{a day to check in with a 9 yr old’s doings} Secret code love notes, scavenger hunts, sewing babydoll clothes (and repairing home clothes), shaping/baking her own bagels, growing Mexican gherkins, morning glories, and catnip, weeding strawberry beds, official laundry line hanger, seed-bomb making (to shoot with her wooden slingshot – thanks Ian!), new manualContinue reading “Duendesday!”
Author Archives: Rachael M Rollson
Rock Bottom Happenings
Peas, Onions, Carrots, Beets, and Potatoes are in! Yay, Spring! (Alright, not all of the potatoes are in – I have too many, as usual, mostly in the fingerling department so we’ll be doing those in bags and buckets). I’d like to find a good permanent bed for the parsnips and get the smaller raisedContinue reading “Rock Bottom Happenings”
Monday’s Flower Muses
Spring in New England is a lovely thing – the anticipation of color back into our lives keeps our visual acuity sharp in any subtle changes. The tiniest of buds, the unfolding of leaves, the precociousness of blooms…in the woods, they hide – facing down, or shadowy amongst curled leaflets and grey-brown litter, in theContinue reading “Monday’s Flower Muses”
Friday in Pictures: American Archaeology
let the images tell you their story
Thursday Recipe: Black Beans & Plantains
I freaking love plantains. All of them, in any way, any time. However, I really only make them one or two ways; either a mofungo or sweet-ripe & smashed fried (yes, that’s one thing). The thing about plantains is – they are a pain when they are green (like for mofungo) – peeling is aContinue reading “Thursday Recipe: Black Beans & Plantains”
Duendesday in 9
{a day to check in with a 9 yr old’s doings} Congratulations to Ms. Duende Bloo! She passed her qualifying review for the homeskool portfolio! YAY!! I didn’t know if she was into it, but she seems to be kind of excited to be considered a 5th grader (really? 5th?! unbelievable). Her teacher (whoContinue reading “Duendesday in 9”
Happenings and Thinking Links
Sometimes it’s the little things that keep us going, giving us considered pause and dare I say hope- like mini care packages and handmade postcards, and long waited for squash shoots (I had given up on them!) and spring bulbs popping up, like cleaning out the garage and working on new garden beds. Is itContinue reading “Happenings and Thinking Links”
Monday Monday
For those of you with Spotify, this is the ever changing but current Monday mix that makes the seedlings grow, the bread rise, the kimchi ferment, the pickles brine, the crochet hook knot, and the words flow: Happy Monday
Friday in Pictures: Plan, Dig, Grow
let the images tell you their story
Birthday Dinner: Tuna Shish Kabob
There’s a birthday at Rock Bottom Homestead today! Mine!! Yay Me! What is planned? Well, it’s a lovely (though cool) day – we have more peas to get in (they’ve already been soaked in coffee so they need to go in pronto) and the planting onions are in the fridge so they need to goContinue reading “Birthday Dinner: Tuna Shish Kabob”
