Your oven project is inspiring! My partner's been asking for one for a while, I think I'll start watching craigslist for bricks =)
I can't dig up the recipe, but my partner made dandelion flower fritters/burgers and they're DELICIOUS! Google up the recipe. PS - dandelion...
Your first garden should be simple...just grow a few relatively easy plants. You'll learn a ton of stuff and end up hooked. It's so satisfying...
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