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Garden goodies. The last of the cucamelons, more peppers & a shocking few more tomatoes. I roasted hot peppers, sweet peppers, garlic, chives, tomatoes and tomatillos. Made wraps…
Drying the blossoms for infused vinegar and the stalks grinding into powder. Oh and this bounty – isn’t even from the patch in the photo. 🙂
Hours and hours and hours of glorious peaceful sunshine time plucking… 16 cups of dandelion petals. And greens. And a few roots. Â I And WINE – well in…
Last night when HWMMS came home from work I went to hug him and he paused… “What?” “You’re covered with dirt, I love it.” “But you hate dirty…
SEEDS! Round One. A big round, but I had a 15% off coupon code and wanted to make the most of it. The weather is lovely. FALSE SPRING…
Sooooop for storage. Time to pressure can! 4 jars of mushroom ginger and 8 jars of gumbolaya (without the seafood and meat.) I also made a crockpot of…
Two things I love. Snow. And the number 27. For some reason today does not compute. My brain is broken. My heart isn’t broken after all, LOOK AT…
Mimi Cat is living her best life today. Ah, the sunshine is out and the air is crisp and coolish – perfect morning to get out in the…
Sigh… The dryer decided to stop heating up the other day. HWMMS took on the task of figuring out what was wrong and after trial and error ordered…
I probably roast a chicken every 10 days or so. Pure comfort. I get several quarts of healthy bone broth and a pile of goop with carrots and…
I’ve been drying endless chives and cayenne pepper and grinding into powder. Pressure canned 11 quarts of homemade stock – chicken & ham that’s been in the fridge….
Found these gorgeous oysters layered on a log by the firepit. Yes please! ‘ve been reading and reading and learning and reading and until this year so hesitant…
Just yesterday I had all the garden goodies and produce put away. Today the kitchen is filled once more. Cauliflower, tomatoes & unhusked sweet corn from Rumfola Farms…
Hey! Did someone say free hay? And this is what we did with the hay. Hilled up the potato garden. Deer have been munching but I think we…
Erg. I haven’t felt this way in a few weeks. I ate a healthy breakfast! Open Faced Veggie Omelet – with fresh grown chives and mushrooms. Hurrah! The…
“Do you hear the people sing? Singing the song of angry men, it is the music of the people who will not be slaves again…” It’s difficult to…
Me: I don’t mean we have to do it today, today. You know, do it threesday. We have three days, all days are the same. And thus a…
I adore Sunday Cookin’ in the Fall. Listening to the BILLS game. Making a big ol’ mess of comfort foods to last the week ahead (one for this…
Corn. One of these jars equals six ears. Processing takes FOREVER in the pressure canner but there is nothing in the world as delicious in the winter months….
Two bushels tomatoes from our garden + Two bushels from farm stand + Fresh basil, thyme, oregano, chives, parsley and garlic = Sauce. I might have been a…
Basil overload. I just went out to the herb garden to pick some basil…this is only 8 plants. I dare say there are about 92 more out there….
I finally took the time and did a little spice grinding. The smell of fresh grow my own turmeric is potent and breathtaking. Mmmm. I need to grow…
Harvested our first flush of pink oyster mushrooms today. Only one week growth – 1/2 pound. Sauteed them with onions and shrimp and tossed over linguine with some…
So far I only trust puffballs. The rest are still under investigation. I want to think the ones on the right are Shaggy Manes. Again, if they are…
Mmmmmmm. My first round of homemade sourdough bread. Nice tangy sour flavor! I used this recipe. I made my own sourdough starter though. Started it about two weeks…
