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First Batch!

August 22, 2009
Look! I harvested my first jalapenos! I am not sure if I picked them too soon but they looked ready to go to me. I read that the longer you wait the spicier they will be. I figured I would pick these early and pick the next batch a little later to taste the difference. Their are more little guys coming and I...

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Birthday cobbler anyone?

August 15, 2009
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Since I am not a native of the pacific northwest I was very surprised when Chris told me we had blackberries growing in the woods behind our backyard. Apparently the plants grow wild here and during the summer months are covered with ripe, sweet berries. The rest of the year it is considered a nuisance plant by many. I thought I would take...

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Window Panes don't have to hurt!

August 13, 2009
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We have been talking about moving Penelope from her crib into her toddler bed but were a little worried about her windows being so low. I have heard a lot of stories of little ones falling out of windows and want to make sure Penelope is safe if she is going to be able to climb out of her bed. I went online...

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New Trees!

August 08, 2009
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Yesterday we went to Tsugawa, twice, and after walking around the nursery for what seemed like hours we finally decided on 2 trees. We bought a small pomegranate tree and a little Japanese maple tree. They had so many cool trees it was hard to decide. They even had a Japanese plum tree that I could use for Umeshu, a Japanese plum wine...

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Pizza, Pasta, and...Chickpeas?

August 06, 2009
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Today I made Penelope some moon shaped pizzas and pasta with marinara sauce for dinner. See my cute moon men? :p The pizzas were made on sourdough english muffins with chunky marinara, mozzarella cheese and olive eyes and mouths. I used some moon shaped cookie cutters to shape them. While I was making dinner I gave her some chickpeas (garbanzo beans) to snack...

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*Garden Update*

August 04, 2009
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We have peppers! Look...look... My Jalapeno plant has 2 peppers on it. I was so excited when I saw this I had to take pictures and document it before something ate them. Like this deer that just happened to be relaxing about 20 feet from my garden. I was out there watering and she just sat there and stared at me, drooling over...

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