gardening
Taking care of ourselves and each other: Self-reliance, sustainibility, and Andrew Zolli
Around about Thanksgiving is pretty much when I close up the summer and early fall making/doing/storing food bustle. I’m getting ready to hunker down; you’d think I was a squirrel. South Dakota winters have a way of sticking in…
In which I harvest Japanese Persimmons and am made very happy
There is no way to share the lovely fragrance of a newly cut Japanese persimmon or the soft and slippery mouth feel of the deeply orange ripe fruit by word only; American persimmons at their best can be delightful as…
Chickens as fabulous garden cultivators for the fall
The birds always get giddy when let into the full greenery of the fall garden. They immediately go for the mulch only to be distracted by the marigolds or the immature tomatillos. The rooster is convinced we have set him…
Fabulous Homemade Tomato Concentrate inspired by Francis Lam’s blog Gilt Taste
I stopped buying and using those little tins of tomato ‘paste’ many years ago. There was that bitter metal edge to the flavor no matter the brand and it indeed had the texture of library paste. And then there were…
Piglets, Chicks, and Garden
I’m enjoying every minute of my retirement! I still get up at the same time but it is so great not to have to go somewhere! In my jammies I take my coffee out in the yard, stroll around, check…
Despite the storms our garden and animals are sprouting and growing and laying
The stormy events of the past several days have made the dog crazy! Especially the lightning! But the hens, the pigs and the garden seem to just continue doing what they do best; grow and lay eggs! But…