• Homesteading

    And so it goes…

    743 days It’s been 743 days since I last sat down to write in this space… And almost that long since the world shut down and all of our lives slid into wildly unprecedented times. The truth is, I can’t imagine any one of us had a real read on…

  • Homesteading

    New Beginnings

    With spring right around the bend, the season of new beginnings, with it's warmer days, endless dreams, and mile long task lists , it seems like the perfect time to share a bit of news... But first I should probably give you a bit of context.

  • Everything Else

    2019 in Review

    I know I haven’t been in this space much this year, despite all the best intentions and half starts, but I simply cannot let 2019 pass without a bit of a review, for your sake and my own 😉 Hold on tight, it’s been a trip… Winter What is it…

  • Food Storage & Preservation

    Garlic Scape Pesto

    It’s garlic scape season and what better way to celebrate than to make a bit of Garlic Scape Pesto? What the heck is a garlic scape? It’s the curly stemmed flower of hard neck garlic that appears a few weeks before harvest time. The stem is cut off of the…

  • Food Storage & Preservation

    How to Preserve Strawberries

    The abundance of spring often shows it first blaze of glory in the form of perfectly ripe, richly red, amazingly sweet, little strawberry gems. We wait rather impatiently for them as they shift from green to white to red and then eat as many as we can straight off the…

  • Food & Drink - Harvest

    Cota Tea

    Cota Tea (also known as Indian tea, Hopi Tea, Navajo Tea, Zuni Tea, and Greenthread) has been a favorite in our house for years. First discovered at our local farmers’ market, we were thrilled to find it growing wild on the property we currently care-take and have thoroughly enjoyed its abundant…