Author: Javier
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Garden Update: Sweet Potato Treasure …. Arrrr!!!
The summer gardening season is almost over at Los Rodriguez farm (we wish we had a farm…but oh well!). We had fun working in the garden, seeing things pop up, eating fresh veggies, chopping herbs, fighting mildew and uninvited “guests”. We refused to use pesticides or anything that could add toxins to our plants, so…
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We were freshly pressed a few days ago, and before that we always wondered….what do we have to do to get freshly pressed?? Well, the WordPress folks are sharing their secrets and wrote a great post about our Visiting South Park City post. We are so flattered by the great description of our post and…
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Making Sun Dried Tomatoes
Our cherry tomato plant is by far the most prolific in our garden. Every day we harvest at least a cup of cherry tomatoes and with only one tomato eater at home we needed to figure something out so those little guys wouldn’t go to waste. We thought about canning but we wouldn’t eat them…Leslie…
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Jumpin’ Good Goat Dairy Farm
On Wednesday after our mule ride through the mountains, Javi and I took a quick rest and then headed out to Jumpin’ Good Goat Dairy Farm. They do tours on Wednesdays of the farm and the cost of the tour includes a cheese tasting with about 20 different kinds of cheeses. The tour includes a…
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Barney Google in Doggoland
Every once in a while, Doggoland has the honor of receiving some of the Top Dogs of the yard, and with important personalities in the area, many dangers arise. Last time a top dog visited this part of the world, suspicious squirrels had to be pushed out of the gates, and the cardinals were not…
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3 Baby steps towards a greener life
Clothesline: We wrote a post a few weeks ago about this little addition to our home. To summarize, we barely use the dryer (we will most likely use it in the winter), we use less electricity, we are not adding drying sheets to the garbage, and we are enjoying spending a little more time outside.…
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Bobbie’s Dairy Dip
A couple of nights ago we were all sitting down at the table (and when I say “we” I mean Leslie, her parents, her grandma and me) after a delicious meal – we made pesto again – wondering what we could do to extend the joy of our dinner. At that point, Annie came up…
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Doglympic dreams: More Adventures with Tongo and Zongo
Every 4 years there is an event that motivates dogs to run faster, jump higher, bark louder, and chew stronger, the Doglympics! This year, the games will be held in a dog park in London. With a landscape designed to demand the highest athletic performance from those participating, dogs all over the world are training…
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Gma Joan’s Pesto magic
One of the most productive plants in our garden is the basil. It is really great to see it grow big and fast and to be able to pick a leaf when I go to check the plants and smell the amazing aroma of this fresh Italian basil. I like to chop a leaf and…
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Sun & Heat, you are hired!
After starting the garden and installing the hammocks in the backyard, we are spending much more time with Chupete and Choripan in the backyard. We would love to be able to spend even more time in this peaceful space, but Tennessee has decided to heat things up (quite a bit) and staying outside, even under…
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“Home Made” Pizza
We love going grocery shopping at Trader Joes. We dont live close to it (we wish there was more than 1 in Nashville) but we still take our weekly trip to the store. One of the reasons we like shopping there is that from time to time they surprise us with an idea for a…
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We have hammocks!
As a birthday present from my family I got some money to use for anything I wanted. The only condition was that I had to use it for something fun, not for paying bills or to put into savings (which they know I tend to do). My first thought was to maybe use it towards…
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Our dads – two peas in a pod
June 17 was a very important date for us. Like most people, we celebrated father’s day with our dads (with Javi’s dad via the world wide web) but we also added Pancho’s birthday celebration into the mix. As we normally do on Sundays, we got together at John and Annie’s home and had a delicious meal…
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Garden update…
The garden is growing and starting to yield some tasty veggies for us. There’s nothing big yet but at least we have started to see growth and fruits. I was worried about one of our beds since it seemed like the plants did not want to grow there, but now everything is getting big and…
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How to celebrate a birthday in two places!
Last week was my birthday and since it fell on a Wednesday, it turned into a week-long celebration. On the Sunday before my birthday, my parents-in-law and grandma-in-law (yeah, I just said that and if it doesn’t exist I am bringing it to life…) had us over at their house to relax by the pool…
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StoryCorps in Nashville
During one of our trips to the Nashville Farmer’s Market one Saturday we saw a beautiful AirStream parked inside where the booths are, which called our attention immediately. We went to check it out and to our surprise the trailer was the StoryCorps mobile studio! For those who don’t know what StoryCorps is, it is…
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Eat your beets!
Since I was a kid beets have called my attention – it’s probably because my mom made them so tasty, but also because of the deep purple color they have and their sweet flavor that mixes perfectly with a lemon, olive oil, and salt dressing. Since I moved to the U.S. from Chile the only…
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From P90X to P97X
The last couple of weeks created a real challenge for us to finish P90X. It’s not that we are tired, bored, sick of working out or so close to finishing that we are getting too lazy to actually do it…it’s just that for some reason, our schedules are conspiring to make us fail. Las ultimas…
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A note for Javi’s mom
I am always so thankful for everything my mom has taught me and all the hard work she has put towards giving me and my sisters the best possible life. My mom always supported me in every decision I made. One of the most important ones was when I moved away from home when I…
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Growing from seed!
To continue with the gardening theme (see previous posts on starting the garden here and what we planted here), one evening last week we saw a tower of seeds at the grocery store and decided to try growing a few plants from scratch. All of the rest of the plants we have were already in…
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