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July 4, 2009 On being food renegades
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July 3, 2009 On drying fruit
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July 1, 2009 On freezing fruits
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June 30, 2009 On reruns
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June 29, 2009 Another day, another jam
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June 27, 2009 On magic bullets
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June 25, 2009 On starting small
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June 23, 2009 One fell swoop
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June 22, 2009 Food preservation season has begun
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June 19, 2009 On seed trading
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June 17, 2009 On size mattering
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June 15, 2009 On spinach, and sex
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June 13, 2009 On hedgerow foraging
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June 11, 2009 On harmonic convergences in the garden
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June 9, 2009 Poultry extra
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June 8, 2009 On finding some shade
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June 4, 2009 Poultry update
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June 3, 2009 On gardening up
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June 1, 2009 On the broken-windows theory
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May 30, 2009 On seasonal eating
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May 28, 2009 On plant genetics
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May 26, 2009 On garden anxiety
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May 22, 2009 On pretty things
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May 21, 2009 On pecking order
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May 19, 2009 On gardening adjustments
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May 18, 2009 On green views
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May 14, 2009 To plant out or not to plant out
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May 12, 2009 On missed opportunities
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May 11, 2009 On Mother’s Day
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May 8, 2009 More chicken madness
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