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Guess What?  ...Chicken Butt
  If you live in another part of the country, (or in the countryside, for that matter) you may not be aware of the wildfire that has been sweeping our Northwest urban landscape: backyard chickens.  Keeping city chickens has gotten...
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Seattle's Great Wheel
   Yesterday we took a trip down to the waterfront in Seattle and got to ride on the Great Wheel at Pier 57.  The weather could have been better, but it didn't really matter.  It was a really fun, and...
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How To: Self-Watering Seed Starter Pots
We repurposed 2 liter bottles and turned them into self-watering planters for starting our tomatoes and cucumbers indoors.  They've been sitting on the window sill near my desk and I've been watching them grow every day.  It's been the perfect antidote for the bummer weather we've been having here in Seattle.
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