Eighth of an Acre Bounty

Not a lot to say in this post, but I have been wanting to put up a number of pics taken with the macro setting on my camera. I get a bit wrapped up and can spend an hour in the garden squatting among the plants trying to get as close as possible. I received […]

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I figured (more for my own edification than anything) it was about time for a garden update. It helps to have a status record that I can go back to for reference to boot. This’ll be heavy with pictures… We had a good rain last night and early this morning. Everything needed it and it […]

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Plant Something – No planting this week. Harvest Something – Butter crunch lettuce (of course!), fennel, Leeks, spring onions, rosemary, basil, had our first meager harvest of pole beans – (pictured above), but they were damn tasty and more to come. Yin Yang beans are ready for fresh eating too. Preserve Something – Put up […]

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I’ve been having a hell of a time getting my sourdough to rise in a decent amount of time. I am working with 100% wild yeasts, captured from the beautiful Skyway wind or already present in the starter flour. This recipe being my first real attempt at naturally leavened bread, at first I thought this […]

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So we have a blue room, or at least we had a blue room. So named for Gary’s OCD tendencies when choosing paint colors this room sports 3 different shades of blue named November Skies, Downpour Blue and First Snowfall (see the theme yet?).  After all the paint was up on the walls I complained […]

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As I mentioned below in my Independence Days challenge post, I have read that one can make a faux caper from Nasturtium seeds. I have grown nasturtiums every year since we got the house and with the abundant growth of this year’s variety I figured I would give it a shot. I worked from the […]

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Plant Something – No seed planting this week. Transplanted the broccoli and cauliflower starts to the garden. Other than that just monitoring the beets, chard and lima’s I put in last week and obsessing over where I am going to find room to put in the fall spinach, new lettuce, arugula and rutabaga. I got […]

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