Spring Starts in February




For a few weeks every year we hit this sweet spot. The days, and most nights, warm up enough that we don’t have to think about firewood. Things are being planted and sprouting up in the garden. Jackets and sweaters are only needed in the morning or evening and new, exciting projects see more attention…
A few months ago I remember walking through the yard and finding Stewart standing, staring at the old cabin and camper. I stood next to him and stared for awhile, hoping I’d figure out what exactly we were looking at. I didn’t, and eventually asked and got an answer that didn’t surprise me much. You…
As we continue our transition to off-grid living I am constantly thinking of ways to live without electricity in the kitchen. Right now I have no idea what a challenge this will be, but I am trying to move towards more sustainable food preparation methods. I am sharing some of my favorite electricity-free kitchen appliances…
This is the time of year that things can change on a dime, as they say. I was about to put up a blog post about this dry and thirsty land we live in, but, Lord willing, we may get rain so I’m just gonna’ wait on that one. It’s well into the 90s today,…
My laptop broke down a couple of weeks ago. Because of this I’ve had more time to work on the kitchen side of recipe development… and head to the garden on a daily basis. We spend much of the afternoon on low-key shade activities so by the time supper concludes we all sort of disperse to…
If you would have told me several years ago that the chicken field would become our main garden area, I probably would have laughed. The pallet garden was the first large space we planted and it was done with a boat load of wood chip mulch. While that is beginning to break down into some…
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