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Garden
My sister came to help me this week, during a challenging round of chemotherapy. Since the beginning I’ve been doing everything possible to stay healthy for a week-long conference at St. Mary’s College in South Bend, where I’m the afternoon … Continue reading
Posted in cancer, garden, prairie
Tagged cancer, organic gardening, ovarian cancer, Sisters
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May
Last week was a long week. I have had a relatively easy time in terms of side effects, but for about three weeks the fatigue that set in was very difficult to work around. It turns out it was due … Continue reading
Inventory
Perhaps when one is choosing what to let go of and what to hold onto, one should not hold onto something that is dependent on the weather. I’m scaling back my garden plans. Friday it got up to nearly 90 degrees, and … Continue reading
Posted in cancer, garden
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This Year’s Garden
This week marked a turning point for me in terms of fatigue. The real low point was marked by my inability to make a meal on Thursday. I haven’t been keeping up with the grocery shopping, and sending others out with … Continue reading
First Harvest
These girls have figured out where I live. Last year they never got this close to the house, but I made the mistake of going out and feeding them sunflower seeds. And they figured out where I take the bag … Continue reading
Posted in garden, the Farm
Tagged backyard chickens, chickens, growing asparagus, spring produce in Minnesota
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Making Dinner
This is usually the time of year I’m closing down the freezer. By this time we’ve usually managed to eat the sauces, vegetables, zucchini bread, and fruit that I put away in August and September. This winter, though, I didn’t … Continue reading
Feeling Irish
In continuing to cook down the pantry, I woke up inspired. I had a head of cabbage that they were hawking at the grocery store yesterday, but what inspired me was the realization I also had some soaked beans and … Continue reading
Posted in garden, recipe
Tagged Bean and Cabbage Stew, cabbage, garden cooking, Irish bean stew, vegan stew
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Sprouting Part Two
Slowly but surely, I’m building up my skills… In 2014, I began sprouting seeds to get some fresh greens in winter. They are lovely things, and I’ve since invested in a sprouting tray, a set of four trays, actually, where I … Continue reading
Posted in garden, Uncategorized
Tagged growing sprouts, pea shoots, radish sprouts, sprouts, sunflower sprouts
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Chicken Apartments
A few people have asked how the chicken transition is going, so I thought I’d give you all a brief update. You’ll remember from the last post that the introduction of my chickens to the winter quarters in the pig … Continue reading
Posted in garden, the Farm
Tagged backyard chickens, chicken coop, raising chickens
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Winter Home
The chickens have had a rough week. It rained pretty much solidly for three days, and then last night gale force winds came blowing in. It was the kind of night when it is good to stay in and have some … Continue reading
Posted in garden, recipe, the Farm
Tagged backyard chickens, chickens, eggplant, Japanese eggplant recipe, Japanese vegetable soup
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