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Today was the day...Thanksgiving Day and the big 100th Thanksgiving Day Race
in Cincinnati. Last night I went to bed dreading the weather. But this
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The Empress
~~Melissa
(Ontario, Canada)
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[my garden]
[contact] "Life is now." And you can quote me on that.
Your nature. My nature. Our nature.
About My Garden
zone 5a Ontario Canada
[ tour my garden 2008]
started 1996 in ignorance
started figuring it out in 2002
organic
minimal watering
clay soil
flowering perennials, berries, veggies
low budget: $100/yr
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Grace in Small Things – 212, 213 - One more sleep in TO, one more day of practicum. The mentor and I are warming up to one another. I’m getting used to her critiquing style, and I sense she ...8 hours ago
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A little marker of sorts - I just passed the 50,000 word mark on my awful manuscript! Here’s a little screen shot of the word counter sitting on top of my 50k word file just to show ...12 hours ago
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Woolen Farm Kitty - Our daughter loves cats, and can't get enough of spotting them streaking across the street or lounging on front porches during every outing in our neigh...
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Full Interview: Clay Shirky - Have you ever played around with a gadget or application, only to discover it’s absolutely perfect for something different from its original design? This k...15 hours ago
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Can spring Be far Behind? Yep. - The deck was so welcoming not so long ago. The perfect place to hang out with a book or idly gaze at the fish playing under the water fall. Now that same...
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Postcard(s) No. 3 - Planning, Gathering, and Making for today's feast! Wishing you and yours the loveliest of days! Whether you are celebrating Thanksgiving today or not, I hope...21 hours ago
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Some of the best holiday lighting isn't about the holidays at all - My favorite holiday-season light displays are the ones put on by our great public gardens. Longworth comes to mind, and Lewis Ginter in Virginia. And here ...21 hours ago
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Wisdom Comes at 65Trent Gilliss, online editor Last winter I... - *Wisdom Comes at 65* Trent Gilliss, online editor Last winter I paid a hefty fine to the Minneapolis Public Library. I couldn’t let go of several photogr...22 hours ago
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Button card - Little Red Wagon's Challenge this week a card using buttons. Here is mine.
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Creating the Illusion of Scarcity - One of the reasons so many people are up to their eyeballs in debt is that they’ve had access to gobs of credit. Whether lenders threw a dozen credit cards...23 hours ago
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So Thankful - For the beauty of the earth. [image: morningroad2]For the glory of the skies. [image: 007]For this place, which centers and calms and strengthens...23 hours ago
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a thanksgiving apron - I decided to make an apron for Thanksgiving. I followed the basic instructions in Lotta Jansdotter's book and embellished it in the style of Dottie Angel. ...
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Happy Thanksgiving! - On Wednesday morning, I made my usual appearance on the Today show, and of course, it was all about Thanksgiving. I really love the tradition of this holi...1 day ago
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Pigeon Point Lighthouse Trip (With Photos) - I went to the coast for a couple of days, to be alone, to work on edits for my second book. I got the manuscript back from my editor, and I wanted to to have...1 day ago
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Most thankful - For my beautiful family, our health, our safety, the love we all have for each other. Best wishes to you and yours! click image above to see the photo on...1 day ago
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Happy Holiday - Good morning, dear sweet friends. It's a beautiful morning here, the day before Thanksgiving. I am feeling grateful for so much in my life, very much includi...1 day ago
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Happy Thanksgiving! - Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving! I am thankful for all of you readers and supporters of my little business.1 day ago
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AROUND THE URBAN HOMESTEAD - There’s certainly a lot to be thankful for here on our little urban homestead. Another pictureful post for you to enjoy. Have a wonderful and blessed holid...1 day ago
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Figuring out how to live - Figuring out how to live. Isn't that what we're all trying to do? To that point, here is some correspondence from my Facebook page to do with someone tryin...2 days ago
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Giving Thanks - My partner in crime Kathryn and I were charged with figuring out a way to dress 14 kindergartners as geese for today's Thanksgiving performance. It needed to...2 days ago
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Tiny fall cauliflower tastes good - Harvested a few tiny (tennis ball to softball-sized, like, orange to grapefruit…little ones!) cauliflower from the last-planted section of brassicas that a...3 days ago
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Boss of Your Garden - This is my Yoga post. I have a friend who started Yoga about a year ago and she is absolutely beautiful. I know I needed to exercise more, so I started doi...
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Energy-efficient homes: Small changes, big gains - *By Bob McDonald, host of the CBC science radio program Quirks & Quarks* Two teams from Canada finished among the top 10 in the U.S. Department of Energy...6 days ago
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I want to explode in the night sky of your approval - You know those people you can’t imagine ever saying, “you know—–you may be right!” or, “Huh, I never thought of it that way…..that’s a good point!” Certa...1 week ago
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Progressive Pioneer Interview - If you have a minute or two, go pour yourself an afternoon cup of tea an pop over to the Progressive Pioneer blog. I am so excited to have been included in A...1 week ago
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Dr. Oz Turns Meat-Eating Cowboy Vegan - Very cool! Big ups to Dr Oz. And big thanks to Veronica Bosgraaf for the link.1 week ago
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Pint Size Patterns - Today I am happy to introduce our new series of Pint Size Patterns! These economical little patterns are thanks to your persistent question, "Do you have a...
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Maybe Next Year.... - I grew cardoons in the garden for the first time. Unfortunately, I never got to tie up the plants and blanch the leaves so they can be cooked and eaten— w...
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feelings - FEELINGS are not meant to be fixed, punished, banished,ignored, judged, criticized, denied, feared, or hidden. Although they have no expiration date, fo...3 weeks ago
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Where I've been - This morning, someone pointed out to me that it has been a month, exactly a month, a whole month, since I last posted here. I nearly choked. The truth is, ...5 weeks ago
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Issue 12: Small Spaces and Finances - A number of readers have requested information on small spaces and finances, so we thought it would be interesting to devote an issue of the SLJ to this to...3 months ago
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hot tea with honey and lemon will do the trick along with some homemade chicken soup. Be well soon.
rest your voice let your fingers do the talking...
Get well soon!
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