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Diagonal dinner (halibut cheek with asparagus, garlic scapes, and fresh garden peas), originally uploaded by laurenipsum. In a hot pan with bacon grease, started before the fish went on, went minced shallot and sliced asparagus and garlic scapes. We put the fat asparagus stalk segments in first, to get more cooking time [...] It appears that, if you’re rototilling a garden that’s gone to grass and blackberries for the past six years, watering prior to tilling makes it easier to remove the vegetation. It looks like a softer, wetter soil allows the tines to pull plants bodily out of the soil instead of chopping them up but [...] Shelling peas on the couch, originally uploaded by laurenipsum. The shelling peas are coming on strong so we picked a big bowlful to shell while watching Buffy. I use the shells to make stock in case we need to feed any vegetarians, and I blanched and then quick-cooled the peas right in [...] I couldn’t wait for the last holiday, but this one snuck up on me and I didn’t even prepare a holiday meal. All the same, we ate well, with ribeye steaks (we are using up the last of our cow from last year, in preparation for the new cow in a couple of weeks), [...] Like a lot of farmers, we don’t name the poultry or other livestock. They’re wonderful creatures and we love them very much a desire nothing more than the happiest possible life until we kill and eat them. This requires some mental gymnastics for city folk and former vegetarians. One thing I’ve found very interesting [...] Folks who are local to us, come on out on Saturday to our new farm and help us install some irrigation! We’ll be there early in the morning on Saturday, so come on by anytime, and we’ll put you to work! Johnson Farm is on the west side of Fletcher Bay Road, just [...] Civil Eats » Blog Archive » Don’t Greenwash Farmland Destruction No soil, no food. (tags: development soil farmland LEED greenwashing politics) Simple, Green, Frugal Co-op: Taking them under our wing, chicks in the mail Trapper Creek's notes on raising many meat chicks, including that they go outside at 3 weeks, weather permitting. (tags: [...] Here are some things that are new this year! Blueberries are … berrying, originally uploaded by laurenipsum. This year we are allowed to let our blueberries set fruit. We won’t get much, but I’m excited! The Wyandottes are learning about the world, originally uploaded by laurenipsum. Our Wyandottes are fifteen [...] Baby turkeys are here!, originally uploaded by laurenipsum. They are smaller than I thought they would be! |
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