Eighth of an Acre Bounty

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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I broke down and bought an ice cream maker earlier this week. I’d been pondering it for quite a while, keeping an eye on CraigsList and finally just bought it.  As soon as I got it home I rushed the bowl into the freezer so it would be frozen and ready for some churning once […]

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Now comes the time that I waffle on when to plant seeds for the fall garden. So many of our plants are still growing and producing I am loathe to pull em out before their prime. And very little of what is currently ready is preservable (mostly lettuce, fennel, green onions, etc). But I also […]

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We’ve been in the greens for a while now from the garden.  Last night was a late dinner, destined to be leftovers of the stew I made the day before. It was a grand Sunday of stock-making, including duck, shrimp and chicken stocks and I made a simple stew of kale, leftover chicken, carrots, celery […]

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Although I tend to pride myself on trying new things and experimenting, I have had a section of pork belly taunting me from the freezer for the past month and a half. With recent life changes (new job, tons more free time, ahh the luxury!) I decided to give it a go the other night. […]

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