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Easy Dill Pickle Recipe 24 Aug 2013 | 06:11 am
… [more] This year is all about efficient use of time. I am at the helm of a family, a handful of jobs, ever helping with our house remodel, my urban farm and we have an exchange student joining us in...
Summer Vacation: Montana 2013 19 Aug 2013 | 12:28 am
… [more] Ask you friends what they normally do for summer vacation. I love finding out vacation traditions that emerge within families. It wasn’t necessarily planned for my extended family to holiday ...
here’s why: Christmas in July 14 Aug 2013 | 12:25 am
I realize it is August, but humor me: My mom has teased me over the years for being a ‘Christmas in July’ sort of person. She knows: mid-summer I am thinking about, buying or making Christmas gifts. I...
Oregon’s Washington County 9 Aug 2013 | 11:14 pm
Golden wheat swaying in the breeze, fields of potatoes and berries, goats and alpacas, bison, lavender and bikes. In no particular order: these are snapshots of what we experienced for a few days in O...
Pickled Beets Recipe 6 Aug 2013 | 04:33 am
… [more] Last year I made jam. And jelly. And confiture. I lined my pantry with processed berries and stone fruits, figs and fruit sauces. Not-so-ironically, this year I discovered that we are not big...
Oregon Lavender Farms 1 Aug 2013 | 08:25 pm
What a treat to inhale fields of lavender, to identify countless varieties of this versatile herb, and to meet lavender farmers. (Check out my lavender photo album). So often on road trips I salivate ...
Rosse Posse Elk Farm (Molalla, Oregon) 29 Jul 2013 | 09:58 pm
By the end of my visit*, I had been invited to attend an Elk Calling Class… [more]. This roughly translates to: come to the Elk Ranch for a weekend (August 2-4 in case you are interested) of Elk Calli...
Urban Farming not-so-fun moment: butchering urban hens 8 Jul 2013 | 12:13 pm
… [more] I recently ambled down that dreaded but unavoidable path: the time to butcher my first batch of chickens. Certainly you can keep them for years as their egg-laying slows to a trickle. Our ‘gi...
Quillisascut Farm School (Washington) 3 Jul 2013 | 11:52 am
I had a bad case of farm school envy. Chefs and food bloggers, foodie friends and urban farmers I know have gone to Quillisascut Farm School (Rice, Washington). Owners Lora Lea and Rick were heralded ...
cherry chutney preserves 19 Jun 2013 | 08:26 pm
… [more] Cherry season is here! (mid-June through early-Sept). I often think of late spring through summer’s bounty and into early fall as a parade of one fresh fruit and vegetable after another. Brin...
