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When a Greenhorn Builds a Greenhouse

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Hooping It Up With a Greenhouse Down on the Farm Sun Island Farm's hoophouse: similar to what mine will look like. About a year ago, I...
crocus blooms in spring

Video Tour: Doting Over the Daffodils

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Daffodils: Spring's Brightest Garden Performers  [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsVaCKcxa-A] Click on the image above to start the tour. Spring Stroll Through the Daffodils I wanted to mark the first day...

Tom’s Glasses: The Never-Ending Story

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Fresh tape applied, counting to ten... My Kingdom for a Pair of Glasses! In our last episode of Tom's Broken Glasses (yes, they are taking on...

Favorite Pie Recipes: The Life of Pie

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Favorite pie recipes near and dear to my heart ...and tastebuds I know, I know; it's national Pi day, not Pie day.  And while I...

Eyewear for Tommy: Survey Says…

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Survey Says...They all look alike. In the last installment of Five Frames, One Face, One Vote , the people spoke. And while the favored frame was...

Fruit Tree Nurseries

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My growing list of Fruit Tree Nurseries I get a lot of questions from readers about where to buy fruit trees and berries, so I'll...

Warby Parker: Five Frames, One Face, One Vote

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Just last year, the plastic frames of my relatively new glasses cracked, sending the lens along with my spirits to the sidewalk below. Both fractured...

Sticks and Stones Have Found a Home

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Sticks and stones never looked so good. Sticks and Stones may break my bones, and render my lawnmower useless. Not quite the child's rhyme, but...

Giving Winter the Cold Shoulder

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The first sign of spring has emboldened me to tell winter not to get too cozy; your days are numbered. For weeks, she's plopped...

Jeanette’s Best Easy Apple Pie Recipe

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Truly, the best easy apple pie recipe in my dessert dossier. Jeanette's Apple Pie: I could eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner (and have). As...