April 2023
I am still seeing nighttime temperatures down to the low thirties—spring is proving chillier than I expected. Despite the cold, though, the strawberries are thriving, even the little ones I planted from seed. I was finally able to pot up my starts and give them more room to grow out in the greenhouse. They’re doing well, and I hope I…
I was pleased to find two ripe mangoes in the produce box delivery this week, as the fruit recently came up in an episode of something I was watching and I couldn’t stop thinking about it. As usual, J had an excellent idea for how to use them in food: make a sweet mango sticky rice to go with Jamaican-style…
Pinterest has learned over time that I prefer frugal and low-waste or waste-free cooking, and suggested freezer scrap broth to me last year. I immediately fell in love with the concept. You mean I can make SOUP from the pieces of onion, carrot, and celery that I’m just tossing into the compost?! Oh, I’m so in. I told one of…
On my recent week off, J and I picked back up on building planter boxes for our garden. We started with cutting reclaimed lumber on a day when we needed to stay dry in the shop. I was very helpfully shuttling the boards in the wheelbarrow… …and rolling it to the house to sort it by length. I know very…
Winter’s end is a time for pruning everything back, but it’s also a time for research and discovery. As we trim our trees, bushes, and other plants, we have to carefully look up what trimmings can be fed to the herd. They are excited for every armful we sling over the fence, usually eating it, sometimes lounging on it like…
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If someone asks me how I am, I don’t have to say ‘living the dream’… I can say ‘cultivating the dream.’ It’s about now and the future. Every day I choose: "today, I will savor the now"; or, "today, I will work for tomorrow." This blog is about both of those choices and finding a balance between them. Read More
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