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…
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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….
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…
