NBRC 26 Alphabet 10: Farm to Table: A to Z (Spell-it-Out)

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

           

Duration: You set the pace.

Option 1: Spell-it-Out. Choose a word from any of the categories below (or come up with one of your own), and spell-it-out using the first letter in the book's title, the first letter in the author's first or last name, or the first letter of a character's first or last name. You may use or disregard the words 'A', 'An', 'The', etc.
Bonus: You may substitute any letter with a book if it has a character who is a farmer, homesteader, or gardener.
Option 2: Read books with the name of a fruit or vegetable in the title. Or a word from one of the other categories, if you are lucky enough to find one.
Option 3: You can use books with fruit, vegetables, orchards, farming equipment, or farms on the cover.
Option 4: You may use any combination of the above.

Levels
◆ Backyard Gardener: 3-4 books
◆ Homesteader: 5-7 books, and use words from at least two categories
◆ Family Farmer: 8-12 books, and use words from at least three categories
◆ Farmer's Market Vendor: 13-24 books, and use words from at least four categories
◆ Permaculturist: 25-30 books, and use a word from each category
◆ Commercial Farmer: 30+ books, and use at least two words from each category.

- Use every word from each category

The Harvest:
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Apple
Artichoke
Asparagus
Barley
Bean
Beef
Beet
Bell Pepper
Black Beauty
Blackberry
Black Krim
Blueberry
Brandywine
Broccoli
Brussels sprouts
Butter
Buttermilk
Butternut
Cabbage
Cantaloupe
Carrot
Cauliflower
Cayenne
Celeriac
Celery
Charentais
Chard
Cheese
Cherokee Purple
Cherry
Chicken
Collards
Corn
Cowpea
Crookneck
Cucumber
Eggplant
Eggs
Fennel
Fig
Flax
Garlic
Goat
Goat Milk
Golden Bantam
Grape
Ground Cherry
Habanero
Honeydew
Hopi Blue
Hot pepper
Huckleberry
Jalapeno
Jerusalem artichoke
Jicama
Kale
Kohlrabi
Lakota Squash
Lamb
Leek
Lemon Cuke
Lettuce
Lima Bean
Melon
Milk
Millet
Moon and Stars
Mushroom
Muskmelon
Nectarine
Oats
Okra
Onion
Parsnip
Parsley
Patty Pan
Pea
Peach
Pepper
Pear
Persimmon
Plum
Pomegranate
Pork
Potato
Pumpkin
Quinoa
Radish
Raspberry
Rhubarb
Rice
Rio Grande
Roma
Rutabaga
Scallop Squash
Shallot
Spinach
Strawberry
Sugar Baby
Sweet potato
Tomato
Tomatillo
Trinidad Scorpion
Turnip
Watermelon
Wheat
Winter Squash
Yukon Gold
Zatta
Zucchini (hide spoiler)]

The Tools:
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Drip System
Flail
Gloves
Grow Light
Hoe
Hose
Irrigation Line
Lopper
Maddox
McCloud
Pitchfork
Pruner
Rake
Scythe
Shovel
Spade
Sprayer
Wheelbarrow
(hide spoiler)]

Farm Equipment
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Auger
Bell Planter
Broadcast Seeder
Combine
Cultivator
Harrow
Plow
Tiller
Tractor
Trencher
Water Pump
(hide spoiler)]

Pest Control:
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Diatomaceous Earth
Fencing
Insecticide
Ladybug
Neem
Nematodes
Netting
Parasitic Wasp
Pesticide
Praying Mantis
Repellent
(hide spoiler)]

Types of Gardens:
(view spoiler)[
Community Garden
French Intensive
Hugelkultur
Hydroponic
Orchard
Organic
Raised Bed
Rooftop
Urban
Vegetable
(hide spoiler)]

Other Necessities:
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Compost
Crop Rotation
Fencing
Fertilizer
Honeybee
Manure
Mulch
Pollination
Seeds
Shaker
Soil
Vermiculite
Water
Worms
(hide spoiler)]


Fruits and Vegetables in Titles listopia
Fruit Salad listopia

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Participants:

Margaret
Anita
Lisa Kay
Barbara ★
Ruth
Kimberly
Lisa
❤Stephanie ღ♥ღMrs Styxx Anaxkolasiღ♥ღ
Joanne♥~Bookworm Extraordinaire
Nay Nay
Shaun
Connie N.
Jessica (Goldenfurpro)
Rabaab
Shelly
Anita
Amanda
Suzanne
Kait
Laurie
Jackie
Angie
Jonquil
AndaM
Gianna
Cathy
Zee
megan ••book slayer••
Claudia
Genea
Melissa(SweetMelissa)
Eve
April
Sam

[Margaret]

I'm in....I just need to take the time to choose an option/s when I get some time after working on my own gardening...lol

[Anita Reads]

Farm to Table Challenge
Duration: Open Ended
Level: Commercial Farmer 30+
Started: 05/28/14 - 05/28/15
Finished: 47/47

Harvest
Raspberry 9/9

R: Richelle Mead | Succubus Blues 06/08/14 ★★★★
A: Amanda Hocking | My Blood Approves 05/30/14 ★★★★★
S: Stardust | Neil Gaiman 06/10/14 ★★★★
P: A Perfect Fit | Heather Tullis 08/04/14 ★★★★
B: A Bridge to Love | Nancy Herkness 07/22/14 ★★★★
E: Eve Reflected in You | Sylvia Day 07/28/14 ★★★
R: Roth, Veronica Divergent 07/09/14 ★★★★
R: Richelle Mead Succubus on Top 07/24/14 ★★★★
Y: You're the One That I Want | Giovanna Fletcher 06/26/14 ★★★½


Tools
Sprayer 7/7

S: Sophie Kinsella | Confessions of a Shopaholic 06/25/14 ★★★½
P: Stephanie Perkins | Anna and the French Kiss 06/18/14 ★★★
R: Nora Roberts | Northern Lights 08/13/14 ★★★★★
A: Arthur Conan Doyle | A Study in Scarlet 06/30/14 ★★★★
Y: Your Guardian Angel | Skyla Madi 08/31/14 ★★★★.5
E: Eve Naked in Death | J.D. Robb 08/14/14 ★★★★½
R: Nora Roberts | Born in Fire 08/23/14 ★★★★


Farm Equipment
Water Pump 7/9

W: Wallbanger | Alice Clayton 08/19/14 ★★★★★
A: Ash - The Iron King Julie Kagawa 07/13/14 ★★★★
T: To Kill a Mockingbird | Harper Lee 06/19/14 ★★★
E: Eoin Colfer | Artemis Fowl 08/21/14 ★★★
R: Nora Roberts | The Witness 09/23/14 ★★★★★
P: Paul Pilkington | The One You Love 08/27/14 ★★★
U: Unseen Mari Jungstedt 07/19/14 ★★★
M: Mockingjay | Suzanne Collins 06/15/14 ★★★★★
P: Poison Study | Maria V. Snyder 09/06/14 ★★★★★


Pest Control
Ladybug 7/7

L: The Lightning Thief | Rick Riordan 06/01/14 ★★★★
A: Ava Miles Nora Roberts Land 07/27/14 ★★★★½
D: Dark Lover J.R Ward 07/05/14 ★★★★★
Y: Rick Yancey | The 5th Wave 04/05/15 ★★★★
B: Butcher, Jim Storm Front 07/28/14 ★★★★
U: UnEnchanted | Chanda Hahn 07/31/14 ★★★★
G: Grave Peril | Jim Butcher 08/23/14 ★★★★.5


Type of Garden
Organic 7/7

O: Obsidian | Jennifer L. Armentrout 06/23/14 ★★★★★
R: Richelle Mead | Silver Shadows 08/07/14 ★★★★★
G: Groupie | Ginger Voight 06/20/14 ★★★★
A: Akiva Daughter of Smoke & Bone | Laini Taylor 07/31/14 ★★★½
N: Neverwhere | Neil Gaiman 06/30/14 ★★★
I: The Immortal Rules | Julie Kagawa 06/29/14 ★★★★
C: Catching Fire | Suzanne Collins 06/12/14 ★★★★★


Other Necessities
Honey Bee 1/9

H: The Hunger Games | Suzanne Collins 06/05/14 ★★★★
O: Opposing Sides | C.M. Doporto 10/03/14 ★★★.5
N: Nantus, Sheryl In the Black 08/09/14 ★★★
E: Ellen Schreiber | Vampire Kisses 09/08/14 ★★★
Y: You Cannoli Die Once | Shelley Costa 05/28/15 ★
B: Jim Butcher | Fool Moon 08/21/14 ★★★★
E: Emma Chase | Tangled 10/23/14 ★★★★
E: Enslaved | Shoshanna Evers 10/25/14 ★★★

[Lisa Kay]

I'm in! I'll put my choices in later.

Great challenge, Amanda!

[Amanda]

Welcome, everyone!

Thanks Lisa Kay, glad you like it :). It was fun to make.

[Barbara ★]

I'm in. Anita, I hope you don't mind that I borrowed your format.
Option 1 -- Commercial Farmer: 30+ books.


Start Date: June 1, 2014
End Date: March 31, 2015

READ: 110/110

Harvest
✔Pomegranate
11/11

P: Never Less Than a Lady - Mary Jo Putney 6/4
O: On the Hunt - anthology 6/26
M: Sparks Fly - Katie MacAlister 6/15
E: Ecstasy in Darkness - Gena Showalter 6/12
G: The Girl Next Door - Jack Ketchum 6/2
R: Don't Tell - Karen Rose 6/6
A: Angel Fire - L.A. Weatherly 6/13
N: Not Your Ordinary Faerie Tale - Christine Warren 6/9
A: Ashfall - Mike Mullen 6/21
T: The Turtle-Girl from East Pukapuka - Cole Alpaugh 6/3
E: Children of the Storm - Elizabeth Peters 7/3


✔Yukon Gold
9/9

Y: Shades of Blood - Samantha Young 9/20
U: Untamed Highlander - Donna Grant 6/18
K: Sex and the Single Earl - Vanessa Kelly 6/20
O: One More Bite - Jennifer Rardin 6/29
N: Night Falls on the Wicked - Sharie Kohler 7/13

G: The Girl Most Likely To... - Susan Donovan 6/14
O: On the Prowl - Christine Warren 8/4
L: Last Breath - Mariah Stewart 6/16
D: Dearly Devoted Dexter - Jeff Lindsay 6/13


The Tools
✔Irrigation Line
14/14

I: It Had to Be You - Jill Shalvis 6/8
R: Spirit and Dust - Rosemary Clement-Moore 6/30
R: The Blue Sword - Robin McKinley 6/25
I: Darkness Unleashed - Alexandra Ivy 6/7
G: The Darkest Craving - Gena Showalter 6/27
A: Vampire in Atlantis - Alyssa Day 6/28
T: The King of Attolia - Megan Walen Turner 6/10
I: Magic Rises - Ilona Andrews 6/23
O: Can't Buy Me Love - Molly O'Keefe 8/21
N: Nowhere Near Respectable - Mary Jo Putney 7/31

L: The Crafty Teddy - John Lamb 6/15
I: I, Alex Cross - James Patterson 7/8
N: No Longer a Gentleman - Mary Jo Putney 8/30
E: The Broken Hearts Club - Ethan Black 7/8


✔Hoe
3/3

H: Hostage - Kay Hooper 6/6
O: On the Way to the Wedding - Julia Quinn 9/25
E: Guardian of the Horizon - Elizabeth Peters 7/31


Farm Equipment
✔Combine
7/7

C: Fugitive - Cheryl Brooks 6/8
O: Oceanborne - Katherine Irons 10/22
M: Midnight Come Again - Dana Stabenow 6/19
B: Proven Guilty - Jim Butcher 6/1
I: The Ice Princess - Camilla Läckberg 7/17
N: Nickeled-and-Dimed to Death - Denise Swanson 9/15
E: The Serpent on the Crown - Elizabeth Peters 8/22


✔Tractor
7/7

T: Dire Needs - Stephanie Tyler 7/9
R: Back to You - Robin Kaye 7/14
A: Always On My Mind - Jill Shalvis 7/5
C: Drive Me Wild - Christine Warren 7/11
T: Tongue In Chic - Christina Dodd 7/12
O: Crazy Thing Called Love - Molly O'Keefe 11/26
R: Chill - Stephanie Rowe 7/9


Pest Control
✔Diatomaceous Earth
17/17

D: Bound to a Warrior - Donna Fletcher 6/30
I: The Devil's Punchbowl - Greg Iles 8/3
A: Heart of Atlantis - Alyssa Day 8/11
T: The Golden Dragon - Tianna Xander 7/12
O: One Heart to Win - Johanna Lindsey 12/16
M: My Soul to Keep - Sharie Kohler 6/29
A: Are You Scared Yet? - Hunter Morgan 8/19
C: Caring Is Creepy - David Zimmerman 7/10
E: Evertrue - Brodi Ashton 9/29
O: One Dance with a Duke - Tessa Dare 12/27
U: White Wedding - Ursula Sinclair 8/11
S: The Sum of All Kisses - Julia Quinn 6/29

E: Hidden - Kendra Elliot 10/23
A: And One Last Thing ... - Molly Harper 8/27
R: Bite Marks - Jennifer Rardin 7/16
T: The Thirteenth House - Sharon Shinn 8/7
H: His Carnal Need - Ruth Kerce 7/13


✔Ladybug
7/7

L: The Clockwork Teddy - John Lamb 7/7
A: Angel Fever - L.A. Weatherly 9/9
D: XO - Jeffrey Deaver 6/26
Y: You're The One - Robin Kaye 10/7
B: Black Arts - Faith Hunter 6/19
U: Up to Me - M. Leighton 3/12
G: A Grave Denied - Dana Stabenow 7/2


Types of Gardens
✔Hydroponic
10/10

H: Blood Born - Linda Howard 7/27
Y: The Monstrumologist - Rick Yancey 1/8
D: Whisper Kiss - Deborah Cooke 7/7
R: Beauty - Robin McKinley 7/22
O: Optical Delusions in Deadwood - Ann Charles 1/1
P: Cross Fire - James Patterson 8/5
O: Omega - Susannah Sandlin 3/24
N: Nightshine - Lynn Viehl 9/16
I: Deadlock - Iris Johansen 10/30
C: The Seductive Impostor - Janet Chapman 7/20


✔Vegetable
9/9

V: Dreamveil - Lynn Viehl 7/20
E: Wife for Hire - Janet Evanovich 9/24
G: Dark Taste of Rapture - Gena Showalter 7/19
E: Tomb of the Golden Bird - Elizabeth Peters 9/28
T: A Taint In The Blood - Dana Stabenow 8/10
A: Come Fly With Me - Addison Fox 9/19
B: A Thief In A Kilt - Sandy Blair 8/9
L: Lucky in Love - Carolyn Brown 7/22
E: Everywhere She Turns - Debra Webb 11/3


Other Necessities
✔Mulch
5/5

M: Shaman Rises - C.E. Murphy 7/23
U: Uncorked - Lois Greiman 12/5
L: Loved By a Warrior - Donna Fletcher 7/26
C: Slay It with Flowers - Kate Collins 8/9
H: Show and Tell - Jasmine Haynes 8/17


✔Shaker
6/6

S: Shadow Highlander - Donna Grant 7/29
H: The Big Dirt Nap - Rosemary Harris 8/17
A: Animal Magnetism - Jill Shalvis 9/25
K: Vampire Mine - Kerrelyn Sparks 8/2
E: The Grand Finale - Janet Evanovich 11/8
R: Bitten in Two - JenniferRardin 8/31


✔Worms
5/5

W: A Warrior's Promise - Donna Fletcher 8/27
O: Once in a Lifetime - Jill Shalvis 8/24
R: Redemption - Susannah Sandlin 8/24
M: The Mage in Black - Jaye Wells 8/28
S: Sexiest Vampire Alive - Kerrelyn Sparks 8/31


CHALLENGE COMPLETE

[Ruth]

I am in!!

Farm to Table Challenge
Duration: Open Ended
Level: Commercial Farmer 30+ Two from EACH category
Started: 05/28/14
0/73

HARVEST
Huckleberry
H
U
C
K
L
E
B
E
R
R
Y

Corn
C
O
R
N

THE TOOLS
Hose
H
O
S
E

Spade
S
P
A
D
E

FARM EQUIPMENT
Combine
C
O
M
B
I
N
E

Harrow
H
A
R
R
O
W

PEST CONTROL
Ladybug
L
A
D
Y
B
U
G

Netting
N
E
T
T
I
N
G

TYPES OF GARDENS
Orchard
O
R
C
H
A
R
D

Urban
U
R
B
A
N

OTHER NECESSITIES
Mulch
M
U
L
C
H

WATER
W
A
T
E
R

[Ruth]

Overflow

[Ruth]

Overflow

[Kimberly]

I'll do this one too.


Start date: 1 June 2014
Level: Permaculturist/(Commercial Farmer) (though in real life, I'm only a Homesteader)
Progress: 51/51

I'm not sure how to work out my level - with 2 words, I had 71 books (!) so I dropped my goal down to 1 word from each category.

THE HARVEST
WATERMELON 10/10
✔W: Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple (2.6.14)
✔A: Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman (22.7.14)
✔T: The Perfume Collector by Kathleen Tessaro (18.7.14)
✔E: Edward in 600 Hours of Edward by Craig Lancaster (27.8.14)
✔R: Reason to Breathe by Rebecca Donovan (14.6.14)
✔M: Mosey Willow Jane Grace Slocum in A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty by Joshilyn Jackson (3.7.14)
✔E: Emma Thomas in Barely Breathing by Rebecca Donovan (8.8.14)
✔L: Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris (14.7.14)
✔O: Backstage Pass by Olivia Cunning (30.7.14)
✔N: Night Music (10.6.14)


THE TOOLS
MCCLOUD 7/7
✔M: The Shifting Fog by Kate Morton (9.7.14)
✔C: Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan (11.6.14)
✔C: The Commitment: Love, Sex, Marriage, and My Family by Dan Savage (25.7.14)
✔L: Lightning by Dean Koontz (22.6.14)
✔O: Wheelmen: Lance Armstrong, the Tour de France, and the Greatest Sports Conspiracy Ever by Vanessa O'Connell Reed Albergotti (17.10.14)
✔U: Unwind by Neal Shusterman (25.6.14)
✔D: Written in My Own Heart's Blood by Diana Gabaldon (14.9.14)


FARM EQUIPMENT
TRACTOR 7/7
✔T: Tally Youngblood in Pretties by Scott Westerfeld (23.7.14)
✔R: Rules of Attraction by Simone Elkeles (20.9.14)
✔A: Abby Abernathy in Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire (12.7.14)
✔C: Struck By Lightning: The Carson Phillips Journal by Chris Colfer (2.8.14)
✔T: The Good House by Ann Leary (18.9.14)
✔O: Lincoln O'Neill in Attachments by Rainbow Rowell (4.8.14)
✔R: Love Life by Rob Lowe (16.10.14)


PEST CONTROL
FENCING 7/7
✔F: Dark Places by Gillian Flynn (13.8.14)
✔E: Ellie in On Dublin Street (29.9.14)
✔N: Never Seduce a Scot by Maya Banks (28.6.14)
✔C: Harry Creek in The Android's Dream (16.8.14)
✔I: The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd (6.6.14)
✔N: Nick Carter in Year Zero by Rob Reid (23.8.14)
✔G: Grave Peril by Jim Butcher (2.8.14)


TYPES OF GARDENS
FRENCH INTENSIVE 15/15
✔F: Forced to Kill by Andrew Peterson (23.10.14)
✔R: Roman in The Sound of Us (25.8.14)
✔E: Executive Power by Vince Flynn (20.10.14)
✔N: Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks (17.6.14)
✔C: Suspect by Robert Crais (21.9.14)
✔H: Hopeless by Colleen Hoover (19.6.14)

✔I: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (26.7.14)
✔N: Nan in Fallen Too Far (27.8.14)
✔T: Lee Tourneau in Horns by Joe Hill (12.10.14)
✔E: Erik in The Neon Rain by James Lee Burke(24.9.14)
✔N: Nikki Cruz in Chain Reaction (22.9.14)
✔S: Sold by Patricia McCormick (19.7.14)
✔I: In Bed with a Highlander by Maya Banks (10.8.14)
✔V: Josh Vaughn in My Bluegrass Baby by Molly Harper (24.8.14)
✔E: Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues by Diana Rowland (30.8.14)


OTHER NECESSITIES
WORMS 5/5
✔W: Wool Omnibus by Hugh Howey (11.10.14)
✔O: Olivia in When it Happens to You by Molly Ringwald (27.6.14)
✔R: Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys (22.8.14)
✔M: Rhythm and Bluegrass by Molly Harper (29.8.14)
✔S: The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon (21.8.14)

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Welcome to the challenge, Margaret, Anita, Lisa Kay, Barbara★, Ruth, and Kimberly!

[Lisa]

Open
Option 1
Commercial Farmer
81/81
Harvest
N Napoli, Donna Jo~Zel 9-3-14
E Elizabeth Scott, Heartbeat 7-3-14
C Coley, Liz Pretty Girl 13 7-1-14
T 13 to Life 6-5-14
A Alienated 6-21-14
R Ryan Gebhart There Will be Bears 6-12-14
I I Thought my Soul Would Fly 6-21-14
N The Night Tourist 10-12-14
E East 8-17-14
P Panic 5-31-14
L Listen 8-1-14
U Under a War Torn Sky 6-16-14
M Monster Calls 6-8-14

TOOLS
S Six Months Later 5-30-14
P Pretties 6-13-14
A Acosta, Marta Dark Companion 8-21-14
D Daughter of Smoke and Bone 6-19-14
E Erin Moulton-Chasing the Milky Way 9-18-14
G Girl of Nightmares 6-2-14
L Loud Awake and Lost 8-8-14
O Oliver, Lauren Panic 7-20-14
V The Vanishing Season 9-2-14
E Emily Hainsworth~Through to You 9-9-14
S School of Charm 7-27-14

EQUIPMENT
C Crash 7-9-14
O The Opposite of Love 9-30-14
M Meaning of Maggie 8-18-14
B Breakfast Served Anytime 6-7-14
I If You Find Me 8-29-14
N Neverhome by Laird Hunt 11-25-14
E Eckert, Allan-Blue Jacket 11-14-14
T The End or Something Like it 6-10-14
R Rot and Ruin 7-13-14
A Armentrout, Jennifer-Dont Look Back 10-11-14
C Coal Miners Bride 8-2-14
T A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 9-7-14
O One Eye Laughing 10-2-14
R Rin Chupeco-The Girl From the Well 10-7-14

PEST
L Leisl and Po 8-9-14
A Ann Martin~Rain Reign 10-17-14
D Day of Tears 7-5-14
Y You Know Where to Find Me 6-21-14
B Before I Die 8-14-14
U Until it Hurts to Stop 11-14-14
G Golden Girl 7-12-14
S Storm 8-10-14
F From the Mixed up Files...6-20-14
E Eric Kahn Gale-The Zoo At The Edge of the World 11-02-14
N Nancy LeSourd-Liberty Letters 12-9-14
C Colleen Hoover-Slammed 8-27-14
I In the After 9-14-15
N Napoli, Donna Jo-The Smile 12-29-14
G Girl Behind the Glass 7-29-14

GARDENS
R Ruined 10-23-14
A Ace Collins~Mans Best Hero 9-25-14
I In the End 10-10-14
S Sonya Harnett-Ghosts Child 7-29-14
E Elliott-Give Me Liberty 1-14-15
D Days of Blood and Starlight 7-10-14
B Ballad of Lucy Whipple 8-25-14
E Esther Earl-This Star Wont Go Out 12-5-14
D Diane Salerni-Caged Graves 9-19-14
O Oliver, Lauren~The Spindlers 9-12-14
R Returning to Shore 10-26-14
G Golden 7-24-14
A Abbott, Megan-The Fever 9-21-14
N Napoli, Donna Jo-Three Days 1-28-15
I Imaginary Girls 10-28-14
C Canfield, Jack-Messages From Heaven 8-19-14

NECESSITIES
H House of Ivy and Sorrow 6-28-14
O Oliver, Lauren-Rooms 11-20-14
N Napoli, Donna Jo-Bound 1-29-15
E Evil Librarian 10-14-14
Y Yohalem, Eve~Escape Under the Forever Sky 8-5-14
B Baby 10-1-14
E Erin Bowman-Frozen 8-23-14
E Elizabeth Loraine-Katrina 7-29-14
W Where the Stars Still Shine 6-29-14
O Oliver, Lauren Pandemonium 7-7-14
R Requiem 9-26-14
M McCullers, Carson-Heart is a Lonely Hunter 9-24-14
S Second Life of Abigail Walker 8-15-14

[❤Stephanie ღ♥ღMrs Daryl Dixonღ♥ღ]

Farm to Table Challenge
Duration: 29th May - Whenever I Finish
Level: Commercial Farmer 30+
Option: 1 - Spell-it-out
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The Harvest:

B
L
A
C
K
B
E
R
R
Y

The Tools:

S
C
Y
T
H
E

Farm Equipment:

T
I
L
L
E
R

Pest Control:

L
A
D
Y
B
U
G

Types of Gardens:

O
R
C
H
A
R
D

Other Necessities:

W
A
T
E
R

[❤Stephanie ღ♥ღMrs Daryl Dixonღ♥ღ]

Just in case

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Welcome to the challenge, Lisa and ❤Stephanie!

[Jojobean]

I'm in. will use this post

Farm to Table
Duration: Open
Option: 1 Spell it out
Permaculturist: 25-30 books, and use a word from each category

The Harvest:
ARTICHOKE
A
R
T
I
C
H
O
K
E

The Tools:
SCYTHE
S
C
Y
T
H
E

Farm Equipment
TRENCHER
T
R
E
N
C
H
E
R

Pest Control:
PARASITIC WASP
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A
R
A
S
I
T
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C
W
A
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P

Types of Gardens:
ORCHARD
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C
H
A
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D

Other Necessities:
POLLINATION
P
O
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L
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N

[NayNay]

Farm to Table
Duration: Open

Option 1: Spell-it-Out. Choose a word from any of the categories below (or come up with one of your own), and spell-it-out using the first letter in the book's title, the first letter in the author's first or last name, or the first letter of a character's first or last name. You may use or disregard the words 'A', 'An', 'The', etc.

Level: Commercial Farmer: 30+ books, and use at least two words from each category


The Harvest
R Secrets on the Sand by Roxanne St. Clair 06/06/14 ***
I Mistress to the Crown by by Isolde Martyn 05/02/14 ***
C Forever Alexa by Cate Beauman 06/02/14 ****
E Making Mischief by Elizabeth Yardley 06/03/14 ***

The Tools
S Snobs by Julian Fellowes 06/01/14 ****
P The Promise of an Angel by Ruth Reid 06/19/14 ****
A Anne Frank Tales from a Secret Annex 06/06/14 ****
D Dying to Tell by Rita Herron 06/08/14 ***
E The Boleyn Women: The Tudor Femmes Fatales Who Changed English History by Elizabeth Norton 07/15/14 ****

Farm Equipment
P Perfect Pitch by Mindy Klasky 07/03/14 ***
L The Glass Kitchen by Linda Francis Lee 06/23/14 ****
O Of Poseidon by Anna Banks 06/23/14 ***
W Waiting for Wren by Cate Beauman 06/07/14 ****

Pest Control
L She Can Run by Melinda Leigh 06/24/14 ****
A s>Boomerang by Noelle August 07/14/14 ***
D flirting With Pete by Barbara Delinsky 06/28/14 ***
Y Young Henry: The Rise of Henry VIII by Robert Hutchinson 06/15/14 ****
B The Queen's Lady by Barbara Kyle 06/04/14 ****
U Unseen by Nancy Bush 06/19/14 ***
G For the Roses by Julie Garwood 06/09/14 ***

Types of Garden
O Out of the Mist by JoAnn Ross 07/22/14 ****
R Worth Dying For by RitaHerron 06/22/14 ****
G The Guardian by Sherrilyn Kenyon 06/13/14 ***
A The Girls of August by Anne Rivers Siddons 06/21/14 ****
N Nantucket Sisters by Nancy Thayer 06/20/14 ***
I Jane Austen Girl by Inglath Cooper 06/11/14 ****
C Justice for Abby by Cate Beauman 06/07/14 *****

Other Necessities
W Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walters 06/12/14 ****
A All I Want Is You by Toni Blake 06/17/14 ****
T The Third Plantagenet: George, Duke of Clarence, Richard III's Brother by John Ashdown-Hill 06/05/14 ***
E The Edge of Night by Jill Sorenson 06/16/14 ****
R Her Dying Breath by Rita Herron 06/14/14 ****

[Shaun P.]

I am in for this one. I guess I will be at the Farmer's Market level, using words from four categories.

The Harvest
W
A - Assassins Apprentice - Robin Hobb 7/11/14
T
E
R
M
E
L
O
N

The Tools
S
C - Cloche and Dagger - Jenn McKinlay 7/13/14
Y
T
H
E

Types of Garden
O
R
G - A Game of Thrones - George R. R. Martin 6/30/14
A
N
I
C

Other Necessities
C
O
M
P
O
S
T

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Welcome to the challenge, Joanne♥, Nay Nay, and Shaun!

[Connie N.]

Count me in as a Commercial Farmer!

FARM TO TABLE
Timeframe: 6/1/14 to 3/3/15
125/125
120/20 Words

The Harvest
BLACKBERRY (10/10)
B - The Beach Quilt by Holly Chamberlin - 6/19/14 ♥♥♥
L - The Xibalba Murders by Lyn Hamilton - 7/6/14 ♥♥♥
A - Daddy Morebucks by Normandie Alleman - 6/5/14 ♥♥♥♥
C - Cowboy with a Cause by Carla Cassidy - 6/13/14 ♥♥♥♥
K - Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella - 6/7/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
B - The Best of Us by Sarah Pekkanen - 6/24/14 ♥♥♥♥
E -The 8th Confession by James Patterson - 6/21/14 ♥♥♥♥
R - Robert B. Parker's Fool Me Twice by Michael Brandman - 6/17/14 ♥♥♥♥
R - Taming A Sea-Horse by Robert B. Parker - 6/20/14 ♥♥♥♥
Y You Can Get Arrested for That: 2 Guys, 25 Dumb Laws, 1 Absurd American Crime Spree by Rich Smith - 7/12/14 ♥♥



LIMA BEAN (8/8)
L - Hot Secrets by Lisa Renee Jones - 6/28/14 ♥♥♥♥
I - I Scream, You Scream by Wendy Lyn Watson - 6/30/14 ♥♥♥♥
M - The Man in the Empty Boat by Mark Salzman - 7/12/14 ♥♥♥
A - The Hot Corner by Amy Noelle - 6/12/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
B - Beach Road by James Patterson - 7/21/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Wife for Hire by Janet Evanovich - 6/22/14 ♥♥♥
A - Aftershock by Desiree Holt - 6/25/14 ♥♥♥
N - Natural Born Charmer by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - 6/18/14 ♥♥♥♥♥



RADISH (6/6)
R - Caged Wolf by S.M. Reine - 7/4/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton - 6/30/14 ♥♥♥♥
D - Deeply In You by Sharon Page - 7/3/14 ♥♥♥♥
I - It's in His Kiss by Julia Quinn - 8/9/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Starry Night by Debbie Macomber - 8/31/14 ♥♥♥
H - The Homecoming by Robyn Carr - 10/14/14 ♥♥♥

[Connie N.]

FARM TO TABLE - Part 2

Pest Control
PESTICIDE (9/9)
P - The Marriage Bargain by Jennifer Probst - 8/10/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Tangled by Emma Chase - 11/17/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - The Sleeping Beauty Proposal by Sarah Strohmeyer - 9/24/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - 10th Anniversary by James Patterson - 8/6/14 ♥♥♥♥
I - The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town by John Grisham - 8/26/14 ♥♥♥♥
C - Men and Dogs by Katie Crouch - 9/7/14 ♥♥♥
I - I'll Walk Alone by Mary Higgins Clark - 10/9/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
D - Prima Donna by Laura Drewry - 10/16/14 ♥♥♥♥
E - Hot Six by Janet Evanovich - 11/30/14 ♥♥♥♥♥



FENCING (7/7)
F - Funeral Food by Kathleen Taylor - 6/16/14 ♥♥♥♥
E - Passion and Propriety by Elise de Sallier - 8/5/14 ♥♥♥♥
N - Key of Light by Nora Roberts - 10/31/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
C - Crimson Joy by Robert B. Parker - 8/4/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - If I Were You by Lisa Renee Jones - 8/23/14 ♥♥♥
N - An Island Christmas by Nancy Thayer - 12/19/14 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Sue Grafton - D is for Deadbeat - 12/21/14 ♥♥♥♥



REPELLENT (9/9)
R - Author Katie Rose - Too Hot to Handle - 2/2/15 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - To the Nines - 1/19/15 ♥♥♥♥♥
P - 12th of Never by James Patterson - 10/11/14 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Curtis Edmonds - Wreathed - 1/27/15 ♥♥♥♥
L - Mastering The Marquess by Lavinia Kent - 8/25/14 ♥♥♥♥
L - Longing by Jamie K. Schmidt - 9/3/14 ♥♥♥
E - Author Emily Giffin - Baby Proof - 1/29/15 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nancy Thayer - The Hot Flash Club - 3/3/15 ♥♥♥♥
T - Last of the Red-Hot Cowboys by Tina Leonard - 9/11/14 ♥♥



The Tools
WHEELBARROW (11/11)
W - The Wicked Wager by Anya Wylde - 9/30/14 ♥♥♥
H - High Five by Janet Evanovich - 10/27/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Christmas Brides by Suzanne Enoch - 10/8/14 ♥♥♥♥
E - Barefoot by Elin Hilderbrand - 11/11/14 ♥♥♥♥
L - A Little Christmas Jingle by Michele Dunaway - 10/10/14 ♥♥♥
B - Straddling the Line by Jaci Burton - 9/29/14 ♥♥♥♥
A - Treasure on Lilac Lane by Donna Alward - 11/4/14 ♥♥♥♥
R - Relentless by Anna Wells - 11/28/14 ♥♥♥
R - Rocky Mountain Miracle by Christine Feehan - 11/11/14 ♥♥♥♥
O - On the Naughty List by Lori Foster - 10/20/14 ♥♥♥♥
W - Wild Nights by Tina Wainscott - 11/16/14 ♥♥♥♥



RAKE (4/4)
R - Simple Dreams: A Musical Memoir by Linda Ronstadt - 7/16/14 ♥♥♥
A - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie - 7/14/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
K - Lick by Kylie Scott - 7/19/14 ♥♥♥♥
E - The Earl's Dilemma by Emily May - 7/17/14 ♥♥♥♥♥



SHOVEL (6/6)
S - B is for Burglar by Sue Grafton - 9/5/14 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hot on Her Heels by Susan Mallery - 6/9/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Odds Against by Dick Francis - 7/8/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
V - Virgin by Radhika Sanghani - 7/23/14 ♥♥♥
E - Pies and Prejudice by Ellery Adams - 6/28/14 ♥♥♥♥
L - Letter from Peking by Pearl S. Buck - 7/28/14 ♥♥♥

[Connie N.]

FARM TO TABLE - Part 3

Farm Equipment
COMBINE (7/7)
C - Hot Ticket by Olivia Cunning - 8/13/14 ♥♥♥♥
O - On the Way to the Wedding by Julia Quinn - 8/16/14 ♥♥♥♥
M - The Mirror by Marlys Millhiser - 7/26/14 ♥♥♥♥
B - Blue Shoes and Happiness by Alexander McCall Smith - 7/31/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - I Watch You by Irene Cao - 9/5/14 ♥♥♥♥
N - A Superior Death by Nevada Barr - 9/12/14 ♥♥♥
E - Quilt or Innocence by Elizabeth Spann Craig - 8/29/14 ♥♥♥



TRENCHER (8/8)
T - Tempting Meredith by Samantha Ann King - 7/6/14 ♥♥♥♥
R - Bring on the Heat by Katie Rose - 8/10/14 ♥♥♥♥
E - 11th Hour by James Patterson - 9/14/14 ♥♥♥♥
N - The 9th Judgment by James Patterson - 7/22/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
C - Welcome to Temptation by Jennifer Crusie - 7/9/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
H - Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman - 7/31/14 ♥♥♥♥
E - Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich - 9/20/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Truly by Ruthie Knox - 8/30/14 ♥♥♥♥♥



AUGER (5/5)
A - Spring Fever by Mary Kay Andrews - 9/15/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
U - Unsaid by Neil Abramson - 9/28/14 ♥♥♥
G - C is for Corpse by Sue Grafton - 9/25/14 ♥♥♥♥
E - Four to Score by Janet Evanovich - 10/6/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Once Perfect by Cecy Robson - 10/30/14 ♥♥♥♥



Type of Garden
ORGANIC (7/7)
O - Wicked Beat by Olivia Cunning - 12/4/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Author R.L. Mathewson - Playing for Keeps - 1/4/14 ♥♥♥♥
G - Saving Grace by Jane Green - 12/27/14 ♥♥♥♥
A - What a Lady Demands by Ashlyn Macnamara - 11/20/14 ♥♥♥
N - Never Have Your Dog Stuffed: And Other Things I've Learned by Alan Alda - 1/6/15 ♥♥♥
I - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot - 10/21/14 ♥♥♥
C - Faking It by Jennifer Crusie - 10/2/14 ♥♥♥♥♥



URBAN (5/5)
U - Under the Boardwalk by Carly Phillips - 10/25/14 ♥♥♥♥
R - The Promise by Robyn Carr - 9/17/14 ♥♥♥
B - Zero Day by David Baldacci - 8/15/14 ♥♥♥
A - An Appetite for Murder by Lucy Burdette - 8/21/14 ♥♥♥♥
N - Key of Knowledge by Nora Roberts - 11/27/14 ♥♥♥♥♥



ORCHARD (7/7)
O - Between the Sheets by Molly O'Keefe - 8/19/14 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Robert B. Parker - The Widening Gyre - 2/6/15 ♥♥♥♥
C - The Mistletoe Effect by Melissa Cutler - 9/22/14 ♥♥♥
H - Full Contact by Sidney Halston - 11/2/14 ♥♥♥♥
A - Christmas at Seashell Cottage by Donna Alward - 9/19/14 ♥♥♥
R - Author Violetta Rand - Surrender - 2/13/15 ♥♥
D - Dog Gone, Back Soon by Nick Trout - 6/6/14 ♥♥♥♥



Other Necessities
WATER (5/5)
W - A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson - 10/15/14 ♥♥♥
A - Delectable by Adrianne Lee - 8/1/14 ♥♥♥
T - Trapped at the Altar by Jane Feather - 7/15/14 ♥♥♥♥
E - Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich - 8/8/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - The Homecoming by JoAnn Ross - 11/24/14 ♥♥♥♥



SEEDS (5/5)
S - Triptych by Karin Slaughter - 10/28/14 ♥♥♥♥
E - Seven Up by Janet Evanovich - 12/15/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Hard Eight - 12/25/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
D - Talk Me Down by Victoria Dahl - 11/12/14 ♥♥♥♥
S - Seaview Inn by Sherryl Woods - 11/7/14 ♥♥♥



SHAKER (6/6)
S - Play by Kylie Scott - 11/8/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
H - The Homecoming of Samuel Lake by Jenny Wingfield - 12/10/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - All I Want for Christmas is You by Lisa Mondello - 11/26/14 ♥♥
K - Knock Off by Rhonda Pollero - 8/14/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - E is for Evidence by Sue Grafton - 1/23/15 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Patricia Rosemoor - Dangerous - 1/31/15 ♥♥♥♥

[Jessica (Goldenfurpro)]

Duration: June 1st 2014-?
Level: Commercial Farmer 30+
TOTAL READ: 77/77

THE HARVEST:
Apple 5/5
(view spoiler)[A-After the End by Amy Plum READ:6/4 ★ ★ ★
P- Wonder by R.J. Palacio READ:7/2 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
P- The Paper Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg READ:11/4 ★ ★ ★ ★
L- Let's Get Lost by Adi Alsaid READ:7/21 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
E-Bluewing by Kate Avery Ellison READ:6/28 ★ ★ ★ ★ (hide spoiler)]

Cheese 6/6
(view spoiler)[C-The Murder Complex by Lindsay Cummings READ:7/13 ★ ★ ★ 1/2
H-Hate List by Jennifer Brown READ:6/10 ★ ★ ★ ★
E-The Jewel by Amy Ewing READ:7/20 ★ ★ ★ ★
E-Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger READ:7/18 ★ ★ ★ 1/2
S- Scan by Sarah Fine&Walter Jury READ:6/2 ★ ★ ★ ★
E- Earth & Sky by Megan Crewe READ:10/18 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (hide spoiler)]

THE TOOLS:
Rake 4/4
(view spoiler)[R- Reborn by C.C. Hunter READ:6/18 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
A- Among the Enemy by Margaret Peterson Haddix READ:6/24 ★ ★ ★
K- The Forever Song by Julie Kagawa READ:7/29 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
E- Echoes of Us by Kat Zhang READ:11/14 ★ ★ ★ ★ (hide spoiler)]

Shovel 4/6
(view spoiler)[S- Feather Bound by Sarah Raughley READ:7/22 ★ ★ 1/2
H- Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas READ:10/5 ★ ★ ★ ★
O- Of Sea and Stone by Kate Avery Ellison READ:7/9 ★ ★ ★ ★
V-It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini READ:7/4 ★ ★ ★
E-Elemental by Antony John READ:7/12 ★ ★ ★
L-Love Letters to the Dead by Ava Dellaira READ:7/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ (hide spoiler)]

FARM EQUIPMENT:
Tractor 7/7
(view spoiler)[T- Thorns by Kate Avery Ellison READ:6/27 ★ ★ ★ ★
R-Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys READ:7/9 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
A-Aeralis by Kate Avery Ellison READ:6/28 ★ ★ ★ 1/2
C-Shadowland by Meg Cabot READ:7/16 ★ ★ ★
T- Talon by Julie Kagawa READ:11/9 ★ ★ ★
O- #scandal by Sarah Ockler READ:6/17 ★ ★ ★
R- The Rules for Disappearing by Ashley Elston READ:7/8 ★ ★ ★ (hide spoiler)]

Plow 4/4
(view spoiler)[P-Psyched by Juli Caldwell READ:6/20 ★ ★ ★
L-Nil by Lynne Matson READ:7/14 ★ ★ ★ ★
O-Dissonance by Erica O'Rourke READ:6/20 ★ ★ ★ 1/2
W-A World Without Princes by Soman Chainani READ:6/25 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (hide spoiler)]

[Jessica (Goldenfurpro)]

PEST CONTROL:
Ladybug 7/7
(view spoiler)[L- The Liberator by Victoria Scott READ:6/22 ★ ★ ★
A- Ghost House by Alexandra Adornetto READ:6/22 ★ ★
D- Dangerous Creatures by Kami Garcia&Margaret Stohl READ:6/12 ★ ★ 1/2
Y- You Are Mine by Janeal Falor READ:11/16 ★ ★ ★ ★
B- The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes READ:6/11 ★ ★ ★ 1/2
U- The Unhappening of Genesis Lee by Shallee McArthur READ:10/7 ★ ★ ★ ★
G- The Girl from the Well by Rin Chupeco READ:8/17 ★ ★ ★ ★ (hide spoiler)]

Repellent 9/9
(view spoiler)[R- Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins READ:7/20 ★ ★ ★ ★
E- Elemental by Kim Richardson READ:9/3 ★ ★ ★
P- Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder READ:7/5 ★ ★ ★ ★
E- Every Ugly Word by Aimee L. Salter READ:10/18 ★ ★ ★ ★
L- Free to Fall by Lauren Miller READ:6/16 ★ ★ ★
L- Midnight Thief by Livia Blackburne READ:10/2 ★ ★ ★ ★
E-Elixir by Jennifer L. Armentrout READ:7/5 ★ ★ ★
N- This Is How It Ends by Jen Nadol READ:10/16 ★ ★ ★
T- True Calling by Siobhan Davis READ:9/27 ★ ★ ★ ★ (hide spoiler)]

TYPES OF GARDENS:
Orchard 7/7
(view spoiler)[O-Of Metal and Wishes by Sarah Fine READ:6/10 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
R- Rebel by Amy Tintera READ:10/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
C- Striking Mars by Cidney Swanson READ:7/19 ★ ★ ★ ★
H- The Half Life of Molly Pierce by Katrina LenoREAD:8/15 ★ ★ ★ ★
A- Marie Antoinette, Serial Killer by Katie Alender READ:7/7 ★ ★ ★
R- Reign by Chanda Hahn READ:11/12 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
D- Dare You To by Katie McGarry READ:6/13 ★ ★ ★ ★ (hide spoiler)]

Vegetable 9/9
(view spoiler)[V- Vengeance Bound by Justina Ireland READ:10/30 ★ ★ ★
E- Accession by Terah Edun
READ:9/10 ★ ★
G- Get Even by Gretchen McNeil READ:7/30 ★ ★ ★ ★
E- With Tide and Tempest by Kate Avery Ellison READ:9/10 ★ ★ ★ ★
T- Take Back the Skies by Lucy Saxon READ:7/18 ★ ★ ★ ★
A- The Aftermath by Jen Alexander READ:8/18 ★ ★ ★ ★
B- Fates by Lanie Bross READ:7/16 ★ ★
L- The Giver by Lois Lowry READ:6/6 ★ ★ ★ 1/2
E- The Jewel by Amy Ewing READ:7/20 ★ ★ ★ ★ (hide spoiler)]

OTHER NECESSITIES:
Honeybee 8/8
(view spoiler)[H-To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han READ:8/5 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
O-Transcendence by C.J. Omololu READ:7/7 ★ ★ ★
N-The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen READ:6/6 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
E-Ending ELE by Rebecca Gober & Rebecca Gober READ:6/27 ★ ★ ★ ★
Y-Fiendish by Brenna Yovanoff READ:6/23 ★ ★ ★
B-The Book of Time by Guillaume Prévost READ:7/6 ★ ★ ★
E-The Empress Chronicles by Suzy Vitello READ:9/2 ★ ★ 1/2
E-Elemental by Antony John READ:7/12 ★ ★ ★ (hide spoiler)]

Water 5/5
(view spoiler)[W-Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green&David Levithan READ:6/7 ★ ★ ★
A-Among the Brave by Margaret Peterson Haddix READ:6/5 ★ ★ ★
T-There by Denise Grover Swank READ:6/23 ★ ★ ★ ★;
E-Every Day by David Levithan READ:6/9 ★ ★ ★ ★
R-Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo READ:7/1 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (hide spoiler)]

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Welcome to the challenge, Connie N. and Jessica (Goldenfurpro)!

[Rabaab]

I am in

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Welcome to the challenge, Rabaab!

[Shelly]

Farm to Table Challenge
Duration: Open Ended
Level: Commercial Farmer 30+ / Option #1
Started: 6/1/2014
Finished: 27/116

The Harvest

Honeydew

H
O - Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline 6/4/2014
N - Black Rose by Nora Roberts 6/11/2014
E - The Neverending Story by Michael Ende 6/5/2014
Y - The Program by Suzanne Young 6/19/2014
D - Dust to Dust by Beverly Connor 6/1/2014
E - El Gavilan by Craig McDonald 7/2/2014
W - Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett 6/8/2014

Pomegranate

P - Sourcery by Terry Pratchett 6/3/2014
O - Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman 6/21/2014
M - Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King 6/9/2014
E
G - Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett 6/20/2014
R - Remnants of Tomorrow by Kassy Tayler 6/1/2014
A - Notorious by Allison Brennan 7/1/2014
N - Red Lily by Nora Roberts 6/25/2014
A - Of Scars and Stardust by Andrea Hannah 7/9/2014
T - Pyramids by Terry Pratchett 6/14/2014
E

The Tools

Grow Light

G - Far Gone by Laura Griffin 6/23/2014
R - Shell Game by Ridley Pearson 6/29/2014
O - Because We Are: A Novel of Haiti by Ted Oswald 6/23/2014
W - World Without End by Ken Follett 6/14/2014

L
I - The Insider by Ridley Pearson 7/12/2014
G - Grave Secrets by Kathy Reichs 6/30/2014
H
T

Sprayer

S - Maus, I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman7/13/2014
P - The Wolf's Moon by Patrick Jones 7/6/2014
R - Bare Bones by Kathy Reichs 7/2/2014
A
Y - The Origin by Wilette Youkey 7/4/2014
E
R

Farm Equipment

Bell Planter

B
E
L
L

P
L
A
N
T
E
R

Water Pump

W
A
T
E
R

P
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Ladybug

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Repellent

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Community Garden

C - Cutting Teeth by Julia Fierro 6/20/2014
O - The One by Kiera Cass 7/7/2014
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Other Necessities

Crop Rotation

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[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Welcome to the challenge, Shelly!

[Anita Reads]

Barbara ★ wrote: "I'm in. Anita, I hope you don't mind that I borrowed your format.
Option 1 -- Commercial Farmer: 30+ books.

..."

I don't mind.

[Lisa Kay]

Anita wrote: "I don't mind."

Great, Anita, because I think I'm going to use that format, too. Thanks!

[Amanda]

Finally going to take the time to set up my own list :).
Farm To Table Challenge- Part 1
Level: Commercial Farmer (30+ books, and use at least two words from each category)

The Harvest
Charentais
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Tomato
1. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
2. Tomato Red by Daniel Woodrell
Egg
1. The Egg and I by Betty MacDonald
Orange
1. Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris

The Tools
Irrigation Line
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Flail
1. The Crook and Flail by L.M. Ironside
Shovel
1. Bring a Shovel and a Gun by Rasheed Newson

Farm Equipment
Broadcast Seeder
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Plow
1. Plow the Bones by Douglas F. Warrick
2. In the Lights of a Midnight Plow by David Hickey
Farm equipment on cover
1. by Jeanne Marie Laskas

[Amanda]

Farm To Table Challenge- Part 2
Level: Commercial Farmer (30+ books, and use at least two words from each category)

[Suzanne]

Nothing but Reading Challenges
Farm to Table Challenge
Duration: 6/1/2014 - Til Done!

Progress: 355 out of 833

✓Apple (5)
A: Almost Perfect by Susan Mallery - **** - 7/7/2014 - 379 Pages
P: Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher - ***** - 8/4/2014 - 480 Pages
P: Piper Kerman; Orange Is the New Black - ***** - 6/27/2014 - 298 Pages
L: Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead - ***** - 6/4/2014 - 594 Pages
E: Eloisa James; The Duke Is Mine - *** - 7/28/2014 - 367 Pages


✓Artichoke (9)
A: Again the Magic by Lisa Kleypas - *** - 7/14/2014 - 391 Pages
R: Romancing the Duke by Tessa Dare - ***** - 6/22/2014 - 370 Pages
T: The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht - **** - 7/8/2014 - 338 Pages
I: If You Have to Cry, Go Outside: And Other Things Your Mother Never Told You by Kelly Cutrone - ***** - 6/21/2014 - 208 Pages
C: Christie Ridgway; Beach House No. 9 - **** - 7/1/2014 - 384 Pages
H: Charlaine Harris; Deadlocked - **** - 6/23/2014 - 327 Pages
O: Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout - *** - 9/4/2014 - 335 Pages
K: Kim Harrison; Something Deadly This Way Comes - *** - 6/19/2014 - 245 Pages
E: The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe - **** - 8/10/2014


✓Asparagus (9)
A: Cecelia Ahern; The Book of Tomorrow - *** - 8/12/2014 - 320 Pages
S: Something About You by Julie James - **** - 7/15/2014 - 307 Pages
P: People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks - **** - 9/22/2014 - 449 Pages
A: Anna Banks; Of Triton - **** - 9/2/2014 - 246 Pages
R: Rock Chick Rescue by Kristen Ashley - ***** - 9/3/2014 - 500 Pages
A: Maya Angelou; The Heart of a Woman - **** - 9/1/2014 - 288 Pages
G: John Green; The Fault in Our Stars - ***** - 6/12/2014 - 313 Pages
U: Ursula K. Le Guin; Gifts - *** - 8/19/2014 - 274 Pages
S: Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern - **** - 7/9/2014 - 159 Pages


✓Barley (6)
B: Blood Rites by Jim Butcher - ***** - 6/7/2014 - 439 Pages
A: Aisha Tyler; Self-Inflicted Wounds: Heartwarming Tales of Epic Humiliation - ***** - 8/2/2014 - 256 Pages
R: Reckless by Skye Jordan - *** - 9/9/2014 - 280 Pages
L: Love in the Afternoon by Lisa Kleypas - ***** - 7/2/2014 - 332 Pages
E: Eleanor Brown; The Weird Sisters - **** - 8/15/2014 - 320 Pages
Y: Yasmine Galenorn; Shaded Vision - ** - 6/18/2014 - 306 Pages


✓Bean (4)
B: Jim Butcher; Dead Beat - ***** - 6/15/2014
E: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde - **** - 8/20/2014 - 374 Pages
A: Beauty and the Bounty Hunter by Lori Austin - ***** - 6/8/2014 - 300 Pages
N: Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover by Sarah MacLean - ***** - 6/25/2015 - 384 Pages


✓Beef (4)
B: Blood Cross by Faith Hunter - ***** - 7/17/2014 - 321 Pages
E: Elle Kennedy; One Night of Sin - *** - 9/12/2014 - 162 Pages
E: Jennifer Echols; Biggest Flirts - ***** - 7/31/2014 - 336 Pages
F: Fanning the Flames by Victoria Dahl - ***** - 8/5/2014 - 61 Pages


✓Beet (4)
B: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley - **** - 7/21/2014 - 268 Pages
E: Stephanie Evanovich; Big Girl Panties - ***** - 8/21/2014 - 324 Pages
E: Kim Edwards; The Memory Keeper's Daughter - ***** - 7/18/2014 - 401 Pages
T: These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman - *** - 7/29/2014 - 374 Pages


✓Bell Pepper (10)
B: Brian K. Vaughan; Saga, Volume 2 - ***** - 6/2/2014 - 144 Pages
E: The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan - *** - 9/16/2014 - 800 Pages
L: Long Hard Ride by Lorelei James - ***** - 7/23/2014 - 287 Pages
L: Lisa Kleypas; Secrets of a Summer Night - **** - 7/16/2014 - 375 Pages

P: Susan Elizabeth Phillips; Dream a Little Dream - **** - 10/27/2014 - 400 Pages
E: Eloisa James; Seduced by a Pirate - **** - 9/24/2014 - 100 Pages
P: James Patterson; The 9th Judgment - ***** - 12/6/2014 - 355 Pages
P: Perfect Pitch by Mindy Klasky - *** - 12/26/2014 - 174 Pages
E: Eric Schlosser; Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal - *** - 10/21/2014 - 399 Pages
R: Robin Sloan; Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore - ***** - 8/7/2014 - 304 Pages


✓Black Beauty (11)
B: Rachel Bertsche; MWF Seeking BFF: My Yearlong Search For A New Best Friend - ***** - 6/26/2014 - 349 Pages
L: Lilith Saintcrow; Working for the Devil - *** - 7/4/2014 - 403 Pages
A: Anna Banks; Of Poseidon - ** - 8/27/2014 - 324 Pages
C: The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black - **** - 10/5/2014 - 419 Pages
K: Kerrelyn Sparks; Vamps and the City - **** - 7/3/2014 - 387 Pages

B: Joanna Bourne; Her Ladyship's Companion - **** - 10/18/2014 - 224 Pages
E: Emma Chase; Tangled - **** - 12/22/2014 - 254 Pages
A: A.G. Howard; Splintered - ** - 6/9/2014 - 371 Pages
U: The Ugly Duchess by Eloisa James - **** - 9/23/2014 - 334 Pages
T: Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading by Nina Sankovitch - *** - 8/25/2014 - 241 Pages
Y: Yes Please by Amy Poehler - ***** - 11/28/2014 - 329 Pages


✓Blackberry (10)
B: Becca Fitzpatrick; Hush, Hush - *** - 11/2/2014 - 391 Pages
L: Looking for Alaska by John Green - ***** - 12/1/2014 - 256 Pages
A: Ashes to Ashes and Cinder to Cinder by Cameron Jace - **** - 12/19/2014 - 28 Pages
C: Cress by Marissa Meyer - **** - 12/10/2014 - 550 Pages
K: Kiss of Midnight by Lara Adrian - *** - 10/3/2014 - 402 Pages
B: Bloodlines by Richelle Mead - **** - 12/17/2014 - 421 Pages
E: Emma Chase; Holy Frigging Matrimony: A Tangled Series Short Story - **** - 12/23/2014 - 40 Pages
R: Nora Roberts; Shadow Spell - **** - 7/22/2014 - 319 Pages
R: Rick Riordan; The Titan's Curse - *** - 10/7/2014 - 320 Pages
Y: You Have to Fucking Eat by Adam Mansbach - ***** - 12/16/2014 - 32 Pages


✓Black Krim (9)
B: Beauty Never Dies by Cameron Jace - **** - 12/19/2014 - 28 Pages
L: Lisa Kleypas; Devil in Winter - ***** - 11/24/2014 - 368 Pages
A: Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye by Victoria Laurie - **** - 12/19/2014 - 295 Pages
C: Kresley Cole; A Hunger Like No Other - **** - 12/2/2014 - 356 Pages
K: Kim Harrison; The Witch With No Name - ***** - 10/21/2014 - 462 Pages

K: Lisa Kleypas; It Happened One Autumn - **** - 7/27/2014 - 382 Pages
R: Rhythm and Bluegrass by Molly Harper - ***** - 12/31/15
I: I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak - ***** - 7/14/2014 - 360 Pages
M: Me Before You by Jojo Moyes - ***** - 1/14/2015 - 369 Pages

[Suzanne]

Part 2

✓Blueberry (9)
B: Octavia E. Butler; Kindred - *** - 1/20/2015 - 288 Pages
L: Lisa Kleypas; A Wallflower Christmas - *** - 1/4/2015 - 213 Pages
U: The Unseen Bridegroom or Wedded for a Week by May Agnes Fl
E: [author:Elizabeth Lowell; Untamed - **** - 5/6/2015 - 416 Pages
B: Jim Butcher; White Night - **** - 3/3/2015 - 416 Pages
E: Michael Ende; The Neverending Story - *** - 8/6/2014
R: Karen Russell; Vampires in the Lemon Grove - *** - 4/2/2015 - 243 Pages
R: Return to Me by Justina Chen - **** - 4/10/2015 - 352 Pages
Y: Yasmine Galenorn; Night Myst - *** - 7/10/2015 - 317 Pages


✓Broccoli (8)
B: Brian K. Vaughan; Saga Deluxe Edition, Volume 1 - ***** - 2/21/2015 - 504 Pages
R: A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg - **** - 1/9/2015 - 193 Pages
O: Onyx by Jennifer L. Armentrout - ***** - 11/3/2014 - 366 Pages
C: Cameron Jace; Snow White Blood Red - **** - 12/18/2014 - 25 Pages
C: Cameron Jace; Mary Mary Quite Contrary - **** - 12/19/2014 - 26 Pages
O: Malika Oufkir; Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail - **** - 7/24/2014 - 293 Pages
L: Larissa Ione; Desire Unchained - **** - 12/30/2014 - 380 Pages
I: Inkspell by Cornelia Funke - ***** - 9/25/2014 - 635 Pages


✓Brussels Sprouts (15)
B: Anne Bishop; Written in Red - ***** - 4/9/2015 - 433 Pages
R: Rick Riordan; The Battle of the Labyrinth - ***** - 5/14/2015 - 368 Pages
U: Untraceable by Laura Griffin - **** - 8/9/2015 - 374 Pages
S: Alexander McCall Smith; The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - ***** - 3/1/2015 - 235 Pages
S: Simone St. James; The Haunting of Maddy Clare - ***** - 10/6/2014 - 318 Pages
E: Jennifer Estep; First Frost - **** - 8/20/2015 - 30 Pages
L: Loretta Chase; Silk Is for Seduction - ***** - 11/23/2014 - 371 Pages
S: Sixth Grave on the Edge by Darynda Jones - ***** - 1/8/2015 - 326 Pages

S: Simply Unforgettable by Mary Balogh - **** - 1/24/2015 - 422 Pages
P: P.C. Cast; Hunted - *** - 5/4/2015 - 323 Pages
R: Rachel Aaron; The Spirit Thief - ***** - 5/18/2015 - 310 Pages
O: Opal by Jennifer L. Armentrout - **** - 4/5/2015 - 382 Pages
U: Unblocked - Episode One by Marni Mann - ***** - 5/8/2015 - 109 Pages
T: Tempted by P.C. Cast - *** - 5/5/2015 - 319 Pages
S: J. Courtney Sullivan; Maine - *** - 1/15/2015 - 388 Pages


✓Butter (6)
B: Jim Butcher; Small Favor - ***** - 3/4/2015 - 420 Pages
U: Anne Ursu; Breadcrumbs - **** - 12/16/2015 - 312 Pages
T: Laini Taylor; Days of Blood & Starlight - *** - 4/13/2015 - 517 Pages
T: Laini Taylor; Night of Cake & Puppets - ***** - 4/29/2015 - 100 Pages
E: Janet Evanovich; High Five - ***** - 9/15/2015 - 336 Pages
R: The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion - **** - 6/26/2015 - 295 Pages


✓Cabbage (7)
C: Carrie Vaughn; Kitty and the Midnight Hour - ***** - 1/25/2015 - 259 Pages
A: Alice Clayton; Wallbanger - **** - 3/10/2015 - 384 Pages
B: Patricia Briggs; Shifting Shadows: Stories from the World of Mercy Thompson - ***** - 12/15/2014 - 450 Pages
B: Blood Apples by Cameron Jace - **** - 12/20/2014 - 30 Pages
A: Alan Bradley; The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse - ***** - 1/16/2015 - 27 Pages
G: Glow by Darynda Jones - **** - 1/7/2015 - 10 Pages
E: Erin Morgenstern; The Night Circus - **** - 2/22/2015 - 387 Pages


✓Carrot (6)
C: Charlaine Harris; Grave Secret - ***** - 4/29/2015 - 306 Pages
A: Anna Banks; Girls Day Out - **** - 7/7/2015 - 32 Pages
R: Diana Rowland; My Life as a White Trash Zombie - ***** - 11/2/2015 - 320 Pages
R: Ray Bradbury; The Halloween Tree - **** - 11/3/2015 - 145 Pages
O: Once Burned by Jeaniene Frost - ***** - 7/18/2015 - 346 Pages
T: Turn Coat by Jim Butcher - ***** - 9/27/2015 - 420 Pages


✓Chard (5)
C: Cameron Jace; Ladle Rat Rotten Hut - **** - 12/19/2014 - 40 Pages
H: Hit List by Laurell K. Hamilton - **** - 1/19/2015 - 320 Pages
A: Jennifer L. Armentrout; Bitter Sweet Love - ***** - 1/12/2015 - 105 Pages
R: Mary Doria Russell; The Sparrow - ***** - 1/26/2015 - 408 Pages
D: Dad Is Fat by Jim Gaffigan - **** - 6/13/2014 - 275 Pages


✓Corn (4)
C: Chew, Vol. 1: Taster's Choice by John Layman - ***** - 3/22/2015 - 128 Pages
O: The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman - **** - 1/23/2015 - 181 Pages
R: Nora Roberts; The Next Always - **** - 3/26/2015 - 352 Pages
N: Never Kiss a Rake by Anne Stuart - **** - 12/21/2014 - 265 Pages


✓Eggs (4)
E: Susan Ee; World After - * - 1/6/2015 - 438 Pages
G: A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin - ***** - 2/1/2015 - 835 Pages
G: Jane Green; Jemima J - ***** - 2/18/2015 - 373 Pages
S: Scandal in Spring by Lisa Kleypas - **** - 1/2/2015 - 374 Pages


✓Brandywine (10)
B: Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason by Nancy Pearl - ***** - 4/6/2015 - 304 Pages
R: Rebecca Zanetti; Forgotten Sins - **** - 3/29/2015 - 384 Pages
A: Ilona Andrews; Magic Breaks - ***** - 4/1/2015 - 348 Pages
N: Nefertiti by Michelle Moran - *** - 2/26/2015 - 463 Pages
D: Deborah Harkness; A Discovery of Witches - ***** - 10/29/2014 - 579 Pages
Y: Rick Yancey; The 5th Wave - ** - 11/22/2014 - 480 Pages
W: White Lies by Jayne Ann Krentz - **** - 12/3/2014 - 384 Pages
I: Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell - *** - 8/29/2014 - 184 Pages
N: No Rest for the Wicked by Kresley Cole - **** - 1/5/2015 - 356 Pages
E: Elizabeth Camden; Against the Tide - **** - 7/29/2015 - 362 Pages


✓Buttermilk (10)
B: Patricia Briggs; Dead Heat - ***** - 4/22/2015 - 336 Pages
U: The Unidentified Redhead by Alice Clayton - ***** - 1/27/2016 - 276 Pages
T: Laini Taylor; Dreams of Gods & Monsters - *** - 4/30/2015 - 613 Pages
T: Rhiannon Thomas; A Wicked Thing - **** - 8/13/2015 - 337 Pages
E: Janet Evanovich; Wicked Charms - **** - 10/6/2015 - 308 Pages
R: Rachel Hawkins; Demonglass - **** - 7/20/2015 - 359 Pages
M: Katie MacAlister; Hard Day's Knight - **** - 12/27/2014 - 346 Pages
I: If You Ask Me by Betty White - **** - 10/2/2014 - 258 Pages
L: Little Bee by Chris Cleave - *** - 4/14/2015 - 266 Pages
K: The King by J.R. Ward - **** - 11/17/2014 - 593 Pages

[Suzanne]

✓Cowpea (6)
C: Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke - **** - 4/19/2016
O: One Plus One by Jojo Moyes - ***** - 6/14/2016 - 368 Pages
W: G. Willow Wilson; Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal - ***** - 11/4/2015 - 120 Pages
P: James Patterson; 11th Hour - ***** - 4/21/2016
E: Excerpts from the 11th edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica by Various - ***** - 6/14/2016
A: Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik - ***** - 6/1/2016 - 512 Pages


✓Fig (3)
F: Frequently Asked Questions by Bill Barnes - *** - 6/20/2016
I: Ilona Andrews; Magic Shifts - ***** - 2/17/2016 - 342 Pages
G: The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women and a Forty-Year Friendship by Jeffrey Zaslow - *** - 8/24/2015 - 297 Pages


✓Flax (4)
F: Faith Hunter; WeSa and the Lumber King - *** - 6/13/2016 - 1 Page
L: Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson - ***** - 2/12/2016 - 318 Pages
A: Anna Banks; The Stranger - *** - 7/5/2015 - 32 Pages
X: Xombi by John Rozum - ** - 8/19/2015 - 160 Pages


✓Cayenne (7)
C: Kresley Cole; Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night - ***** - 7/26/2015 - 359 Pages
A: A.G. Howard; The Moth in the Mirror - *** - 7/16/2015 - 40 Pages
Y: Malala Yousafzai; I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban - ***** - 11/3/2016 - 327 Pages
E: E is for Evidence by Sue Grafton - *** - 10/7/2016 - 320 Pages
N: Nicole J. Georges; Calling Dr. Laura: A Graphic Memoir - ***** - 12/8/2015 - 288 Pages
N: Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography by Neil Patrick Harris - ***** - 12/21/2015 - 291 Pages
E: Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire - **** - 11/11/2016 - 173 Pages


✓Celeriac (8)
C: Kresley Cole; Dark Needs at Night's Edge - **** - 10/21/2015 - 368 Pages
E: Escape from Lucien by Kazu Kibuishi - **** - 11/28/2016 - 224 Pages
L: Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg - ***** - 6/24/2015 - 217 Pages
E: Emily Giffin; First Comes Love - *** - 12/12/2016 - 380 Pages
R: Rex Stout; Fer-de-Lance - *** - 11/8/2015 - 285 Pages
I: Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke - **** - 7/8/2015 - 663 Pages
A: Angela Knight; Master of the Night - *** - 8/18/2015 - 296 Pages
C: Kresley Cole; Dark Desires After Dusk - **** - 10/30/2015


✓Collards (8)
C: Courtney Crumrin Volume 2: Coven of Mystics by Ted Naifeh - ***** - 2/7/2016 - 133 Pages
O: One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson - **** - 8/12/2015 - 456 Pages
L: Lyn Hamilton; The Xibalba Murders - ***** - 10/28/2015 - 290 Pages
L: The Little Android by Marissa Meyer - **** - 11/2/2015 - 35 Pages
A: G.A. Aiken; Dragon Actually - **** - 5/5/2016
R: Rysa Walker; Timebound - ***** - 8/16/2016 - 366 Pages
D: The Dresden Files: Fool Moon, Volume 1 by Mark Powers - ***** - 7/4/2015 - 128 Pages
S: Snow Falling on Bluegrass by Molly Harper - ***** - 1/25/2016 - 168 Pages


✓Charentais (10)
C: Christina Lauren; Beautiful Bastard - **** - 12/15/2015 - 320 Pages
H: Hillary Jordan; Mudbound - *** - 1/6/2015 - 340 Pages
A: Attachments by Rainbow Rowell - **** - 2/3/2016 - 323 Pages
R: Gretchen Rubin; The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun - ***** - 6/23/2016 - 352 Pages
E: Elizabeth Young; A Girl's Best Friend - **** - 12/29/2016 - 308 Pages
N: Chloe Neill; Friday Night Bites - *** - 1/17/2016 - 357 Pages
T: This Heart of Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - *** - 6/29/2016 - 432 Pages
A: Adrian's Lost Chapter by Richelle Mead - **** - 2/16/2016
I: I'm Not the Biggest Bitch in This Relationship: Hilarious, Heartwarming Tales About Man's Best Friend from America's Favorite Humorists by Wade Rouse - **** - 8/7/2015 - 272 Pages
S: The Seduction of Samantha Kincade by Maggie Osborne - **** - 7/22/2015 - 380 Pages


✓Chicken (7)
C: Charlaine Harris; Midnight Crossroad - ***** - 1/21/2016 - 305 Pages
H: Heroes Are My Weakness by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - **** - 9/17/2015 - 384 Pages
I: Ilona Andrews; Clean Sweep - ***** - 1/11/2016 - 235 Pages
C: Curtsies & Conspiracies by Gail Carriger - *** - 2/5/2016 - 310 Pages
K: Stacia Kane; The Brave Tale of Maddie Carver - ***** - 2/16/2016 - 8 Pages
E: Elizabeth Buchan; Separate Beds - **** - 11/1/2016 - 384 Pages
N: Ted Naifeh; Courtney Crumrin, Volume 3: The Twilight Kingdom - ***** - 7/20/2016 - 134 Pages


✓Garlic (6)
G: G. Willow Wilson; Ms. Marvel, Vol. 2: Generation Why - ***** - 12/20/2015 - 136 Pages
A: Amy Bloom; Lucky Us - *** - 9/15/2016 - 256 Pages
R: Rachel Neumeier; Black Dog - ***** - 12/25/2016 - 448 Pages
L: Christina Lauren; Sweet Filthy Boy - ***** - 7/19/2016 - 385 Pages
I: The Immortals by Jordanna Max Brodsky - ***** - 7/29/2016 - 447 Pages
C: Charlotte Brontë; Jane Eyre - *** - 9/6/2016 - 507 Pages


✓Butternut (9)
B: Billy Crystal; Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys - ***** - 5/7/2015 - 288 Pages
U: Unshelved by Bill Barnes - **** - 2/6/2017 - 127 Pages
T: Tessa Dare; Say Yes to the Marquess - ***** - 12/10/2015 - 384 Pages
T: Think: Straight Talk for Women to Stay Smart in a Dumbed-Down World by Lisa Bloom - ***** - 10/7/2015 - 288 Pages
E: Emily M. Danforth; The Miseducation of Cameron Post - ***** - 12/17/2015 - 470 Pages
R: The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater - *** - 8/6/2015 - 416 Pages
N: Nalini Singh; Archangel's Consort - *** - 8/25/2015
U: Under the Dome by Stephen King - ***** - 7/4/2017 - 1074 Pages
T: Ted Naifeh; Courtney Crumrin Volume 1: The Night Things - ***** - 1/6/2016 - 137 Pages

[Suzanne]

✓Cantaloupe (10)
C: Jenny Colgan; Meet Me at the Cupcake Café - ***** - 4/23/2015 - 456 Pages
A: Animal Magnetism by Jill Shalvis - **** - 6/30/2016 - 304 Pages
N: Nalini Singh; Weapons Training - *** - 9/23/2015 - 5 Pages
T: This Night So Dark by Amie Kaufman - **** - 1/11/2016 - 109 Pages
A: Anna Banks; Legacy Lost - *** - 7/6/2015 - 32 Pages
L: Jeff Lindsay; Darkly Dreaming Dexter - ***** - 4/28/2015 - 288 Pages
O: Of Neptune by Anna Banks - *** - 7/9/2015 - 330 Pages
U: Undead and Unpopular by MaryJanice Davidson - **** - 8/22/2017 - 286 Pages
P: Prodigy by Marie Lu - **** - 5/11/2015 - 371 Pages
E: Extreme Exposure by Pamela Clare - **** - 6/20/2016 - 335 Pages - 335 Pages
Undead and Unpopular by MaryJanice Davidson - **** - 8/22/2017 - 286 Pages

✓Cauliflower (11)
C: Charlaine Harris; Shakespeare's Landlord - ***** - 6/21/2015 - 216 Pages
A: Anna Banks; Human Date - **** - 7/8/2015 - 33 Pages
U: The Unstoppable Wasp, Vol. 1: Unstoppable! by Jeremy Whitley - ***** - 3/24/2018 - 120 Pages
L: Stieg Larsson; The Girl Who Played with Fire - ***** - 5/26/2015 - 503 Pages
I: Isaac Marion; Warm Bodies - **** - 4/19/2015 - 239 Pages
F: Matt Fraction; Hawkeye, Vol. 1: My Life as a Weapon - ***** - 6/23/2015 - 136 Pages
L: Stieg Larsson; The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - ***** - 6/17/2015 - 563 Pages
O: Oprah Winfrey; What I Know For Sure - ***** - 6/25/2015 - 240 Pages
W: J.R. Ward; The Shadows - ***** - 5/12/2015 - 592 Pages
E: Janet Evanovich; Hot Six - ***** - 6/22/2016 - 336 Pages
R: Ann Redpath; How To Guide Girl Scout Brownies On Brownie Quest - *** -1/12/2016 - 94 Pag


✓Celery (6)
C: Champion by Marie Lu - *** - 12/14/2015 - 369 Pages
E: Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell - ***** - 1/9/2017 - 328 Pages
L: The Line by J.D. Horn - ***** - 7/21/2015 - 296 Pages
E: Janet Evanovich; Seven Up - *** - 1/12/2017 - 337 Pages
R: Nora Roberts; Bed of Roses - ***** - 6/17/2016 - 335 Pages
Y: Skottie Young; I Hate Fairyland, Volume 2: Fluff My Life - ***** - 1/28/2017 - 128 Pages


Cherokee Purple (14)
C: Charlaine Harris; Dead Ever After - ***** - 1/13/2016 -338 Pages
H: Hawkeye, Vol. 3: L.A. Woman by Matt Fraction - ***** - 8/15/2015 - 120 Pages
E: Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng - ***** - 1/16/2017 - 304 Pages
R: J.D. Robb; Judgment in Death - ***** - 6/25/2016 - 356 Pages
O: Odd Interlude: A Special Odd Thomas Adventure by Dean Koontz - ***** - 7/23/2015 - 279 Pages
K: Kim Harrison; Sideswiped - ***** - 10/13/2015 - 80 Pages
E
E

P: Pamela Palmer; Desire Untamed - *** - 7/27/2015 - 363 Pages
U
R: Abigail Roux; Cut & Run - *** - 7/7/2016 - 348 Pages
P: Jodi Picoult; House Rules - **** - 9/1/2015 - 532 Pages
L: Jeff Lindsay; Dearly Devoted Dexter - ***** - 8/20/2015 - 292 Pages
E


Cherry (6)
C: Cindy Dees; The Dark Side Of Night - ***** - 1/16/2016 - 216 Pages
H: Deborah Harkness; Shadow of Night - ***** - 9/7/2015 - 584 Pages
E
R: Nora Roberts; Savor the Moment - ***** - 7/5/2016 - 325 Pages
R: The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion - **** - 7/11/2016 - 368 Pages
Y


Crookneck (9)
C: Stephen R. Covey; The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change - ***** - 5/10/2016
R: Ransom Riggs; Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children: The Graphic Novel - ***** - 9/10/2016 - 272 Pages
O: Origins by Ilona Andrews - ***** - 8/4/2016 - 157 Pages
O: Daniel O'Malley; The Rook - ***** - 12/7/2016 - 496 Pages
K: Sophie Kinsella; Finding Audrey - **** - 6/26/2016 - 286 Pages
N: Ted Naifeh; Courtney Crumrin's Monstrous Holiday - ***** - 9/3/2016 - 128 Pages
E
C: Christine Feehan; Water Bound - *** - 6/16/2016 - 480 Pages
K: Kristy Parisi; Miscarriage Mom: The Unspoken Realities of Miscarriage and How to Cope - 7/31/2016 - ***** - 108 Pages


Cucumber (8)
C: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas - **** - 6/9/2016 - 1276 Pages
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C: Paul Cornell; Warcraft: Bonds of Brotherhood - ***** - 6/17/2016
U
M: My Bluegrass Baby by Molly Harper - ***** - 11/8/2015 - 250 Pages
B: Beauty and the Black Sheep by Jessica Bird - ***** - 8/29/2015 - 299 Pages
E
R: Nora Roberts; Stars of Fortune - **** - 9/13/2016 - 336 Pages


Eggplant (8)
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G: Glitches by Marissa Meyer - **** - 5/9/2015 - 32 Pages
G: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn - ***** - 8/16/2015 - 399 Pages
P: Patricia Briggs; Fire Touched - ***** - 4/6/2016
L: Jenny Lawson; Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things - ***** - 11/14/2015 - 329 Pages
A: Anna Banks; Hard To Get - **** - 7/8/2016 - 1 Page
N: Nora Roberts; Happy Ever After - **** - 9/20/2016 - 333 Pages
T: Ted Naifeh; courtney crumrin volume 5 - ***** - 9/9/2016 - 129 Pages


Fennel (6)
F: Faith Hunter; Mercy Blade - ***** - 3/8/2016
E
N: Ted Naifeh; Courtney Crumrin: The Final Spell - ***** - 9/23/2016 - 133 Pages
N: Ted Naifeh; Courtney Crumrin: Tales of a Warlock - ***** - 9/29/2016 - 128 Pages
E
L: Jeff Lindsay; Dexter in the Dark - ***** - 12/18/2015 - 307 Pages


Goat (4)
G: G. Willow Wilson; Ms. Marvel, Vol. 3: Crushed - ***** - 1/16/2016 - 112 Pages
O
A: Ilona Andrews; Magic Binds - ***** - 10/11/2016 - 328 Pages
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Goat Milk (8)
G: Heather Graham; Heart of Evil - *** - 7/25/2016 - 376 Pages
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M: Madeleine Wickham; 40 Love - ** - 6/28/2016 - 288 Pages
I: I Wasn't Strong Like This When I Started Out: True Stories of Becoming a Nurse by Lee Gutkind - **** - 9/8/2016 - 320 Pages
L: Victoria Laurie; Better Read Than Dead - **** - 8/5/2016 - 296 Pages
K: Knowing Your Value: Women, Money, and Getting What You're Worth by Mika Brzezinski - ***** - 10/15/2016 - 208 Pages

[Suzanne]

Golden Bantam (12)
G: Gail Carriger; Soulless - ***** - 11/6/2016 - 365 Pages
O
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D: Deborah Harkness; The Book of Life - **** - 12/1/2015 - 561 Pages
E
N: Nick Spalding; Fat Chance - *** - 10/3/2016 - 288 Pages

B: Batman, Vol. 1: The Court of Owls by Scott Snyder - **** - 6/30/2016 - 176 Pages
A: American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee by Karen Abbott - ***** - 11/8
N: A Night of No Return by Sarah Morgan - *** - 11/15/2016 - 192 Pages
T
A: Animal Attraction by Jill Shalvis - **** - 12/9/2016 - 293 Pages
M: Match Me If You Can by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - **** - 8/8/2016 - 388 Pages


Grape (5)
G
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A: Jennifer L. Armentrout; Daimon - *** - 6/6/2016 - 62 Pages
P: Prince of the Elves by Kazu Kibuishi - **** - 11/27/2016 - 208 Pages
E


Ground Cherry (12)
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N: Nalini Singh; Play of Passion - *** - 12/1/2016 - 321 Pages
D: Darynda Jones; Seventh Grave and No Body - **** - 8/15/2016 - 336 Pages

C: Carswell's Guide to Being Lucky by Marissa Meyer - **** - 12/2/2016 - 42 Pages
H: How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf by Molly Harper - ***** - 11/15/2015 - 371 Pages
E
R
R
Y


Habanero (8)
H: Hawkeye, Vol. 4: Rio Bravo by Matt Fraction - ***** - 2/7/2016 - 160 Pages
A
B: Batman: The Night of the Owls by Scott Snyder - ***** - 9/5/2016 - 360 Pages
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Honeydew (8)
H: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford - *** - 8/1/2016 - 290 Pages
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W: A Week to Be Wicked by Tessa Dare - *** - 1/5/2016 - 384 Pages


Hopi Blue (8)
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P: Paper Girls, Vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughan - ***** - 11/29/2016 - 144 Pages
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B: Bill Willingham; Fables, Volume 3: Storybook Love - ***** - 11/19/2016 - 190 Pages
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Hot Pepper (9)
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Huckleberry (11)
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B: Jenn Bennett; Kindling the Moon - ***** - 12/11/2016 - 358 Pages
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Jalapeno (8)
J: Jason Mott; The First - *** - 8/2/2016 - 28 Pages
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Jerusalem Artichoke (18)
J: Jason Mott; The Sparrow - **** - 8/3/2016 - 25 Pages
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S: Sinner by Maggie Stiefvater - *** - 7/8/2016 - 357 Pages
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M: Marissa Meyer; The Queen's Army - *** - 7/8/2016 - 18 Pages

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C: Christopher Moore; Secondhand Souls - *** - 2/4/2016 - 335 Pages
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Jicama (6)
J: Just Like Heaven by Julia Quinn - ***** - 11/1/2015
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C: The Choice by Jason Mott - **** - 8/4/2016 - 32 Pages
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M: Marissa Meyer; Fairest - *** - 12/13/2016 - 220 Pages
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B: Barbara Samuel; Madame Mirabou's School of Love - **** - 12/28/2016 - 320 Pages
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Lakota Squash (12)
Lamb (4)
Leek (4)
Lemon Cuke (9)
Lettuce (7)
Lima Bean (8)
Melon (5)
Milk (4)
Millet (6)
Moon and Stars (12)
Mushroom (8)
Muskmelon (9)
Nectarine (9)
Oats (4)
Okra (4)
Onion (5)
Parsnip (7)
Parsley (7)
Patty Pan (8)
Pea (3)
Peach (5)
Pepper (6)
Pear (4)
Persimmon (9)
Plum (4)
Pomegranate (11)
Pork (4)
Potato (6)
Pumpkin (7)
Quinoa (6)
Radish (6)
Raspberry (9)
Rhubarb (7)
Rice (4)
Rio Grande (9)
Roma (4)
Rutabaga (8)
Scallop Squash (13)
Shallot (7)
Spinach (7)
Strawberry (10)
Sugar Baby (9)
Sweet Potato (11)
Tomato (6)
Tomatillo (9)
Trinidad Scorpion (16)
Turnip (6)
Watermelon (10)
Wheat (5)
Winter Squash (12)
Yukon Gold (9)
Zatta (5)

Zucchini (8)
Z: Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke - ***** - 7/14/2015 - 192 Pages
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[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Welcome to the challenge, Suzanne!

[Rabaab]

I am in

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Welcome to the challenge, Rabaab!

[Kaity]

Commercial Farmer: 30+ books, and use at least two words from each category.
17/121

The Harvest
Cherokee Purple
C: The Bungalow Mystery by Carolyn Keene (June 1 - Carolyn)
H: How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks (June 2 - How)
E: Exclusively Yours by Shannon Stacey (June 4 - Exclusively)
R: Beach House No. 9 by Christie Ridgway (June 9 - Ridgway)
O: To Wed a Wicked Earl by Olivia Parker (June 6 - Olivia)
K
E: F814 by Eve Langlais (June 14 - Eve)
E

P: Grave Witch by Kalayna Price (June 8 - Price)
U: Until Nico by Aurora Rose Reynolds (June 3 - Until)
R: Rule by Jay Crownover (June 13 - Rule)
P
L: Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor (June 10 - Laini)
E



Scallop Squash
S: The Secret of the Old Mill by Franklin W. Dixon (June 6 - Secret)
C: Divorced, Desperate And Dating by Christie Craig (June 2 - Craig)
A: Wallbanger by Alice Clayton (June 16 - Alice)
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The Tools
Grow Light
G
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W

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Wheelbarrow
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E
L
B
A
R
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Farm Equipment
Combine
C: The Mystery at Lilac Inn by Carolyn Keene (June 11 - Carolyn)
O
M: The Missing Chums by Franklin W. Dixon (June 15 - Missing)
B
I: Passion Unleashed by Larissa Ione (June 17 - Ione)
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Tractor
T
R
A
C
T
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Pest Control
Parasitic Wasp
P
A
R
A
S
I
T
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C

W
A
S
P

Ladybug
L
A
D: Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet by Darynda Jones (June 12 - Darynda)
Y
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Types of Gardens
Raised Bed
R
A
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S
E
D

B
E
D


Community Garden
C
O
M
M
U
N
I
T
Y

G
A
R
D
E
N


Other Necessities
Pollination
P
O
L
L
I
N
A
T
I
O
N

Seeds
S
E
E
D
S

[Kaity]

Overflow :)

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Welcome to the challenge, Kait!

[Laurie]

Farm to Table Challenge
Duration: Open Ended
Level: Commercial Farmer 30+
Started: 6/1/14

The Harvest:
B
R
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S
E
L
S
S
P
R
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J
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Tools:
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B
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Farm Equipment
B
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C
A
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S
P
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A
D
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R

W
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Pest Control
D
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O
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A
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Types of Gardens
C
O
M
M
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Y
G
A
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D
E
N

O
R
G
A
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Other Necessities
M
A
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E

W
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[Rabaab]

Ok here's some of my list

Harvest

O
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P
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T
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Tools

S
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[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Welcome to the challenge, Laurie!

[Jackie]

Farm to Table Challenge
Duration: Open Ended
Level: Commercial Farmer 30+ Two from EACH category
Started: 06/13/14

The Harvest
Apple
Blackberry

A
P
P
L
E

B
L
A
C
K
B
E
R
R
Y

The Tools
Gloves
Spade

G
L
O
V
E
S

S
P
A
D
E

Farm Equipment
Broadcast Seeder
Tiller

B
R
O
A
D
C
A
S
T

S
E
E
D
E
R

T
I
L
L
E
R

Pest Control
Fencing
Netting

F
E
N
C
I
N
G

N
E
T
T
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N
G

Types of Gardens
Organic
Vegetable

O
R
G
A
N
I
C

V
E
G
E
T
A
B
L
E

Other Necessities
Fertilizer
Water

F
E
R
T
I
L
I
Z
E
R

W
A
T
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R

[Jackie]

Reserved for overflow