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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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 →

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Another Episode of “Kitchen Heneral Hospital”

I have said it before and I’ll say it again- keeping animals is a 24x7x365 commitment. Life here at Food It Yourself HQ has been hectic lately due to the requirements of being… Continue reading →

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Au The Pain!

It is snowing! In the north-eastern USA! In January! We must all panic and storm the supermarkets and forget how to drive! Since Mr. Food It Yourself and I planned to not leave… Continue reading →