What Is a Weed?
“Is this a weed?” I get asked that question a lot from gardeners and my answer is always the same: […]
Egg Recipe: Garden Fritatta
Four ducks plus three chickens equals a huge amount of eggs on the homestead. Surprisingly, we are keeping up with
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cooking, egg recipes, harvest, recipes
Recipe: Insomnia Teacake
Insomnia has begun to really kick in for me on this home stretch of pregnancy. The combination of waking up
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canning, egg recipes, food preservation, harvest, recipes
Friendsgiving
There are too many great photos to share from our Thanksgiving spent with friends, or Friendsgiving, this year. So fewer
Thanksgiving Prep
Thanksgiving falls at a weird time in my graduate school schedule. It’s always the week before our final studio design
Fruit Crisp for Two
What a weekend! It was equal parts active and hibernating with a double scoop of food lovin’. This big baby
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cooking, harvest, recipes
Dog Attack = Chicken Dinner
My chickens have never been great jumpers, probably because they are fairly lazy and spoiled. My neighbor’s chickens, however, are
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backyard livestock, chickens, harvest, locavore
Saucy Canned Marinara
My cupboards are generally stocked with homemade, canned marinara sauce. It makes my life sooooo much easier on busy nights
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canning, cooking, food preservation, harvest, recipes
Simple Canned Tomatoes
The first frost of the season waits for no one! I can’t use grad school as an excuse to delay
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canning, cooking, food preservation, harvest, recipes, tomatoes
Rustic Applesauce
Fall is the season of preserving and it’s high time I start sharing what’s been simmering in my canning pot.