You’ve seen me brew several things here, mainly mead and cider, but as of yet I haven’t forayed into beer on this blog. To be honest, it’s because brewing beer is a more difficult process than making simple country wines, ciders and meads. But, there is a way to brew beer that is a bit…
Updates and Recent Happenings: Waiting for Blackberries
First of all, did you know that tomorrow is Mead Day? I didn’t either until today! Apparently it falls on the first Saturday in August, and Adventures in Homebrewing is having a great sale on mead brewing supplies. Time to get your mead making on! The time of year has come where all we feel…
Foraging for Mullein
Learn all about how to forage for mullein and use it in DIY herbal remedies. Mullein leaf, flowers, and roots have many benefits and magical properties that are good for your health and can be used to make herbal smoke blends, easy homemade herbal tea, and more. Mullein should be in every herbalist apothecary. Let’s…
Slow Cooker Pork Shoulder
I don’t know about you, but cooking big hunks of meat used to really freak me out. I was a vegetarian for a lot of years, so once I started eating meat again all of the cooking was pretty much done by Joel. Although I was a pretty well accomplished vegetarian and vegan cook, I…
Updates and Recent Happenings: Herbal Academy Course and an Unexpected Flower
Hello my lovelies! How has your past week been? Mine has been wonderfully full of hiking, mushroom hunting, watching squash and peppers in my garden grow, and finding a beautiful, unexpected flower that I didn’t plant growing in one of my raised beds. I’m pretty sure it’s a Black Eyed Susan, what do you think?…
Growing and Foraging for Raspberries (and their leaves!)
We lucked into a raspberry patch at our place, that much is for sure. Such a welcome surprise to discover! Not only has it given us wonderful berries for the past couple of months, but it has also provided us with medicinal leaves that we have been drying and storing for use throughout the coming…
Fermented Chili Paste
When you have a bumper crop of hot peppers, make this fermented chili paste recipe. A delicious and naturally lacto-fermented hot chili paste that will knock your socks off! Chili Peppers for Fermented Chili Paste My friends, once you start fermenting things, you will never want to stop! Whenever you come into a bumper crop…
Updates and Recent Happenings: Beach Trip!
Well, we sure had a lovely week with beautiful weather which led to an awesome beach trip to the southern Oregon coast on our days off! Our first stop was Bandon and it sure was nice. We even took Cosmo the kitten! He sort of liked it, but was scared of the ocean. I can’t…
Foraging for Lobster Mushrooms
Joel and I have spent the past couple of days on the southern Oregon coast, and it was wonderful! I had my hopes set on finding some chanterelle mushrooms, as they can be quite prolific in the coast range. As we were driving south down the coast, we saw a small side road that led…
Updates and Recent Happenings: Amaranth and Swimming Holes
Last week started off with a bang! I told Joel that I wanted to BBQ for the 4th of July since we were having a few friends over, but unfortunately we didn’t have a BBQ. Crazy, I know. So Joel, being crafty as he is, built us one on a whim! Pretty cool, I think….
