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    Agriculture - Poultry Farming

    Common Sense Chicken Truths

    July 10, 2013 - By ldurben@charter.net

    Full disclosure: I have been stewing a bit about a comment about eggs and laying hens I read on Facebook for at least a week now. If you are a regular reader of this blog, then you know I’ve written about eggs and the misconceptions about egg farming before –…

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    Sunny Gardens

    July 7, 2013 - By ldurben@charter.net

    It’s 91 degrees where I live today – and quite humid! No complaints here – I love summer so bring it on. The mosquitoes, however, are loving it as well, but I doused myself in bug spray and went out to do a little weeding early this afternoon anyway. Both…

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  • My Boy Joe

    (Sort Of) Wordless Wednesday: My Boy of Summer

    June 26, 2013 - By ldurben@charter.net

    I have been so crazy busy the past few weeks that I haven’t had time to write a decent blog post about hardly anything, it seems. I’ve got some egg questions on my mind – and I usually always find something to share about turkey, but with my organization’s summer…

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  • Family - Gardening

    Wordless Wednesday: Flowers and a Family Legacy

    June 19, 2013 - By ldurben@charter.net

    I love when the peonies start to bloom – gorgeous color and the flowers smell amazing! This particular peony has special meaning for me – it came from a cutting of the same peony that my Great Grandfather planted on the family farm I grew up on. It’s hardy, tough…

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  • Family - My Boy Joe

    Lake. Family. Golf. Ice Cream. Repeat.

    June 16, 2013 - By ldurben@charter.net

    Has it really been 9-1/2 years since Teacher Man and I became parents? Now our redheaded, freckled boy is his own little man – always creative and sometimes cautious, baseball player and pianist, funny man and artist/writer. Just seconds after he came into the world, he promptly peed all over…

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  • Chives and Cilantro
    Gardening

    Sunday Wishes for Sunshine

    June 9, 2013 - By ldurben@charter.net

    Where is the sun? It’s been so gray and cloudy and rainy and cool in Minnesota. And not just for a few days – I’m talking for weeks on end. Our thermometer only reached 61 degrees today – quite a bit lower than our average high of 78 degrees this…

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  • Turkey and Egg Pasta Salad
    Egg Recipes - Recipes - Turkey Recipes - Turkey Tuesday

    Volleyball Salad (or the best Turkey and Egg Pasta Salad)

    May 27, 2013 - By ldurben@charter.net

    I am a pasta salad addict and this Turkey and Egg Pasta Salad is completely, 100% my jam. I love pasta salads. No, really – I loooove pasta salads.  So of course, I have a go-to recipe that includes two of my favorite foods – turkey and eggs. I make…

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    Agriculture - Poultry Farming

    Wordless Wednesday (Gobble Gobble!)

    May 22, 2013 - By ldurben@charter.net

    Happy Wednesday, turkey lovers! I took this photo a few years ago in a turkey barn just south of the Twin Cities. I am sharing it today because it’s a chance for me to show you what turkeys eat every day: a perfectly nutritious mix of corn and soybean meal,…

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Hello, I’m Lara! I’m a wife, mom (empty nester, almost!), a business owner, and an avid baker, gardener, and traveler. Thanks for being here!

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