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Remember Lane cedar chests? Your family was suppose to buy you one to start saving for your supposed impending marriage and you were then supposed to fill it with all the handmade dish-towels, napkins and Christmas ornaments you could find or even better make. I really wanted one when I was 14, to start saving for my wedding to some unknown perfect man. I never got one as a gift. No one at my house really understood any type of girl related dreams ,it was a boy house filled with baseball and meat. At 19  I bought one from a thrift store in uptown Whittier. It was painted black. I took it home and stripped it and refinished it. I still use it today for Christmas stuff and as a coffee table. I bought my own cedar chest as well as my own daughter purchasing hers.  I hope Haven will take mine if this tradition even remotely exists in her day. My mother was raised during the depression, taught to save everything for a day when she could use her good stuff....the wine gla...

Bills homemade mayo makes excellent egg salad

Bill is brewing up dandelion wine....it takes quite a while to make....almost a year. Here is some more info on dandelions DANDELION

Earlier this week i planted some flowers and herbs in the front bed.....I have pulled out a load of dandelions and Bill is trying his hand at Dandelion wine this year.

Here is a nice article on the Herb I have everywhere and feeding it to chickens! Comfrey in our area could be considered a weed. It is pretty and can be used in loads of ways. I do believe that our chickens do well  eating herbs( mainly oregano, dandelions, comfrey and thyme). We have not had any problems ( no sickness or mites) with this batch of chickens other than battling raccoons! Community Chickens More about comfrey

Potatoes are coming up too! I planted more than I planned and threw in special fertilizer and sulfer which was recommended by the guy at Northwest Seed & Pet  so we shall see this year.....it has to be better than last year!

Tomatoes in the wall o'waters are looking good. My old Germans out in the big garden are struggling with this cooler weather......I may wrap them in plastic for another week or so.

I need to find a space for these brussel spouts and cabbages.......it is raining today so I may wait till Sunday. Lots of plants to set out this weekend

The Spurge is really pretty inthe early evening.

The first asparagus of 2013

Comfrey is coming up in a bg way.

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