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Hi, I'm Dave and thanks for visiting. I garden in Zone 6b in southern Indiana, and I blog here about gardening, nature and food.
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- A Little Bit Of Sunshine
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- Annie’s Kitchen Garden
- Bloom Bake Create
- Cold Hands Warm Earth
- Daphne's Dandelions
- Dave's Square Foot Garden
- Eight Gate Farm – New Hampshire
- From Seed To Table
- Garden to Wok
- Good To Grow
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- Homestead Pirate
- Kentucky Fried Garden
- Mark's Veg Plot
- Mike's Bean Patch
- Our Plot at Green Lane Allotments
- Rainbow Chard
- Seeding the Good Life
- Shawn Ann's Home and Garden
- Suburban Tomato
- The Gardening Me
Category Archives: Life
Looking Back on 2022, by the Month
For one of my last posts of the year I thought I would recap some of what I did in 2022, in a month by month format. I started the year harvesting collard greens from the garden. It’s always nice … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, collards, compost, fermented food, flowers, hiking, lacto-fermentation, peppers, ratatouille, seed starting, squash, sweet poatoes, tomatoes
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So Hard To Say Goodbye
We’re nearing the end of our kitchen remodeling project. We’ve replaced the floor and counter tops, added a backsplash, and reworked several of the cabinets. When we first started planning the makeover late last year, I was afraid of “scope … Continue reading
A New Year, A New Kitchen
The kitchen is the nerve center of many homes, and ours at Happy Acres is certainly so. We have just begun a makeover project that should bring some much-needed improvements, though it’s going to be painful for a bit. The … Continue reading
Looking Back on 2017, by the Month
For my last post of the year I thought I would share some of what I did in 2017. I started the year someplace warm, with tropical breezes and sandy beaches. Before returning home my wife and I enjoyed a … Continue reading
Back To Brrrr
After spending a couple of weeks visiting Australia and basking in their warm summer weather, today we’re Back Home Again in Indiana, and shivering in our typical cold winter weather. We had a great time in Australia, and you can … Continue reading