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I don't have gutters or anything like that to catch water. So I set out some buckets Monday night. Tuesday morning, this is what I saw:

I added a cooler, and an oil drip pan, and Wednesday morning, saw this:

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"Free" is great. I love "free." I love "free" even better when it tastes good. That's why I love making delicious things from goods I grew or foraged.

I had some mild success gathering figs this past Summer. But didn't really do anything with them. I also made some fine prickly pear syrup (and soon, wine!) with foraged tunas.

Then a while back, I read about purslane. People said it grew everywhere. So I started keeping my eyes peeled for that weed. My first discovery was right outside my garag… Continue

The charentais melons are growing crazy fast! I counted 5 babies on 2 vines so far. This one if the biggest:

After last night's monsoon-like weather, I noticed the vine supporting it was bent and chafed where it hangs over the trellis. I was afraid to lose the fruit to a damaged stem. So this morning, I made this with some cheesecloth:

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Monday I had a doctor's appt mid-day, so I just took the whole day off.

6:00 am
First thing, I hit the gym. When I got home, I folded the bread dough that I had prepared the night before, and hit the showers.

8:00 am
All sparkly clean, I did some graphic design work, and then pre-heated the oven. I finished the baking and MM MM it smelled good.

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I have two wee little tomato nubbins! I have tomatoes growing in three different conditions:

On the East side, in a bed:



On the West side, in pots:




Also on the West side, upside-down, in hanging baskets:



Guess which one produced first?

One of the upside-down ones! S… Continue