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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Happy New Year! My onion seeds arrived and the seed starting mix soil is on order. I took the hinges out of my laptop today to clean and lubricate them because they were binding and it couldn't be closed up. All good now.
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    I tried shallower containers for onions seeds but decided to use deeper containers for starting them. Better drainage and more room for the water roots to spread out under the plants. I cut the top and bottom from a couple of cardboard coffee cans and reshaped them to make onion starting pots...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    Got my onion seeds from Baker Creek today, plus a catalog from Murray McMurray chickens. Didn't know they sent out a chicken catalog.
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    The big zucchini I picked a couple months ago has been curing indoors. I cut it open and removed seeds from half of it. After they dry I'll do a germination test. I cooked some of the squash in the microwave, tried it with salt pepper and butter. The flavor was mild and the texture was kind of...
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    Whatcha Making for Supper?

    Grandson and I just put a nine pound spiral sliced ham into the oven, tightly wrapped in foil. We're still not sure if we'll glaze it later or just have plain ham. Not sure what the sides will be since that's not my job today. LOL My older grandson has been showing a lot of interest in cooking...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    I ordered my Christmas present yesterday. Onion seeds from Baker Creek, same type I grew this year.
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Merry Christmas!
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    Thanks! The only places I used OSB was where it was under the metal roof and out of the elements, so hopefully it'll last.
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    Merry Christmas!
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    Whatcha Making for Supper?

    The salad wasn't enough so I made a pizza from scratch; yellow onions from the garden and slices of summer sausage. It's what I had on hand.
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    Whatcha Making for Supper?

    A big lettuce and cabbage salad with chopped mozzarella and summer sausage mixed in. Sweet mustard salad dressing.
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    The new run isn't pretty but it'll work. I need to figure out where to store the garden tools, maybe hanging up somewhere.
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    Looks like the Walmart plus 50% off membership price offer ended on December 2nd. But even at $99 a year I'd come out ahead just from the free shipping/no minimum, and paying tips for delivery. It costs me over $7 in gas to make a trip to my Walmart.
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    Update on the new chicken run I've been building... The little cockerels and pullets have been in the run for a few days now but it's still not quite finished. I need to make some kind of door latch and skirting has to be put in place around the outer base of the run. I'll add a couple more...
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Yeah, I always get my Christmas shopping done early. LOL I moved the two chicken watering buckets around today. Now the big chickens have the 5 gallon bucket in their secure run and the 2 gallon watering bucket is in the new run with the big chicks. Both have the auto filling cups. I removed...
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