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Victory Gardens


It seems like every time I go to the grocery store the food is more expensive than the last time, especially the produce.  All the pesticides and other unmentionables that coat the fruit and veggies to make them pretty are an additional bit of disturbance that's becoming increasingly difficult to overlook.  

I have been thinking about growing vegetables for a while and have done pretty well growing my own herbs.  I tried growing vegetables before but my dogs love to eat them before they are ripe.  My other problem is I live in a very odd growing zone, in the summer the temperature can get above 100 degrees and it sometimes snows in the winters.  It would be great to grow food in my backyard that my kids could eat, not only for financial reasons but also for health.

With that said, sometimes nothing is as yummy as french fries that are actually fried and over salted from a drive thru.  But one cannot live on fast food alone, at least not long term. 

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Gardens & Geese


I am in the middle of really nerdy television viewing on PBS.  "P. Allen Smith's Garden Home" to be exact.  I fancy myself a gardener but I have a few requirements before I go out to the garden.  

#1 - It must be warm but not too hot and definitely not cold.  A moderate 75 degrees is fine.  

#2 - Nothing can be wet.  Slightly damp is fine.  

#3 - It should be a bright and sunny day but not too sunny.  I don't want to squint or damage my odd beige/yellow toned skin.

From my three very minor rules you can see that I am an avid gardener.  Nature and I are one.  I am Mother Nature.

Anyhow, P. Allen Smith is giving a tour of his garden home which includes a pond. He has the most  beautiful geese.  They are called Sebastopol geese and are completely white with long, curly feathers.  Very Swan Princess.   

I have decided my little dream cottage should have two of these geese. Of course having geese is contingent on their very special ability not to poop.  This final requirement is obviously not based in reality, which is why the geese reside at my dream cottage.