All of my fermenting vegetables got me thinking... I love sourdough bread, but I've been hesitant to start up a sourdough starter, wi...

Well, I suppose we're not totally out of things to blog about, on the homefront... Since we will be leaving the farm in the spring, and ...

I rarely enjoy the task of removing tomato skins, and sometimes prefer to leave them, for certain things, such as last week's chutney, w...

I found a most delicious tomato chutney recipe, of East Indian inspiration, in an April 1981 Organic Gardening magazine. I modified it sligh...

All winter long I have the luxury of baking and cooking throughout the day, since we spend more of our time indoors, than out. Come summer, ...

I love homemade noodles, but have not invested in a noodle maker, and I found the process of rolling out, slicing, and separating the noodl...

There's nothing like a good pasture. The grazers and chickens have all gained a bit of weight and upped the production since the pasture...

The Flea Beetles are out and devouring. We have a hard time with Flea Beetles, especially the brassica eating variety. This area used to b...

Ghee is a clarified form of butter, traditionally used in Indian cuisine and culture. But ghee has some advantages over butter, it has a hi...

The Fiddleheads are bursting out of the ground this week. These are my "wild asparagus". When picked young, they are a delicious s...

The kids are weaned off milk, we started weaning them at 8 weeks old, and completed the transition to warm water in the end of their 9th wee...

Mr. Fritillary asked me a pair of thought provoking questions, and my answers were all the more genuine because he asked them without contex...

This winter I have been focused on cooking frugally. For us, this means creatively using what we have grown and preserved, as well as stretc...