10 chickens in the Indigo House Kitchen
In mid-June when the 60 medium-sized chickens that were on shares went to be processed I was left with 10 birds too small to send. I decided to raise them for myself and let them get pretty big over the…
This year… A Virtual Juneteenth at Montpelier
Juneteenth became a state holiday in Texas in 1980, and a number of other states subsequently followed suit. It is the oldest known celebration honoring the end of slavery in the United States. When I was growing up in immediately…
Join me on my new adventure
Welcome to the new Indigo House website. I am a very happy camper! The time has come share my usual hands-on, in-person cookery, gardening, and animal raising knowledge in new ways. Thanks to the endless hours spent by Kierk, my…
Chicken shares at Indigo House
Here at Indigo House I’m going back to being a chicken farmer! I’m starting with a batch of 75 Jumbo Cross Rock meat bird chicks. We have had nothing but delicious success with this variety of broiler since we first…
Leni’s Hummus
Specially for Chris – here’s my recipe for basic hummus. It’s more a guide than strict amounts but that’s how I most often cook. I see at the store that one can buy ready-made hummus with lots of different…
“It Takes a World to Make a Meal: The Human Costs of Feeding Virginia’s Elites”, a talk at VCU
On Wednesday Feb 5 I gave a talk “It Takes a World to Make a Meal: The Human Costs of Feeding Virginia’s Elites.” at the VCU Tompkins-McCaw Library for Health Sciences in Richmond in conjunction with the traveling National Library…
