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...
Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Last Chance Fuego

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We’ve had a nice long stretch of dry weather - long for post-solstice September in the Pacific Northwest, anyway; about ten dry days in a r...
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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...
Sunday, August 11, 2019

Sweet Corn and Sweet Memories

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If you’ve never had sweet corn Mexican style, you really have to try it. When I was a child, we rolled our fresh boiled ears of sweet corn ...
Wednesday, August 7, 2019

Blackberry Blessings

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Thursday, August 1, 2019

Preserving Log Update 8/1/19

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Just a quick list to try and record most of what I've done this spring/summer before I forget: - Cheese - approximately 20 lbs hard ...
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 ...
Thursday, June 20, 2019

Papa Fix-it-All

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Tuesday a local, recommended appliance repair professional came out to our house and told us “you need a new fridge.” Homero told me he want...
Sunday, May 26, 2019

Homero’s Birthday 2019

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Carne asada. There’s no carne in this picture- just the traditional accompaniments of grilled nopales (cactus paddles) and green onion, alon...
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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...
Sunday, April 14, 2019

A Low Ebb (Spring of Fools)

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I am not digging having a farm at the moment.  It’s wet cold and windy and disgusting and muddy and the forecast suggests it will continue l...
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Monday, April 8, 2019

......Or Does He? (Warning: Graphic Photo)

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First, please enjoy this photo of adorable, healthy baby goats frolicking in the springtime, all right with the world. This is the reality f...
Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Haku Loves Baby Goats

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....... or maybe he’s just checking to see if this baby is as tasty as he looks. 
Sunday, March 24, 2019

Four is Too Many

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Christmas gave birth this morning, unaided, to quadruplets. They are all up and nursing, appear to be full term and healthy, and of course ...