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22 January 2009
Making strawberry jam
I don't do nearly as much preserving (canning) as I used to. Since we made the decision to keep our garden going year round, there ...
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21 January 2009
Figuring it out at kitchen tables
I can't let today pass by without writing something about the wonderful inaugural poem and commenting on Dianne Feinstein. Before today...
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Growing fish in the backyard
Many of us are looking for ways to produce organic food in our homes. There was a time we had an aquaponics system in our backyard, and I t...
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20 January 2009
Garden maintenance and good bugs
Hanno and I thank you all for the good wishes sent for Shane and Sarndra yesterday. It's a wonderful time for all of us and although I n...
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19 January 2009
What a day!
Yesterday started off just like any other day, I didn't know when I woke that it would become a day I'd remember all my life. I wok...
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16 January 2009
Linen and potatoes
These beautiful linen towels arrived yesterday. They are white and stunning. I won them on the Long Thread's give away just before Ch...
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15 January 2009
Motivation is the key
Temptation is a terrible thing. The attraction of convenience is ever present, the habit of doing things the old way pulls us back and be...
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14 January 2009
Stretching one meal into two
I have to admit to being out of my routine with Christmas holidays and working on my book every day. I returned to work this week, and was ...
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13 January 2009
Let's hear it for the boys
Here is Hanno with our boys, Kerry (left) and Shane. This was probably taken in 1983 or 1984. I smiled when I read Heather's indo...
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12 January 2009
Thanks for pulling up a chair at the table
Well, the first BIGGEST kitchen table worked well and is now finished. Thanks to everyone who took part on the first kitchen table talk on c...
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