this darn weather

It happens to me every spring and fall, for some reason this year is the worst it has been in awhile.  My sinus are on an all-out revolt.  At times this will last a few weeks, but it has now passed a month.  The early thaw, combined with snow afterwards, then warm weather again followed [...]

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Gardening for the first time

 Keeper of the Home is having an Organic Gardening Carnival.  Join in the fun and learning!
 
This was my first year gardening.  Well, I planned one before (you can read about it here), got it planted, it was huge and quickly overgrew with weeds when I discovered that caring for a newborn while pregnant made the garden [...]

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under the weather

Jane and I are under the weather.  We are taking an echinacea, mint, and nettle tincture as well as broths and keeping warm.  Swollen glands, runny nose, slight fever…it all is slowing me down.  Who is going to soak grains then rinse and dry them, who will keep up with the rotating out of summer [...]

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preserving food

We try to preserve what food we can around here. In the season of life I am in, there is little time for a garden. We have tomatoes and herbs planted this year. Our CSA supplies us with enough to eat as well as a bit to put away for later. Any additional food stores [...]

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lacto-fermented salsa

I have never “canned” in the traditional sense of canning.  No steam bathing, no wax, no pressure cooking (I once had a bad experience with a pressure cooker…they scare me.)  To preserve things around here we lacto-ferment.  It sounds funny, but it is easy to do and a good way to not only preserve it [...]

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my adventure with herbs

I’m taking to herbs much better than I thought I would.  First thing I want to say is that if anyone out there has any must-have books on herbs, please let me know.  The selection is overwhelming and I need to have a book referencing many of the herbs and their properties.  I also like [...]

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Updating odds and ends

We are your typical American home-owners.  There is always a project going on around here.  I’m sure I have mentioned the project that will not endfront porch we are building on.  While in my mind’s eye it is a large sweeping porch with a sitting area, swing, and even a small table to sit and have [...]

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more in the garden

 
In my gardening post I forgot to mention my renewed interest in herbs.  I’ve always had a few on hand for cooking.  Usually basil, rosemary, and cilantro.  I’ve just recently, however, started learning about herbs and their healing properties.  I was amazed at what I could find in my own yard and gardens that could [...]

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