Monday, November 21, 2016

A Short Hiatus

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Forgive me that I haven't written a new blog post in a couple of weeks. I've been too busy reeling around in horror and exploring th...
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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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Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Welcome, Beloved Dead

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This year's altar for the Day of the Dead. It's been an especially busy few weeks and I'm afraid I did not have time to mak...
Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Meat Madness (Weighing Options)

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I have a neighbor who raises beef cattle, Mr. B., and we have bought beef from him several times in the past. It's wonderful stuff, he...
Monday, October 10, 2016

Fall Fermentation (Wine and Cider)

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Plum wine in the autumn sun  The satisfactions of living off of one's own land are many and varied. It is, for example, delightf...
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Thursday, September 29, 2016

Swine Squared (Women's Work?)

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KWe have acquired two new pigs. To get a pig or not to get a pig, in any given year, is one of the larger farm-related decisions we make. Pi...
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Thursday, September 22, 2016

Merry Mabon (Be Prepared)

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Mabon is one of the eight high festivals of the ancient Celtic calendar, and one of my favorites. Here in the Pacific Northwest, the ...
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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...
Monday, September 5, 2016

Is There Anything as Good as Apple Cider?

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Oops, that's a picture of bowls full of cherries. When I selected the thumbprint, I thought it was buckets of apples. Oh well - do...
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Wednesday, August 24, 2016

The Fermentation Files (High Summer Edition)

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My High Summer Altar It is the highest point of high summer. The sun is strong and steady and the pastures are pure gold, without an...
Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Plum Conundrum and Pear Perplexity

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In recent days, as I took Haku outside in the evenings to run around in the orchard,  I've noticed that a couple of trees in the orc...
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Friday, August 5, 2016

Homecoming Harvest

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We had a bit of difficulty getting home from Oaxaca. Without going into details, we got home 48 hours later than we thought we would; paid m...
Friday, July 15, 2016

Yucatan Roadtrip

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One of  the main things I wanted to do during our six weeks in Mexico was take a significant roadtrip to see some Mayan ruins.  Before Homer...
Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Ok in Oaxaca

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My fears about finding Oaxaca in a state of anarchy were overblown. Yes, the zocalo is covered in tarps and tents, filled with teachers cond...
Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Ill-Timed Harvest (Bowls of Cherries)

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The cherry trees are loaded. The cherry harvest is nearly over, in fact - the cherries are early this year, as is all the fruit. We ha...
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