Several months ago, I attempted to start a sourdough starter. I say attempted because it failed miserably (there were flies and maggots involved, it was beyond gross). Well, it took me long enough, but I finally got one going again and was very intentional to keep that baby covered up nice and tight this time! Isn’t it pretty? So, after…
Happy Monday everyone! We’ve got some more greens to report this week! Enough to actually make a couple of small salads! I checked on our wagons again and things are looking steadily better, I even poked my finger around a few carrots and they seem to be sizing up nicely 🙂 I restrained myself from picking a few, but my…
With a full year of really gardening under our belts (we’re like newborns, I swear, there’s so much to learn!), we’re trying to figure out how to grow even more veggies in our limited space! I recently borrowed How to Grow More Vegetables by John Jeavons from my friends at Spotty Dog Farm and took lots of notes on BioIntensive…
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 that this beef is, hands down, the best beef I’ve…
So, last week our chickens decided to lay their eggs not in their cozy nesting boxes, but in the back corner of their coop, right under their roost. The problem with this? Well, it is the only part of the coop that is not easily accessible to us without a shovel, broom or big stick. So, in order to retrieve…
A couple of days ago, Tool Lady heard about Pickled Red Beet Eggs from a volunteer at work. He stated that they were one of his favorites, and since he’s been such an awesome volunteer, we decided we should try to make some for him. After several Google searches we found a recipe that looked like something we could try.…
