The other day we had several things going on in the Rock Bottom/Stone Broke Bakery kitchen: bubbling yeasted Blackberry and Cranberry Soda in the carboy, foraged greens gurgling in the Kimchi crock, Dandelion wine fermenting in other crock, Daisy Pesto being made on the island, and the Sourdough Starter being fed so she could growContinue reading “Homestead Tuesday: thank goodness for fermentation…”
Author Archives: Rachael M Rollson
Recipe Thursday: Bread Book – Foraged Pizza
We have lived semi-rurally for a few years now and one of the first things we realized was that we could not get pizza delivery. Not only that, but there are very few choices in the area if we could. Pizza is not just pizza to me. Having a sizeable chunk of my teenage/young adultContinue reading “Recipe Thursday: Bread Book – Foraged Pizza”
Duendesday: Days of Spring
{life with a curious and crazy 11 yr old} Feet in the creek, picking flowers for syrups and sodas, walks in the woods, getting ice cream out, playing badminton, planting new gardens, hanging in the hammock, making (and eating!) fruit popsicles, counting birds and butterflies, being 11…
On a Tuesday
What gets our juices flowing this Tuesday? Literally, juices. After putting up a stunning smelling and looking foraged Kimchi (with Daisy sprouts and buds, Dandelion leaves, heart shaped Violet Leaves, Red Clover Leaf, a little young Yellow Dock leaf, the serrated spears of Evening Primrose leaves, some ‘refound’ – or rather lost and forgotten patch-Continue reading “On a Tuesday”
Monday’s Muse
“Lilacs on a bush are better than orchids. And dandelions and devil grass are better! Why? Because they bend you over and turn you away from all the people in the town for a little while and sweat you and get you down where you remember you got a nose again. And when you’re allContinue reading “Monday’s Muse”
Friday in Pictures: Early Spring Flowers
{let the images tell you a story}
Duendesday: Pulling her weight…
{life with a curious and crazy 11 yr old} Our lovely Godzilla has been changing at a shooting star rate these days – she is taller, smarter, stronger, sassier, and coming to grips with change. Up until now we have been following a loosey goosey Waldorf-style education (I think the only Waldorf aspect is theContinue reading “Duendesday: Pulling her weight…”
Tuesday 2 Do’s
And just like that – it’s high Spring. Everything wants to be out in the coldframes yesterday, foraging needs to happen immanently, and yet…yet…technically still under the omen of Last Frost. Tender babies will have to wait a bit longer though my crazy Pumpkin patch has already been testing the waters of these last fewContinue reading “Tuesday 2 Do’s”
Monday’s Muse
Goethe put it over two centuries ago . . . Life as a whole expresses itself as a force that is not to be contained within any one part. . . . The things we call the parts in every living being are so inseparable from the whole that they may be understood only inContinue reading “Monday’s Muse”
Recipe Thursday: Bread Book – Pappa al pomodoro (Italian Tomato Bread Soup)
I spent a week or so in Tuscany a few years back, traveling for school, and tried some of the local fare; Pappardelle al cinghiale (Wild Boar Ragu pasta, which I had to try a couple of times because it was soooooo good), Panzanella (Bread Salad, see J’s version – I love it more thanContinue reading “Recipe Thursday: Bread Book – Pappa al pomodoro (Italian Tomato Bread Soup)”
