Monthly Archives: April 2011

When we last left the garden box…

Posted on April 26, 2011 by fromthemanor

it sorta looked like this- It looked good, but now it looks better! It took a couple of hours (read that as days) to get the 6 cubic yards of soil into the raised bed.    With some better thought and/or … Continue reading →

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The World’s Largest Community Garden…

Posted on April 14, 2011 by fromthemanor

I’m a huge fan of The Fabulous Beekman Boys on Planet Green.  It is the less-than-seemingly-simple Green Acres-esque story of two gay Manhattanites which stumble across a farm in upstate New York, buy it as a weekend getaway, loose their … Continue reading →

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A New Challenge to Living Well…

Posted on April 1, 2011 by fromthemanor

In an effort to drum out the winter doldrums and re energize myself, my eating habits and my blog, I decided I was going to make myself a new challenge, a la Julie & Julia. At our first-of-hopefully-many-New Year’s Day … Continue reading →

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