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76April 6, 2018Recent Posts by Erica

5 Things Friday 4/6/18

Five Things Friday: where I assemble assorted favorites, oddities, announcements, discoveries, random thoughts, life tidbits and whatever else wasn’t quite long enough for a real post. This week: transplant your cool-weather crops, watch some Shakespeare, and try not to fool yourself. Have a great weekend, friends! Do One Little Thing This Week Transplant your starts!…

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28March 2, 2018Recent Posts by Erica

5 Things Friday 3/2/18

Five Things Friday: where I assemble assorted favorites, oddities, announcements, discoveries, random thoughts, life tidbits and whatever else wasn’t quite long enough for a real post. This week: the sky split apart! Plus, organizing the larder to eat it down, reading with kids and more. Have a great weekend, friends! Do One Little Thing This…

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22February 23, 2018Recent Posts by Erica

5 Things Friday 2/23/18

Five Things Friday: where I assemble assorted favorites, oddities, announcements, discoveries, random thoughts, life tidbits and whatever else wasn’t quite long enough for a real post. This week: thinking about garden clean-up, snow in the garden, rethinking school and more. Have a great weekend, friends! Do One Little Thing This Week If you are in…

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12February 2, 2018Recent Posts by Erica

5 Things Friday 2/2/18

Five Things Friday: where I assemble assorted favorites, oddities, announcements, discoveries, random thoughts, life tidbits and whatever else wasn’t quite long enough for a real post. This week, beginning seed starting, a great daily-use insulated coffee mug, and why the one crazy hack they don’t want you to know is…doing the work. Hope your weekend is…

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6January 26, 2018Recent Posts by Erica

5 Things Friday 1/26/18

Five Things Friday is where I assemble assorted favorites, oddities, announcements, discoveries, random thoughts, life tidbits and whatever else wasn’t quite long enough for a real post. This week: resist buying stupid seed starting gear! Plus, why I love magnesium to help manage stress, The Resilient Farm and Homestead, perennial herbs and more.

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1January 19, 2018Recent Posts by Erica

5 Things Friday 1/19/18

This week’s Five Things Friday randomness: planning for succession planting, my favorite essential oil, a rainy week in the garden and more.

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1January 12, 2018Recent Posts by Erica

5 Things Friday 1/12/18

This week for Five Things Friday: why you need to think about what you eat before you commit to a garden plan, my secret to easy flavorful meals is pretty much just Thai curry paste, sunchokes are taking over my world, Marcus Aurelius proves stoicism and meditation are natural partners and more.

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1January 5, 2018Recent Posts by Erica

5 Things Friday 1/5/18: Seed Inventory, Salt Lamps, Portuguese Kale

Five Things Friday: where I assemble assorted favorites, oddities, announcements, discoveries, random thoughts, life tidbits and whatever else wasn’t quite long enough for a real post. This week: why you should inventory your seeds now, the nicest glow in the room comes from my salt lamp, seeds are total destruction if you don’t understand growth and more.

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0September 1, 2017Recent Posts by Erica

5 Things Friday: 9/1/17

This week’s Five Things Friday randomness: emergency preparedness, helping after Harvey, apples and (finally) planting the fall starts, acidulating your tomatoes, the town where Golden Delicious apples grow wild, American power dynamics, Henry Rollins gets poetic, and more.

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0August 25, 2017Recent Posts by Erica

5 Things Friday: 8/25/17

This week’s Five Things Friday: speaking up vs. dropping out, peaches and berries, butternut squash vs cheese, why you need a food processor, why your anxiety is not helping anything, the futility of revolutionaries without a garden and more.

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3July 7, 2017Recent Posts by Erica

5 Things Friday: 7/7/17

This week’s Five Things Friday randomness: best tool for cherry season, greening the desert, my favorite place to sit, iceberg lassoing, and more.

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1June 16, 2017Recent Posts by Erica

5 Things Friday: 6/16/17

Five Things Friday this week: simple salads, “Foods of the Enslaved,” how I carry my tools around, why young Greeks are going back to the land and more.

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Hi! I'm Erica, the founder of NWEdible and the author of The Hands-On Home. I garden, keep chickens and ducks, homeschool my two kids and generally run around making messes on my one-third of an acre in suburban Seattle. Thanks for reading!

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