I joined the a team of parent and teacher volunteers who are working to make the school system in our town greener. We’re working on getting the recycling going. Especially lunch time is a problem, a big black hole that apparently eats only trash. ~ I’m still baking, only not as much – a bread …
Category Archives: food (growing, cooking, preserving)
Peas Anyway, and Daily Bread No.12, Rain Barrels, Pumpkins
The Fall peas never had a chance to blossom – my fault, I planted them too late. But during a garden tour a friend pointed out I could still eat the shoots. Lovely just like that and in soup and salad. Also baked Daily Bread No.12. It sang when I took it out of the …
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Why Transition: Taking the Pressure Off
A friend came by today to pick up straw bales for his garden (I also gave him the quince atchar he supplied the quinces for, and my infamous apple peel jelly). He asked me why I am trying Transition again. I couldn’t quite answer clearly. I’m not clear in my head about the many causes …
Daily Bread No. 11
This bread is so good. We had it with homemade pesto (last harvest of homegrown basil) and the last Brandywine tomatoes. Tomorrow if I am feeling better I’ll pull all the tomatoes, peppers and eggplants from the hoop house, chop them up, and mix them with the orphan punkins, of which we received three more …
Daily Bread No. 10 and Last Harvests
So I’m not going to be able to bake a bread every day, but it’s cool. Taking advantage of the hot oven, I also baked a punkin pie, using this wonderful recipe (but with canned pumpkin puree). I can’t show you pictures because it’s mostly gone already. I may become a (modest) baker after all. …
The Garlic is In
It is recommended to plant garlic a week after the first frost, and we finally had our frost two nights ago, and i couldn’t wait any longer. That first frost was almost a month past our average first frost date (10/5). I had about 30 cloves, saved from last year, and 10 volunteers from bulbs …
Daily Bread No.5 – 25 More To Go
This one was in the oven at the right temperature. It rose just a fraction more than the previous one which was baked at 300 F, instead of the 350 F required, and still came out pretty yummy. Don’t know how this one tastes yet, it’s still cooling down. It weighs a little over a …
Site Down, and Daily Bread No. 4
The server this blog is hosted by was down for almost two days. Nothing was lost, thankfully. Imagine you earn a living by your site/blog… Will we see more of this? ~ In any case, we’re back and I need to update you on yesterdays’ Daily Bread No.4. This one’s the 5 minutes a day, …
Fertilizing a Garden Bed, Horse Play, and Daily Bread No.3
This bed in the back of the garden (to the West, underneath the trees)Â is a new one. I added it this Spring. I wasn’t happy with what grew in it this season. The reason could be the lack of sunlight, or poor soil. About the sunlight there is not much I can do at …
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Daily Bread No.2 – 28 More to Go
Behind it is what’s left of Bread no. 1. I found the oven thermometer and determined that when set at 45o F my oven only heats up to 420 F. I’ll rectify that tomorrow. The bead is goooood though, and – one more advantage – it heats up my kitchen.