Showing posts with label seasons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label seasons. 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...
Tuesday, September 12, 2023

Change of (Beverage) Seasons

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It’s been a few years since we last broke out the old cider press. This is the same machine my family used to press apples when I was a litt...
Monday, April 24, 2023

Operation Trampoline Rescue (From the Blackberries)

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My youngest daughter is turning 18 this weekend (I am brushing right past this fact quickly cause otherwise I’ll cry), and she asked if we c...
Friday, April 14, 2023

King Kong Squash

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This gorgeous, enormous Blue Hubbard squash was given to me by a neighbor. I don’t know for sure if she grew it herself but she’s quite a ga...
Friday, January 6, 2023

Rosca de Reyes (King Cake)

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I made this lovely Rosca de Reyes cake today, which is January 6th - also known as Epiphany and the Three Kings day.  Mexicans celebrate th...
Friday, August 19, 2022

Farm Stand Fun

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One of the things I love about where I live is that, recent development notwithstanding, it is still rural enough that there are dozens of ...
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Friday, July 29, 2022

Balking a Buck (Apron Antics)

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Breeding season is here.  It seems awfully early, being still high summer, but the days are getting shorter and that is the signal that sen...
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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Wednesday, February 16, 2022

To Plant or Not to Plant

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The other day I went for a walk in a nice neighborhood downtown. There were signs of spring everywhere - crimson buds on the rhubarb plants...
Sunday, April 11, 2021

First Fire (Carne Asada)

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Built a fire this afternoon and had a carne asada, just for us. It’s still cold, but the sun was bright and tempting. I just took the oven r...
Saturday, April 10, 2021

Yard work (Before and After)

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This past week, the first week in April, has had typically schizophrenic weather. Bright sunny days alternate with gloomy, freezing days - a...
Saturday, March 20, 2021

Notes from the Year of the Pandemic (Spring Equinox, 2021)

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  So far, spring this year is cold. There was a week of warm sun sometime in early March - there usually is - that tempted me to start shove...
Monday, October 12, 2020

Samhain Season Altar

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I’ve neglected my altar for many moons. Not for any particular reason - life just rushes in and gets in the way. Like everyone else’s, our ...
Friday, March 20, 2020

DQ4 - Garden Notes

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I haven’t bothered with a garden in years - beyond my perennials; rhubarb, raspberries, fruit trees - because I can get unlimited free prod...
Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Dedicated Cheese

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Today I opened up a cheese from last spring, that had been resting, vacuum sealed, in the dedicated fridge in the store room. The “dedicate...
Saturday, January 18, 2020

Snow Week (Indoor Chores)

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The past week has brought frigid temperatures and a fair amount of snow - nothing like last year’s two and a half feet of snow, but enough ...
Sunday, November 17, 2019

Paloma’s Pigs

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Some years we raise a couple of pigs, and some years we don’t. The decision whether or not to get a pig in any given year is based on a numb...
Thursday, October 10, 2019

Lobsters of the Forest (Mushroom Madness)

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These ugly lumps are actually highly prized lobster mushrooms.  It’s prime time for mushroom hunting in the Pacific Northwest. The rains cam...
Tuesday, October 1, 2019

October Altar (Waste Not)

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An enormous volunteer squash plant grew out of our compost pile this summer. This happens not infrequently, and because squash vines love r...
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Friday, August 23, 2019

The Gift of the Crab

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Hope’s best friend’s dad took the girls out to check his crab pots today. Of course I instantly told her to offer the Dad goat cheese for a...