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Entryway ripped off by truck and lying on the ground of old house remodel

80 Year Old House Remodel – 2

June 17, 2024 by Erika Leave a Comment

Work has begun on our 80 year old house remodel! Join us as we start with demolition! Our entryway is doomed! It’s a bit, ok, incredibly surreal that work has started on our old house remodel. It is May, and we begin with the entryway vestibule. ...

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Johnny Cake Cornbread stacked on a wooden cutting board

Johnny Cake Cornbread and Freezer Corn

gnocchi soup in bowl

Gnocchi Soup and Making gnocchi

glass serving bowl of the ultimate macaroni salad on a table cloth with plants in the background

Ultimate Macaroni Salad

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80 Year Old House Remodel – 1

June 17, 2024 by Erika Leave a Comment

Welcome to our old house remodel. We moved to our home on 80 acres in Manitoba in 2006. We absolutely love our property, but we always intended to do something about the house. Then life happened: kids, job changes, mind changes! But now we are ...

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a bunch of purple, white and orange carrots

Carrots: Sowing, Storing, Saving Seed

whole, halved and sliced small melons on a plate on an old tree stump

Grow Your Own Small Melons

homemade granola in a bowl on a place mat with a mug and greenery on weathered wood

Homemade Granola

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Welcome! I'm Erika, I live on eighty acres in the northern prairies of southern Manitoba with my husband and four kids. Here, we enjoy the outdoors and try to be more self sufficient as we try new things in the garden and learn about our land and the world around us.

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Ground Cherry: Tropical Taste in Zone 3

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Wonderberry: Is this Success or Failure?

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Summer Squash Success

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Part 2: How to Grow your own Garlic

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