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Why I’ve been gone lately…

I have two excuses as to why I’ve been missing from my blog: pickles and tomato pie. Our garden started off the summer doing extremely well, but as usual the Ohio summer ruined it. We had way too much rain and not enough heat.

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Weekly Garden Update: 4

These posts are turning into my favorite posts each week; I really enjoy writing about our garden and how much it’s progressed each week. This week we had another week of humid weather and a few thunderstorms, and the garden really enjoyed it. I think the zucchini plants felt pressure from the corn, because they… Continue reading Weekly Garden Update: 4

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Our Garden Plants: 2014

A few weekends ago my parents and I went shopping for our garden plants. I always look forward to the weekend we go plant shopping and I always take way too long of a shopping list. We normally only purchase our plants from two local farms, but this year we decided to try out a… Continue reading Our Garden Plants: 2014

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My Senior Thesis Summary: The Slow Food Movement

During my last semester at college, this past fall, it was time to write my senior thesis paper. Twelve to fifteen pages on a topic of my choice, so of course I picked a food topic, more specifically Slow Food. Since I was an Italian Studies major I needed to make sure my topic was… Continue reading My Senior Thesis Summary: The Slow Food Movement