I got a lot done today so far: planted two tomato plants, repotted a grapevine until I can plant it and an olive tree that will stay in pots (too cold in the winter for it), cleaned out a bunny bin and composted the litter, and for the finale, I made peach lemonade and peach […]
I cooked local leg of lamb in my solar oven. I put it in at around 11:30 am, rock hard frozen. At 4 pm it was done perfectly, using free energy and the house not heated at all.
I could get used to this
John brought up a really good question the other day: where do you find the resources to learn what you want to?
I could talk about using the internet, or the library, or the bookstore, but what I think is the basic question here is how to learn things. Schools don’t seem to teach how […]
My son loves canned peaches, so when I saw the listing for peaches in the co-op,
(cue dreamy music)
I thought of beautiful jars filled with perfect golden slices, layered ever-so-nicely, rows upon rows in my pantry …
That’s not how it went today.
First, I had the idea to get the skins off by putting them in boiling […]
I’m not sure if it’s been the heat, allergies, or just plain old funk, but I haven’t been able to get much done the last few days. I’m supposed to be at the co-op right now, as I normally go volunteer there on sorting day.
Food is getting more and more expensive even there, but it’s […]
It’s been hot and humid here this week, rained twice, with some golf-ball sized hail the other night. Fortunately nothing got damaged. I’ve been under the weather (still not feeling all that well today), which is why I haven’t been posting.
My plants all seem smaller than usual for this time of year, I’m not sure […]
Finally got some rain last night, and all but one of my rainbarrels is full.
Yesterday we had friends over for a BBQ, plenty of local meat and a good time. Today we had lots of leftovers.
Planted two tomatoes and a watermelon, harvested a lot more peas, put some local hydroponic tomatoes from the co-op in […]
One thing I forgot when I did my “learn to feed yourself” series was the abundance of food we have right outside our doors. (otherwise known as eating the “weeds” or “wild food”)
Many of our so-called “weeds” were either used by the indigenous peoples for centuries, or else were brought here by immigrants. Much […]
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I have a theory, gleaned from the two time periods (back about fifteen years ago and now) that I started a new garden for food production. There seems to be definite stages people go through:
Fumbling around — This is usually what happens the first year in a new place: half-heartedly putting things in the ground, […]
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