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Chicken Proselytizers
(photo from the West Seattle Blog!)
On Sunday, Scott and I volunteered at the Sustainable West Seattle Festival. I think we were the only booth not staffed by a business or nonprofit – just the two of us with our chicken passion. I got a little worried when we arrived to the colourful banners at all the other tables, but we put up a hasty hand-drawn sign, replete with cartoon chicken, and the people came anyhow Continue reading
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Spring in Seattle…continued
The first asian pear blossom!
Spring has Marched through April to May, and the flower parade continues. I’ve never been into flowers, but as they appear for the first time to adorn our yard, I find that I love the splashes of impossible colour. They will stay Continue reading
Starting a new vegetable garden
There are lots of ways to start a new vegetable garden; removing sod, rotting sod, bringing in new soil, and the ‘lasagna method’. I read about them all. And, in the end, I did them all. First though, I tried the easiest: the lasagna method Continue reading
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Newspaper Pots
The tomato seedlings needed transplanting. Their wee roots were poking out the bottom of the egg carton and the true leaves were having trouble growing. Books recommended transplanting to 4″ pots around this time. But I didn’t have any and didn’t want to buy any. So I looked around for a solution that would be free and for which I had the materials. Newspaper pots! Continue reading
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