Harvest is starting, big time!

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Slowly, the earliest tomatoes ripened, then more of them, now the mid-season vines are cranking out tomatoes by the basket full. After all, we planted more than 200 tomato plants this year. I'm kept...

I hope to see some of you at the Lakeland, Florida Self Reliance Expo

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I'll be away from home from September 8th to the 13th, giving a couple of talks at the Lakeland, Florida Self Reliance Expo. Any of you who can attend, please stop by and visit...

We still have 9 baby turkeys and we’re starting to roof the storage building

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Despite heavy, and frequent, rains, which often spell doom to baby turkeys, our mama turkey still has nine babies in our orchard. They're feathering out now and getting adventurous, which drives their mother nuts....

It’s being “one of those” gardening years

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Normally, we have a struggle with one or two things. But this year, it seems like we're having lots of issues we normally don't have. First, was the torrential rain, then the constant rain....

Yep, I get sick too

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Right smack in the middle of deadline for the magazine, my mother being in the hospital for another bowel blockage (luckily cleared without surgery this time) and building on the new addition, I got...