Showing posts with label preserving. Show all posts
Showing posts with label preserving. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Merry Mabon (preserving log)

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Dressed the altar for Mabon today, a day or two early. I’ll continue to add to it as the season progresses. I bought these Japanese lanterns...
Monday, May 30, 2022

Herb Harvest 2022

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Mint is one of my favorite herbs, not only for its zingy flavor and medicinal qualities, but because it’s a hardy perennial that’s damn near...
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Saturday, September 26, 2020

It’s Pear Time!

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We had a bit of a windstorm a couple days ago, and as usual, it knocked a bunch of pears off the trees. Went out and collected some today -...
Sunday, September 13, 2020

Preserving Log (Late Summer 2020)

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I’ve been on an absolute tear in the kitchen the last two weeks. Late August/early September is the middle harvest season (Mabon is coming r...
Sunday, July 19, 2020

High Cheese Season 2020 (Making Do)

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            A middle stage in the making of cheddar  In last week’s post on preserving, I forgot to include cheese. Cheese is kind of the wh...
Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Preserving Log (Early Summer Edition)

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I’ve fallen behind on my blogging, I’m afraid. Since the stay-at-home order was lifted early last month, I’ve been busier than a one-armed ...
Tuesday, July 30, 2019

The Fermentation Files (Pickle-Palooza)

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I’ve been doing a lot of fermentation lately. There was the rhubarb wine this spring, which I bottled a few weeks ago (and sampled while I ...
Saturday, May 18, 2019

The Fermentation Files, Spring 2019

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Spring finally sprang, and we’ve had a few weeks of beautiful weather. The grass grew all at once, the trees blossomed, and the rhubarb plan...
Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Jelly Fail and Jelly Lessons

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Pepper jelly I am not an expert canner. I do a lot of water bath canning - at least, “a lot” statistically speaking. Most people don’t can ...
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Thursday, December 27, 2018

A Peck of Disappointing Peppers

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The Gleaner’s Pantry usually has an abundance of food after any major holiday - and this year was no exception. The day after Christmas ther...
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Wednesday, October 3, 2018

The Fermentation Files (Plum Edition)

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Italian plum trees are known for having an alternating harvest: one very heavy year alternating with a very light year. As everyone who ha...
Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Preserving Log 9/18

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Arrived home from Oaxaca ten days ago. In that time we had a lot to do to get the kids ready for school- go shopping for supplies and clothe...
Saturday, September 1, 2018

Making Up for Lost Time (Mabon Again)

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We arrived home late the night before last. Or perhaps more accurate to say, early yesterday morning. We finally opened the door to our home...
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Thursday, January 18, 2018

All Quiet on the Farm Front

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It is the dark days. The quiet time, the resting time. The goats are pregnant - most but hopefully not all of them - and lie around munchi...
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Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Preserving Log, 8/29/17

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I haven't done as much preserving as I had hoped lately. This late summer season has been incredibly busy - partly for good reasons (fa...
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Sunday, August 13, 2017

Preserving Log Update

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Surely one of the very best smells in the world is that of a bubbling vat of apples, enriched with cloves, cinnamon, allspice, and sugar. Do...
Friday, July 14, 2017

Preserving Journal

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High Summer is upon us. Although I have yet to change the altar - it's still dressed with the kids' report cards and end-of-scho...
Wednesday, June 7, 2017

Canning Log and Canning Jars

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Finally, we seem to have caught up to the calendar. We've had weather hot enough to go to the lake and go swimming, and the first cr...
Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Sprout Kraut

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What do you do with too many Brussels Sprouts (courtesy of the gleaner's pantry)? I'm gonna try Sprout Kraut. 
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Friday, September 16, 2016

Preserving a Peck of Peppers

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The harvest season is winding to a close. Of course it's only September, and a good deal of produce is yet to come - winter squash, more...