The making of Sweet Potato Banana Butter has become somewhat of a tradition in our house each fall and is absolutely heavenly on freshly baked bread. This recipe is from the book Simply Homemade Food Gifts and was requested by a friend this year who said, “You are making that butter stuff again this year, right?!” Well, yes, of course I am!…
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Well, after a solid year of being a member of the Beneficial Farms CSA, we have decided to place our shares on “hold”, which essentially means that we’re cancelling it. We debated about this a lot over the last few months and ultimately decided that it is just time. One of our CSA shares Why? Well, here are our reasons:~ We…
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Chicken, with a side of Arsenic
Are you freakin’ kidding me?!?! OK, so we know that factory farms are bad…real bad. And we know that the conventional meat on our plates is pumped full of hormones and antibiotics. We also know that Arsenic is bad, right? That Arsenic is one of those things that should not be consumed, right? It is known to cause cancer. So, can someone…
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Happy (early) Birthday to me!!! On Sunday, Tool Lady built me a surprise! A Grow Light Stand!!! She got the plans from growgardentomatoes.com, made all the cuts in the garage, brought it into the Living Room to put together (she likes to watch TV while she’s building things) and the whole time I could NOT figure out what she was making!…
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Harvest Monday
Happy Monday everyone! The harvests are slow and low these days, but they’re still coming in! I’ve only been opening up our Wagons about once a week to check on them and water them, but they’re looking good! I need to figure out how to successfully succession sow my veggies, since these almost-dry spells are torturous, but I’ll get it…
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Why the heck are my chickens losing all their feathers and not producing eggs!?!? Are they sick? Pissed? Dying? Hungry? Revolting against the colder temperatures? WTF?! Wait, they’re what? Molting? What the heck is molting and why is it happening while I’m tracking egg production vs. the cost of their feed? After a little research (the internet is truly an…
