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….
CSA Box Veggies: What to do With Cabbage
Well, hello there! Here we are in the middle of the growing season, and it’s time for a second round of how to prepare your CSA box (or farmer’s market) veggies! In the first round we talked about how to cook beets and their greens, and today we’re going to talk about what to do…
Updates and Recent Happenings: More Raspberries and Wildflower Mead
Well, the patriotic holiday weekend is upon us, and although I don’t usually talk politics on the blog I’m going to at least mention that I’m happy with the way things are going as of late! The state of Oregon has legalized a highly useful medicinal plant and marriage equality has become federal law. Not…
Foraging for Oregon Grape
One thing is for sure, we are fully into the foraging season now. I’m starting to get really excited for all of the wonderful foraging that will be happening soon, especially berries! In this post I will be talking about foraging for Oregon Grape, which isn’t technically a grape at all, but a bush in…
Updates and Recent Happenings: Some Flowers You Want, Some You Don’t
Well, now that summer is actually here, it’s blazing hot! Which I really don’t mind, at least for now. The peppers, tomatoes and squash in the garden are loving it and getting huge, but some of the other plants aren’t quite as happy. Everything is flowering… and some flowers you want, some you don’t! What…
How to Cook Beets and Beet Greens
Beets are not always a well loved vegetable, but when prepared correctly they are delicious! Beets with their greens are two for one deal as they can both be used. I’ll show you how to cook beets and beet greens with a recipe for roasted beets and sauteed beet greens! Beets: Two Vegetables in One…
Updates and Recent Happenings: More Elderflowers and a Kombucha Baby
It’s almost the summer solstice, can you believe it? It happens this Sunday (at 9:38am Pacific Time, to be exact), and is the longest day of the year and the official start of summer (although it’s felt like summer here for quite a few weeks already). Such an awesome time of year. This week we…
How to Build a Permaculture Swale Planting Bed
Hello my gardening friends! As I alluded to in my recent updates post, I have a really cool project to share with you today. If you’ve been reading my blog for a little while then you know that I’m big into permaculture, and my husband Joel is even more so than me. He has taken…
Fermented Cattail Shoots
Well hello there! I’ve been busy this weekend with my ferments, one of which has to do with cattail shoots. After we collected a good bunch of cattail shoots a couple of weeks ago I couldn’t quite decide what to do with them. When eaten raw they tasted similar to fresh cucumber, which made me…
Updates and Recent Happenings: Elderberries and a New Garden Bed
Lots of fun new things this week, namely Elderberries and a new garden bed! This past week has been HOT! It’s not even quite summertime, but we had 100°F temps for several days. It’s cooled off a bit now, thankfully, but it’s still delightfully warm. To get out of the heat on one of my…
