tonight since I can only eat mac & cheese 3 days in a row. Plus I wanted to use up the 6 meatballs from GFS that have been developing a heavy case of freezer burn. So here is my under 30 minute meal, made with garbage from [...]

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I had read about the whole “Throwback” thing in a packaging magazine online a few months back, and it piqued my interest. The article was basically a press release from Pepsico to let everyone know that they would be doing a limited release of Pepsi Throwback, Mt. Dew Throwback and Pepsi Natural. Well the Pepsi [...]

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It has been about 4 days and we have lots of good activity, both above and below ground. Most of the flats that i moved outside had roots coming out of the bottom of the individual cells, which i have not had happen before. So that is a positive looking sign for me about plant [...]

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Here are a couple of quick pics of the back yard and a plot in the front yard. I spent part of sunday last week deciding on how to expand the garden in the back yard. It should be a fairly easy process, just a whole lotta digging. But the front yard, that has been [...]

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This is one of those restaurant recipes that I wanted to duplicate for a while. I mean how hard could it be to make. If a high schooler working at MickyD’s can make a breakfast burrito.
As a side note, I really don’t like eggs, especially undercooked eggs of any style (poached, soft cooked, sunny side [...]

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As you may know. I’ve been having a lot of problems starting all my plants from seeds this year. But I haven’t given up entirely, because I’m not a quitter. So it’s back to the drawing board, for a new plan.
For this new batch of seedlings, I’m basically going to try and do the opposite [...]

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This is just a quick update; on the behind the scenes stuff going on here. I’ve been trying to put out a couple of posts a week, with one of the posts being of greater length then the others, so that has been going smoothly. Right now I currently have about 15 posts in the [...]

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Once again the centennial hops is crushing the golding hops like it is no ones business. When I took some measurements today 5/3/09, one vine of the centennial has already reached 6′, while the golding is barely an inch off the ground. The difference is almost shocking.
I guess that I’m glad that I made the [...]

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What a difference full sun can make for a rhubarb plant. Keep in mind that the rhubarb plants in the front and back yard were from the same rhizome, which makes the growth differences all that more dramatic.

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