Archive for the 'recipes' Category

You are currently browsing the archives for the recipes category.

Doing it all

  • Sep 18th, 2008
    • |
  • Children, Foraging, Money, recipes, Getting around, Food production, Self-sufficiency, Community, Philosophy
    • |
  • 1 Comment

    • You can’t. Do it all.
    I’ve talked to a lot of people who say, “well, I can’t do [insert whatever thing they’re worried about here], so why bother doing anything?”
    You can’t do everything yourself. That’s why we have towns, instead of everyone living on their own back 40. Even the pioneers went into town to get […]

    Resource management

  • Aug 29th, 2008
    • |
  • Independence Days, recipes, Children, Preserving food, Trash reduction, Self-sufficiency, Community, Buy local!
    • |
  • No Comments

    • AKA using what God gave you.
    We throw away wayyyy too much stuff here in America, and the time will come when that isn’t an option anymore, whether through financial tightening, lack of supply, or lack of landfill space. Part of being self-reliant/independent is managing the things you have so you aren’t being wasteful.
    I […]

    Today so far

  • Jun 28th, 2008
    • |
  • Adventures, recipes, Preserving food, Something fun, Self-sufficiency, Buy local!
    • |
  • 2 Comments

    • 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 […]

    Things were different this week

  • Jun 15th, 2008
    • |
  • animals, Adventures, Independence Days, recipes, Preserving food, Something fun, Food production, Mad buying, Community, Trash reduction, Climate change?
    • |
  • No Comments

    • 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 […]

    A good day

  • May 27th, 2008
    • |
  • clothing, Adventures, Independence Days, recipes, Preserving food, Something fun, Buy local!, Self-sufficiency, Community, Water, Food production
    • |
  • No Comments

    • 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 […]

    Looking in her eyes

  • May 14th, 2008
    • |
  • animals, clothing, Independence Days, recipes, Preserving food, Community, Food production, Mad buying, Buy local!, Self-sufficiency, Philosophy
    • |
  • 2 Comments

    • Yesterday was busy again… well, today was, too.
    Harvested a lot of snow peapods. I have a quart bag full in the freezer now. I also am getting a collection of peas drying for seed for the fall.
    The cutworm-eaten tomato tops haven’t survived. At least I started a lot of them.
    Went shopping and found the material […]

    A chicken soup sort of day

  • May 8th, 2008
    • |
  • recipes, Independence Days, animals, Preserving food, Food production
    • |
  • 1 Comment

    • My food dehydrator came in today, but it’s still sitting in the box in the front hallway.
    I’m not feeling well so I haven’t done much other than pick peas and bring Leon out to run around.
    Oh, and I did wash a few dishes, but I didn’t compost the water. The ground is still squishy wet […]