MAPLE-ING.
It’s tree tapping weather around here! Jesse and I have been experimenting with our own maple sap – turning it into wine, drinking it as a warm tea, using it as a sweetener in chocolate mousse – but we...
View ArticleCABIN UPDATE – FINISHING THE SIDING.
With the help of an incredibly enormous ladder borrowed from our neighbor, we finished a major chunk of the siding last week. This is something that has been weighing on Jesse’s mind for a long time,...
View ArticleSPRINGING FORWARD.
Happy Spring Equinox! We’ve been busy around here. Even though the weather is still dipping into the 20s and 30s (argh!), we have been ignoring this and starting more and more trays of soil blocks. And...
View ArticleSPICY GARLIC SCAPE RELISH RECIPE.
Every year in the late Spring we pick off the flower stems growing on top of our hard neck garlic – the scape, or pigtail, as the flower is often referred. Removing these undeveloped flowers encourages...
View ArticleKNITTING LATELY.
I’ve been busily knitting through this book, trying to load up on warm clothes for our December/January bub. I’m seriously considering putting nothing but yarn on our baby registry. - Hannah.
View ArticleBIRTHDAY PROJECT.
For my birthday this year, Jesse got me some yarn specifically for the purpose of dyeing – a project we have been talking about for awhile. We have dreams of having our own wool sheep and shearing,...
View ArticleEASY NATURAL HOMEMADE ROOT BEER.
I’ll be honest, I like soda (or pop, or cola, or whatever your colloquialism may be), but I hardly drink the stuff. Too sugary, too processed, not my thing. But having grown up with soda I do sometimes...
View ArticleA CASE FOR THE IMPERFECT HOMESTEAD.
Comparison is the thief of joy. This is a phrase Hannah once told me that I’ve always loved. Nothing makes me feel like more of a failure than scanning permaculture books like “The Resilient Farm and...
View ArticleINDIGO.
A few weeks back, Cher attended an indigo dyeing workshop at the wonderful Hill & Hollow. This week, she used her newfound knowledge, harvesting her own indigo and dyeing some of her own beautiful...
View ArticleA NEW GREENHOUSE.
Today was a ridiculous 70 degree January day, so it was perfect for getting outside and working on our new greenhouse. We are planning on getting a high tunnel through a NRCS grant, but we won’t be...
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