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I almost didn't manage to snap a picture of this before it was all eaten! But it just seems like a food blog post is incomplete with...

August's full moon is called the Grain Moon, Sturgeon Moon, Red Moon, Green Corn Moon, Lightening Moon, and Dog Moon , but I don't r...

In my climate, I can plant two crops of potatoes a year, one at the beginning of the year and one at the end, but the fall crop is iffy. Pot...

Here is the smaller of my two watermelons when I cut it open. Look! It worked! It's a real watermelon! This melon was nice and sweet, b...

Lammas has come and gone, and I may still not feel like baking, but I do still feel like cooking outside. Over the winter, I oven-roasted a ...

As you probably know, my country is currently in the worst economic times since the Great Depression. It’s a different world now, and the tr...

Last year was the first year I heard chicharras grandes, Quesada gigas, the Giant Cicada. It was while taking an evening walk through Purgat...