How to Pick Up Chicks Part 2- Go Get ’em!

It happened! We have our baby chicks. It took a lot of planning and preparation, but our six baby egg suppliers are growing and chirping in the spare room of the Food It… Continue reading →

It’s Soda-Licious!

It’s snowing once again in central Massachusetts. I am really hoping this will be our final Winter Weather Event of the season, but you just never know around here. The chilly, dreary weather… Continue reading →

Cookie Time!

Like many citizens this time of year, I am currently caught up in the swirl of December Holiday Business. It can get a little stressful.  However, one day (almost) every December, my sister,… Continue reading →

Comfort Food- Not Some Passing Fad

It has gotten cold in central New England. On the days when it is not freezing, it is raining. Overall, I would say the climate has reached maximum blah. Therefore, I am once… Continue reading →

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The Title is a Dad Joke

So, most of you know “Murphy’s Law”: if anything can go wrong, it will. If you took physics in school, you definitely know “Newton’s Law” of inertia and momentum: a body at rest… Continue reading →

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The Good, The Bad, and The Evil, Evil, Evil Squirrels

It is July and it’s too darn hot! We are quickly closing in on zucchini season. Before we get there however, we must manage the pests. Remember how I had so many apricots… Continue reading →

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Growing Well, So Far!

Tomorrow is the summer Solstice, and the Food It Yourself garden is off to a grand start. Although tomorrow is also the official first day of summer in the northern hemisphere, the heat… Continue reading →

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Awe Rats!

The Food It Yourself garden is loving the weather lately, which is a rare and precious thing in central New England. My herbs are doing very well. The cucumbers and turnips have sprouted,… Continue reading →

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Food It Yourself Garden 2024- It Is Planted

Yes, I have planted the Food It Yourself Garden for this year. Astoundingly, I almost followed the plan I made for myself. I am just as amazed as you are. Behold my raised… Continue reading →

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Food It Yourself Garden 2024- The Plan

Oh my, has May been a busy month here at Food It Yourself HQ. We spent May the Fourth filling a 15 yard dumpster with stuff from our garage and cellar. We had… Continue reading →

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Getting Springier

We made it through winter, February thaw, more winter, false spring, encore winter, fools’ spring, and winter’s final stand, and it is now officially spring-ish in central New England! My fruit salad tree… Continue reading →

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Poised to Spring

The weather in New England is New Englanding extra hard this month. We had a spate of perfect maple sugaring weather (warm days, light freeze at night), then some down right toasty days… Continue reading →

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What’s for Breakfast? These Nuts!

Because we are chicken tenders, Mr. Food It Yourself and I frequently eat eggs for breakfast. However, our flock has been freeloading. Hennifer Aniston is still admitted to Kitchen Heneral Hospital, so she… Continue reading →

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Kitchen Heneral Hospital, The Continuing Story

Our dear Hennifer Aniston is still in-patient at Kitchen Heneral Hospital. She has been admitted for 3 weeks now. She is getting better, but she has a ways to go. Just a little… Continue reading →