Yep, we’ve just received our very first quarter of a cow! After initially looking into another farm, we finally decided to go with D & R Ranch up in Mora. They were nice, fast and fairly priced. Turn around time was just a couple of weeks and I do believe…
We recently discovered that some of our garlic was starting to sprout, so we decided to try our hand at making our very own Garlic Powder. We pulled three heads of garlic, broke up their cloves and took their skins off. Then we sliced them up and put them in…
“Be the change you want to see in the world.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi I know I have mentioned before that I have gone back to school and will finally be completing my degree next summer after a…um…10 year process. Yep, going to school, being a mom, being a partner and…
Alright, it’s time to talk about losing my canning virginity…Mostly so I can give you the link to the magic in a jar! So, I recently saw this recipe on the fantastic blog Food in Jars and knew, that since we have so many yellow taxi tomatoes laying around, that I…
Today was busy, but good busy. Here are just a few things Tool Lady and I got done today… We did some training of our espalier trees (which means we tied their branches to the fence) and in the process accidently harvested a few (not quite ready) apples that Fish…
Believe it or not, I have never had my very own sourdough starter! I’ve wanted one for a couple of years now, but never got off my ass to actually start one. However, in my quest to try new things (including regularly making our own bread), this seems like a…