From the Wee Hours
And without warning, it’s that time of year again. There are inklings of it, when we start our flurry of wine making and garden preparing and the seedlings raise their limbs to the sky. I know it’s...
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Looking for the Ark
It’s raining. It’s been raining so much that the last rain hasn’t even drained away yet. There’s algae growing in the garden, and we’ve already lost several crops (broccoli, cauliflower, and a ton of...
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Winter Inventory
Canning Inventory 11/14/13 4 pints pickled jalepeno 5 pints spicy pickles 2 pints zucchini relish 1 pint bread and butter pickles 1 pint pickled beets 2 pints pickled garlic scapes 12 pints dill (??)...
View ArticleAnd On
I feel fortunate, in that I feel I’ve reached a point where I more or less know what I’m doing. Certainly, I have my moments of doubt- I still get a little fuzzy when it comes to ordering a pig,...
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Fall Inventory 2014
Well, things are still busy. And money is still… hm, well. But as everyone keeps reminding me, and what is very true (and reassuring), we have plenty of food. In fact, based on my annual November...
View ArticleBack in April
So I wrote this post a few months ago and forgot about it… hope it’s not too out of context. ******* I’m so full of thoughts these days it’s hard to even know where to start. I’ve been fiddling around...
View ArticleHarvest Time is Here to Stay
You guys. You guys! I have so little time to write now that I’ve taken up my old habit of writing down ideas on a scrap sheet of paper, and hoping I remember what I wanted to say when I finally have...
View ArticleOn This Day
About nine years ago, about on this day, I met a man. Before you assume this is one of those love stories, let me correct you. It’s a love story to food. It’s a love story to the food he is always...
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Patsy Cline and Tomatoes
In my memory it was a bright, sunny summer morning. It must have been early, as I was supposed to be at the farm very, very early in the morning on the days I worked, but that morning I had a long...
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Counting the Days
My world sometimes can seem a very narrow place. I get up, I take the dog outside, we feed the chickens and fill the wild bird feeders (there are currently eight). We walk around a little. I come...
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