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Tomatoes & Eggs

 In the spring I planted two small cherry tomato plants. I knew that Jake likes them and thought I would have a few for him to snack on. Little did I know, I would have a plentiful harvest of tomatoes like no other. It was the plant that kept on giving  into late October. I picked every three days and always had a bucket full. It was fun to see how many I could pick and gave them away to friends and family. I even made some salsa. Jake didn't eat them as much as I thought he would, go figure. 

Our lovely hens started laying some nice eggs. With 12 hens, we were getting more eggs than we could use.  I gave 4 hens to my neighbor Mercedes, she was so thankful! We lost the nice black hen that we have had for a few years, given to us from our Ames friends. One day she just disappeared with no signs of feathers. I ended up with 5 hens, more than enough to keep us supplied in eggs. There is something satisfying in producing food for your family.

  



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