What to do with the glorious bounty that is Summer from the gardens? Whether you get a CSA, go to your local Farmer’s Market, have your own garden or just shop for local and seasonal goods at the supermarket, Summer has a lot of options. Right now there is a lot of zucchini (I keptContinue reading “Thursday Recipe: Summer Caponata”
Author Archives: Rachael M Rollson
Duendesday – already!
Wow – that seemed like a fast week, was it fast for you, too? This Summer seems to be flying by. As usual, on a homestead – we are always behind, even when we think we are a bit ahead. There is always something more to be done, or something we have put off untilContinue reading “Duendesday – already!”
What’s Happening, Tuesday?
Tuesday answers with so many possibilities: bagel, cracker, pizza dough making, lacto-fermented pickles/turnips/beets, blackberry, and carrot jams. We’ll hit the lovely Augusta Farmer’s Market later this afternoon. Maybe some late weeding in the afternoon (always with a bit of weeding, though the strawberries might disagree on the ‘bit’ – I think they are in thereContinue reading “What’s Happening, Tuesday?”
Monday’s Muse
And so I ask myself: what, at this moment in history, would not be a waste of my time? And I arrive at five tentative answers: One: Withdrawing. If you do this, a lot of people will call you a “defeatist” or a “doomer,” or claim you are “burnt out.” They will tell you that youContinue reading “Monday’s Muse”
Friday in Pictures: Our Life in Random Bits
let the images tell you their story
Recipe Thursday: Majorcan Stew
Our lovely local CSA has provided lately with almost all of the ingredients for this stew. It is hard to think of stew in the heat of Summer but this comes together rather quickly (all in all, about an hour) using both stovetop and oven – make sure to use an ovensafe pot to goContinue reading “Recipe Thursday: Majorcan Stew”
Duendesday
{life with a curious and crazy 10 yr old} Full moon, cosmic convergences, and chickens. That’s our life in a nutshell (what kind of nut? We have always decided our child is more of a hazelnut, we call her Philbert sometimes). We’ve started introducing our ‘cheens’, as Duende calls the chicken teenagers (aka pullets), toContinue reading “Duendesday”
Tuesday 2-Do’s
Final touches on the chicken tractor and the chicken coop Blackberry picking has begun! Jam and Syrups soon to be available. New Items to Order: Braided (pretzel type) Bread, Garlic Pizza Dough, and soon Rye Bread and Sourdough Flatbreads, and Pickles! Red Clover Wine is fermenting away, considering Goldenrod in the next batch. Fall TeasContinue reading “Tuesday 2-Do’s”
Monday’s Muse
Over hill, over dale, Thorough bush, thorough brier, Over park, over pale, Thorough flood, thorough fire, I do wander everywhere, Swifter than the moon’s sphere; And I serve the fairy queen, To dew her orbs upon the green. The cowslips tall her pensioners be: In their gold coats spots you see; Those be rubies, fairyContinue reading “Monday’s Muse”
Seasonal Celebrations: Josh’s Panzanella (i.e. Bread Salad)
Lughnasadh, Lammas, or even Freyfaxi, and Perunov den, in addition to Hopi Snake and Flute dances, and Native American Eagle dances – all within the mid summer (not be confused, apparently, with Midsummer, which is somehow actually Summer Solstice and not the middle of Summer at all, like the approximation of August 1st – evenContinue reading “Seasonal Celebrations: Josh’s Panzanella (i.e. Bread Salad)”
