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May 27, 2011 By Candace Godwin Leave a Comment

In addition to this blog, I keep an “old fashioned” garden journal – one I write in just about every weekend.  I usually start writing in January – listing out the new seeds or plants I want to try – and wrap it up in October with the “most successful” list for that garden season. This year my January wish-list was…
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May 21, 2011 By Candace Godwin 2 Comments

It’s been another cool, wet spring in north Idaho, but I think we are finally out of frost danger.  The 50+ tomato plants that I started in early March have been hardening off in the covered hoop bed for about two weeks.  We’ve been monitoring the overnight temperatures pretty closely with the help of a thermometer with a remote sensor and this…
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May 21, 2011 By Candace Godwin 1 Comment

 Madge and Helen check out the new neighbors. Our new girls have settled nicely into their brand new, one bedroom, starter home. It’s pretty exciting to move into a new house and get to know the new neighbors — especially when the old biddies next door are the “mother hen” type…so to speak.  After much discussion on the type of pen we were…
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Chives

May 5, 2011 By Candace Godwin Leave a Comment

The May 2011 issue of Bon Appetit has a great recipe for Chive Pesto.  In addition to chives it also calls for parsley.  Since I’m not a big fan of this herb, I decided to try it with cilantro.  With a couple of ingredient swaps (lime for lemon and a dash of hot sauce) you have Cinco de Mayo Chive Pesto!  It’s a super easy and delicious way to use…
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