Infusing Oatstraw I made my first oatstraw infusion, a quart of it, with 1 oz. of dried herb. It’s very mild, sweet and fresh, just lovely after steeping a good 14 hours. Not grassy at all. I added some raw honey to it and have been sipping it all day long. Oatstraw is one of those toners, …
Monthly Archives: March 2011
The First Robins
The plan for today was to plant out the first lettuces into the hotbox, but it is snowing! But! The first Robins have arrived. I wonder if they’ll take up residence in our carport again. In honor of the first Robins and the first full day of Spring, and in the spirit of healing and …
A Gift to Myself
When you’re down, there’s nothing better than to give yourself a gift. Mine is this: to start writing in my journal again, every day. My present self will go to a trusted place every day, my future self will be happy we got the habit back, and all the good things that are happening will …
Doing vs. Undergoing
I must admit that I am down-hearted. I have managed for a couple of days now to avoid the news. A quick check in the morning and the evening and quickly look away again. Nuclear has always been my bugbear. I was 15 in Belgium when Chernobyl happened and it impressed me tremendously. That was …
Ginger Soda Can Be Hazardous to Your Life
I opened my last bottle of ginger soda yesterday. Â It had been in the fridge for two weeks – I had sort of forgotten about it till now. I did open it over the sink… Yeah, blew the top right off! My bottle! And then, when I poured it… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPRJBAxaeAs DH and I finished the …
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Winter Harvest
3/4 of the carrot bed is still frozen, but the rest yielded this And they’re yummy.
Hoop House Cover Up
Some days ago I had a chance to run out and pull one side of the hoop house plastic out from under the leftover snow (it thawed some, finally!). It involved breaking up the huge slabs of ice that had formed inside the “hoop sloop” and pulling them out, then draining the melt water. You …
What’s Growing in the Basement?
In order of sowing: scallions chives mizuna Evenstar collards rouge d’hiver lettuce Olympia spinach Bloomsdale spinach Mache Champion collards Claytonia Space spinach Red marble onion Bright lights chard Ventura celery Safir celery Redventure celery Dianante celeriac Wintebor kale Russian kale Brussels sprouts Waltham broccoli Krausa parsley rube red New England Aster Giant Winter spinach Cornflower …
How are the Bees Doing?
Honestly, I have no idea. But I do have a bad feeling about it. Grasping the small window between the bees flying (i.e., warm enough) and the imminent rain, I opened the hive to check on them. It seemed to me that there are even less now than last time I looked. The bees were docile and …
Old Apple
old apple that no one wanted to eat drying above the wood stove silky on the outside crispy in double as sweet old apple soon you’ll be desirable again ;)