Can’t plant? Organize!

I know they’ve moved me from Zone 5 to Zone 6, but I’m still planting based on the Zone 5 frost date of May 10. I always plant a range of home starts, nursery starts (although fewer and fewer of those) and direct. I like to do traditional seed starting, and a little winter sowing. [...]

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Winter Harvest Giveaway Winner!

For the past 24 hours my kitchen table has been covered with a mound of seed packets, envelopes, and small paper bags. The other writers here at NDiN and I are organizing a private seed swap so we can share our excess between the (now) nine (!!!) of us. Since I’ve gotten the seeds out, [...]

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Dark Days Challenge Week 7 WEST recappers Sunday photos

It’s supposed to be winter here in the States, but it seems that Ma Nature is a bit confused as of late. While some of us are getting snow, others are flooding and getting sunburns. Stews, soups, and one-pot meals go right along with winter weather – when it happens properly! Here’s what our “Western” [...]

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Dark Days Challenge Week 9: One Pot Meals – EAST

Our first challenge with the Dark Days Challenge. Soup and One Pot Meals.  We had a look last week to see what the WEST came up with for this challenge. This week the EAST gets to show off their stuff. I see a lot of very creative One Pot meals out there. Enjoy! *** The [...]

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Goat: The Other Red Meat

Since my husband and I decided we would switch our corgi, Pocket to a raw diet, we’ve done quite a bit of meat shopping. I’ve never been much of a meat eater, so the whole process is new to me, and much easier when i can find a local farmer who can give me advice [...]

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Cream, Sour and Sweet

How many of you have ever bought (pasteurized) whipping cream for some random project, shoved it in the fridge, and forgotten about it for a while? I certainly have. Now, I’ve fed my share of soured cream and spoiled dairy to the chickens, but I’ve also found that as long as the cream is simply [...]

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Football Funds

Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought I’d be blogging about the Superbowl (especially here of all places!). While the husband is a huge football (Indianapolis Colts) fan, I can live with or without it.  This past season was a rough one for Colts fans, but the city of Indianapolis is now gearing [...]

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Wishing for a Winter Harvest Giveaway

These cold winter days make it hard for me to keep warm. Just yesterday I recalled that January day 16 years ago when I decided to move south. It was these darn northern winters that convinced me! You see I’m fortunate to have low blood pressure, but it makes it extremely hard to stay warm [...]

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Dark Days Challenge Week 8 EAST Recapper Meals:Soup/One-Pot Meal Challenge

As the weeks go on in the Dark Days Challenge, we are all going to be challenging ourselves. This week is the first  or a series of challenges; Soup or One-Pot Meal. Be sure to read the companion post today where the WEST Group is doing a detailed recap for the first week in this [...]

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Dark Days Challenge WEEK 8: One Pot Meals

It’s the first of our Challenge in a Challenge weeks! This week and next we (mostly) learned about one-pot meals. Soups, stews, cassoulet, and casseroles! One pot meals may or may not be created in only one pot, but they seem to all be warm and comforting, perfect for this time of year. *** MNLocavore [...]

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