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The winner of my most recent give-away (remember…it involved a book and Ball jars?) was my dear blogging friend Tara Wagner. Some of you may know her as The Organic Sister either on her blog or on Twitter.

Tara – along with her husband Justin and her son Zeb – are nomads, if you will. They currently live full-time on the road out of their 22-foot, veggie-oil powered, solar driven, Winnebago. Why, you ask? They travel for two reasons: 1) To find a place that feels like home, and 2) to absorb what they can along the road.

Well just recently Tara announced that she is now selling her photography. While she freely admits she is not the world’s best photographer, I think she has quite an eye and always comes across with beautiful shots of life – as it happens and where it happens. One of my favorite prints of hers is also the header image for Justin’s blog. It’s called ‘The Open Road’ and her version (for sale here) features a wonderful quote by William Least Heat Moon.

To celebrate her new passion (and form of income) Tara is hosting a give-away here.

She wants to share her prints with TWO lucky winners:

• The first winner will receive an 8×12 laminated print: you choose your fave photo and border color.
• The second winner will receive a collection of each of my cards: you choose either postcards or notecards or a combination of the two!

If contests aren’t your thing though you can simply view and purchase her photography by visiting her RedBubble site.

Congratulations Tara on sticking with your passion and finding a market for it. May you have many successful sales!

Today brought about a bittersweet time at the raised beds.

For the last week I have spent a little bit of time each morning before work weeding a little, clipping dead growth, and outright pulling tomato plants. This morning I pulled the last plant and I have to admit I was a bit sad as the spring/summer season has been extremely good to us in terms of toms and bell peppers (both planted in the raised beds).

But as all things tend to go, the old had to make way for the new. So by 10am or so Pan and I had finished weeding the beds, turning over the old dirt, adding in some Black Kow topsoil, putting in a little organic plant food, and laying in new seed.

The three beds are now home for what will be a great harvest of Georgia Creole Collards, Lolla Rossa Lettuce, Swiss Chard, Kale, and Beets.

What about you? Have you planted for the fall yet? Are you still harvesting spring/summer crops? If so, what are you planning for the fall?

Congratulations to Tara Wagner (otherwise known as theorganicsister or @OrganicSister) who is the winner of the 100th Ball Blue Book® Guide to Preserving. Tara’s name was picked randomly from all the entries submitted.

For those of you who aren’t familiar with the Organic Sister (as well as her husband Justin and her son Zeb) you should take a look at her blog. The Wagner currently live full-time on the road out of our 22-foot greened-out Winnebago. Tara blogs about living “beyond green”, mindful parenting, and the adventures of living simply, radically, authentically and in full embrace of Life and all its offerings.

Tara, just email me and let me know where I can send the book or if you want me to hold it until y’all are “docked” somewhere or even if you want to “regift” it directly.

Thank you to each person that entered. More give-aways are coming. I like giving things away!