The ‘great tucking in’ is underway around here. The leaves are dying back or falling off (in many cases, in one fell swoop!). We’ve spent a little time trying to glean out the last of the garden – Fall Raspberries, Wonderberries, dry Vermont Cranberry Beans, Calendula, Herbs, and collecting some seeds (Echinacea, Common Milkweed, BlackContinue reading “Tuesday at Rock Bottom Homestead”
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Friday in Pictures: Thomas Dambo’s Trolls at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
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Recipe Thursday: Rainbow Chard-wrapped Hake with Lemon, Parsley, & Nut Relish
I know, I’m sorry; it’s been awhile since I have put out a recipe for you. The reality is – I can’t cook lately. The sickness (Lyme) has made it hard again to function like a human being, now I just hold the couch down (hey, it could fly away!). But I was re-inspired toContinue reading “Recipe Thursday: Rainbow Chard-wrapped Hake with Lemon, Parsley, & Nut Relish”
Duendesday: Making Good Stuffs
{life with a curious and crazy 11 yr old} It’s been a crazy year so far. Too hot and sticky to really be out a lot this Summer, too buggy, too rainy, too icky – there has been something thwarting our deep outdoor adventures and plans this year. So, there has still been a lotContinue reading “Duendesday: Making Good Stuffs”
What Happens on Tuesday?
Likely the same or similar as last Tuesday with some subtle variations. Today, Josh is finishing the deconstruction of our ‘Snug’ or ‘Jimmy Jazz’ as the little additional room to the studio is called. We keep our tv and spare modular couch (with an extra foam topper for guests!) in there with a couple ofContinue reading “What Happens on Tuesday?”
Duendesday: a bit of this, a bit of that
{life with a curious and crazy 11 yr old} Lately it’s been hats, cakes, jumping on the new indoor rebounder, and the Tudor Monastery Farm. Today she is planning on steaming sticks to bend into basketry of some artistic (and likely unfunctional) kind. Yesterday she carved and boiled her own wooden butter knife. We’ve hadContinue reading “Duendesday: a bit of this, a bit of that”
Another Tuesday: Things We’re Up To
We were pleased to check out the Keynotes for the Common Ground Fair this year. They were nice (though, to be honest, I was a little disappointed in the online content this year when last year was amazing! First year we got to see a lot of the events since we weren’t wandering around theContinue reading “Another Tuesday: Things We’re Up To”
Recipe Thursday: White Bean Chicken Chili
Harvest Time, Freezer Camp, On Permanent Holiday, the One Bad Day; whatever you like to call the end of the food security experiments of raising chickens for meat is always an interesting day. The first year, we did it ourselves (with gracious and more experienced friends to help) because y’know, if you can and youContinue reading “Recipe Thursday: White Bean Chicken Chili”
Tuesday Happens
We feel the changes in the weather in a subtle manner around here. Not that the temperatures haven’t dropped (rather drastically), they have – but the humidity has not, so it isn’t more pleasant, yet. But my tomato plants are still green and standing (well – they are weighed a bit down with all theirContinue reading “Tuesday Happens”
Monday’s Mabon Musing
Embrace this time the change of light, with shorter days and longer nights.The wheel has turned, the time will change,the darker side of the earth remains.There is magick in the lunar light, with intuition at its height.The alchemy of Mother Earth, from birth to death, will come rebirth. Rejoice in this season, may it fillContinue reading “Monday’s Mabon Musing”
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