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Now This is Eating Locally
Here at the RiverRest we get our food from basically three sources. We have a garden where we grow organic vegetables and fruits. We raise chickens and ducks for meat and eggs. What we don’t raise ourselves we either do … Continue reading
The Only Thing Constant is Change
We have been neglectful on this site and are embarrassed and pledge to do better. Some of you have left questions in our comments section that have gone unanswered and for this we apologize and will address those post haste. … Continue reading
Spring at The RiverRest
Probably the most exciting thing to happen is with the chickens. Red, one of our hens, went broody. She started sitting on a few eggs so we jumped at the chance to let her hatch them. Continue reading
Thimble Berries!
That’s what we call the wild Raspberries that grow around here. They are usually the first berry to ripen. There’s only about a 2 week window in which to pick them. To me it’s one of the first great tastes … Continue reading
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A Simple Butterfly Garden
A dear friend of ours planted a butterfly garden outside her kitchen window. The flowers bloomed and the butterflies were her delight. She told everyone about her beautiful garden and the abundance of wonderful butterflies that it attracted. It was … Continue reading
Tagged butterflies, butterfly, butterfly garden, content, garden, plant, river, riverrest, simple
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