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Tuesday November 09, 2010 - By Candace
I looked out at the garden tonight when I got home from work. The hoop house over the peas was fluttering in the breeze, some straggler tomato plants had flopped over, brown and soggy, rattling raspberry canes... It certainly doesn't resemble the wildly...
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Sunday September 12, 2010 - By Candace
Fall has come to Indiana in a rush this year. After scorching in the hot sun for weeks, it is as if someone flipped a switch and the cooler evenings are here, the quality of sunlight has changed and the days are suddenly shorter. As for me, I love...
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Monday December 28, 2009 - By John
I got this photo years ago from someone…
The story goes that a teacher decided it would make a great lesson in arts and biology to have the kids paint their own little ceramic clown… Then they each added some purchased...
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Friday November 20, 2009 - By Shanan
Well, this morning is the start of Illinois' early season shotgun hunting for deer. I walked outside to feed the animals and heard quite a few distant gunshots. The morning was cool and foggy, but the deer must have been moving.
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Wednesday December 10, 2008 - By Candace
So, I barely survive our first attempt at raising and selling turkeys, getting them all to our customers (who were fabulous, by the way) and cooking a 35 pound turkey for Thanksgiving - not to mention Christmas looming over everything and this...
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Thursday November 20, 2008 - By Candace
We partnered with a really great guy from here on LocalHarvest to take our turkey's and his to be processed together. He already had an appointment and generously offered to let us share it with him. This was his second year and our first. He...
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Saturday November 15, 2008 - By Candace
On a forum where I'm a member, I asked when was a good time to send turkeys to be processed. The response I got was, "When you get tired of feeding them, and when they get mean." I'm pretty sure this person wasn't giving the same...
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Friday November 14, 2008 - By Candace
I get up early. I always have. To me, the morning is the best part of the day. I don't understand why some people (like most of my family!) like to sleep the day away. So, as with most mornings, I got up at 5 a.m. to let the dogs...
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