Garlic is, hands down, my favorite and most used spice! Whether it’s whole and roasted, chopped and simmered (or sauteed) or in powder form, it goes in pretty much everything savory I make in the kitchen! Who: I always purchase my seed garlic from either Seed Savers Exchange or our…
Well, we have just completed our very first fermentation project! With all of the Cayenne Peppers we grew this summer, I’ve been looking for ways to use them up and (like I mentioned a little while back), Andrea’s Homemade, Homegrown Cayenne Pepper Hot Sauce sounded like a perfect addition to our winter…
I recently received the following comment on my DIY Dryer Maintenance post that read: “Wow, a dryer ? It’s always interesting to see how other “cultures” do things, I have never even owned one, a dryer that is. The clothes hang out on the line, the sun does it’s thing. …
Over the years, I have found myself thinking about how much time I spend at work and how that relates to a variety of emergency scenarios. Fortunately for me, I work for an organization that provides after school and summer camp programs for kids, which means we have to be…
Hatch Chile is a staple here in New Mexico. We buy it in bulk in September from grocery stores or pop up vendors in parking lots throughout our cities and counties, pay a little extra to have it roasted on the spot, cart home our steaming hot plastic bags full…
We began our backyard chicken keeping experience in the spring of 2010 with five chickens and a much smaller coop (similar to this coop) than we have now without really thinking about how much space chickens need to be happy, healthy and productive. At the time, we were simply very excited…
When we first began our short adventures in Goat Sharing last year, I had no idea how much I would grow to love goat cheese. I knew I liked it, but I wouldn’t have guessed it would become one of my favorite things and that I would crave it regularly.…
How do you turn plain ol’ cream cheese into a deliciously extravagant snack? Harvest, chop up, and stir some fresh herbs into your favorite cream cheese, then slather it on some crackers or freshly baked bread! Our favorite herb combination is basil and thyme, but any herb or combination you…