They will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
It's getting that time of year again! Time to plant the garden. We planted a dozen or so rutabaga last week, and this week we are starting the peas. On the crop rotation plan (yes, there is one) they are going to be in row four this year, so the first task was: Cleanup on… Continue reading Cleanup on Row Four
All the mises are en place as our Parisian friends are wont to say. One goose egg. Cream, cheddar, salami, and a cup of fresh sauer ruben. (The sauer ruben is at 9 days fermenting, with just a tsp of pepper and some carraway in this batch. So tasty!) The moment we have all been… Continue reading One (Goose) Egg Omelet
Tasted these after 10 days in the ferment. Daddy and Uncle like them a lot. So do Winnie and Seppi. Everyone else thinks they are either "interesting" or "gross." To each their own. Daddy and Winnie will probably eat all the rest of them ourselves.
While our sauerkraut may have royally failed, we have been having better success with rutabaga, beet and parsnips. We put them in canning jars with 3-4% brine, and set them first on the kitchen table, and then, when the sunlight was too bright there, on top of the piano. The beets were quite delicious, sweet… Continue reading More Lacto-fermentation experiments
Yesterday was MLK day (better known as "Milk Day" in our house. Mommy did not have to work as a result, so we had a family day. Of course we got some farm work done, and we will share that out in separate posts to... milk.... it for all its worth. But the highlight of… Continue reading Farm Feast
Before the latest cold struck we were planning on hosting Lord's Day dinner last Saturday. So we went to our garden and harvested some winter veggies. Winter beets. We put these in back on 8/21, but they didn't really amount to much. They sprouted, but only three were bigger than my finger. We'll leave the… Continue reading Winter Roots
Let's check on the garden, shall we? A bee on the buckwheat. It has become time to plant our winter brassicas. We have a row dedicated to broccoli, cabbage, kale, brussel sprouts and rutabagas that we hope to harvest all winter long. However, it is also the row in which all of our volunteer potatoes… Continue reading Taters and Brassicas.
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