You know that saying about the best laid plans? Yeah…well, I think the Universe is trying to drill home some crazy message about how plans fall apart and new experiences arise and it’s OK to adapt and be flexible and try something new. The last year has been ripe with…
There are those who can trace their ancestry back hundreds and hundreds of years. I am not among them. Yes, my maternal Grandmother’s father came over from Ireland when he was a child, but that’s all I’ve got beyond stories and jumbled memories from a childhood filled with a storyteller’s…
So you made your Master Tonic (or Fire Cider, as it’s also called) on the New Moon and are straining it with the Full Moon, but what on Earth will you do with all of that leftover pulp?! I’ll tell you, when I strained our first batch a couple of…
It seems as though Urban Farming is one of those things that more and more people are catching on to. A few years ago, when I would talk to people in our community about our chickens and bees and all of the veggie beds we were building, more often than…
Did you know that in order to make your own Corned Beef and Cabbage you need to make your own Corned Beef Brine well ahead of St. Patrick’s Day? Yeah…that’s a thing! See, a couple of years ago I had no idea how long it might take to DIY us…
How often do you eat wild game? Our answer is, not very often. Not for a lack of enthusiasm, but more for a lack of hunting skills or connections to many hunters. A couple of weeks ago, however, while walking around the neighborhood, one of our neighbors came out gave…
Candied lemon peels is not something I remember eating a as child nor is it something I’ve thought about making for years. I do remember eating those jellied “lemon” wedges from the candy store as a kid, but my guess is that very few of the ingredients has anything to…
There are plenty of green chile recipes floating around the internet and, of course, everyone has their opinion about what the “must” ingredients are to add to the pot. I tend to prefer to keep my chile as simple as possible, which I believe, allows the flavors of the actual…