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I spotted a gorgeous pumpkin, and I bee-lined over like a bird dog.
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Glen Miracle's hands. Working hands. As beautiful as the pumpkin I thought.
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Meet Glen Miracle and his wife, Kenan Rote.
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Just underneath the table, a chalkboard read Laughing Frog Farm.
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“We didn’t want it to encroach upon the trees. We wanted to make it look like it was here. That it belongs,” says Glen Miracle.
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Once the house was finished, they started growing the gardens.
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Eventually, they want to get the soil so good that they don’t have to till.
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Most amazing of all, though, is “Hulda,” a tree named after a woman who once helped care for Kenan’s mother. Hulda today gives off Meyer lemon, Republic of Texas orange, Orlando tangerine, Seto Satsuma mandarin and Page mandarin.
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To Kenan, the chickens are her babies. Here she feeds Comfrey Leaf to "Mister Blue," a Black Copper Maran rooster.
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Kenan moving the Gulf Coast native sheep, with Ringo, a donkey, and Dos, a ram, assisting.
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After working from 5 a.m.-7 p.m., they go to the blue chairs by the pond and talk about the day, taking notes.
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