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Sow: better than baking
Ingredients for life: bok choi, mint, spinach, and salad greens Yesterday morning, I had the pleasure of meeting one of my neighbors. She lives in the next little town over and is another Duck Team 6...
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Sow: incarcerated fig
The Mortroski Midcentury Urban Farm isn’t just for veggies (or dogs). We’ve got three fruit trees too: a plum tree and a peach tree that came with the house and a very young fig tree I planted a couple...
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Sow: signs
Photo by Bruce Sign of the times. Follow the signs. Here’s your sign. If you flip through my iPhoto library, you’ll see that signs frequently capture my eyes. I like ‘em rusty. I like ‘em slick. I LOVE...
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Sow: long weekend landscaping
It’s been a long day with a very tight deadline for work, so I’m up late and writing more as a little wind down, despite my laptop feeling like it’s overheating from the exuberant pounding I’ve been...
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Sow: urban farm update
Lots of amazing stuff is happening on the Urban Farm. We’ve had amazing weather and rain! June’s been cooler than normal at night, but we’re back into the 90°s during the day. Everything’s looking...
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So: eating okra
I’m not from around these parts, so plenty of people find it very humorous that I grow okra. Usually these native Texans tell me how much they hate okra, how it’s yucky and slimy. Maybe their moms or...
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Sow: green sauce
Happy July 4th and happy post-Canada Day! It’s the time for celebration! Fireworks!* Parties! Eating! Remember when you were a kid and the summer was the fun time of year when you could do whatever you...
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Sow: seed saving
It’s been one of those months. Actually 2014 has been one of those years. I started this post on July 7 and for one of the oh-so-many reasons I haven’t written much this month, including the extra...
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Sow: freeze coming
The prediction of the first really cold night in North Texas gets everyone all worked up. It’s on the way for tomorrow night supposedly. No, it’s not going to snow. Or even make icy roads. Still,...
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Sow: big chill
The frost cloths are out. I just straightened them on the agaves since it looks like the wind has been busy in our yard. The frost cloths are also on the raised beds and stock tanks, protecting the...
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