Sustainable Eats

It’s not often we get the chance to buy directly from a farmer on a food that is well out of our local boundaries so this one is very special to Pancake Boy.
I found a third generation organic maple syrup farmer while surfing Kimi Harris’ nourishing gourmet website. While not many of her meals [...]

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There wasn’t much interest in this giveaway but I’m guessing it’s because we limited the area. So here are the winners:

Which means Laura and Beth, you win!
Thanks everyone for entering! I’m gearing up to do the child’s garden giveaway just as soon as my antibiotics kick in and I can once again function [...]

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I’m convinced I have the bubonic plague. How else could I still be sick going on SIX WEEKS? And people, I’m not sickly. I’m finally trying to get in to see a doctor this week so hopefully the menu here will pick up soon beyond Met Market chicken noodle soup and homemade [...]

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Chicken Little came home from school one day with something he was so exciting to give to me. He handed over a slip of paper covered with little cut out hearts and a poem of sorts penciled in newly learned letters of #2 lead.
It took me awhile to make out what it said but [...]

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I’m so excited to bring you this first guest post by reader Auburn in southern New Hampshire.

Buying Bulk Meat – What you Need to Know
There’s a lot of info online about “freezer meat” or “bulk meat” and many people blog about their experiences buying 1/4 or 1/2 cow, though most focus on the meat itself [...]

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Before introducing this local chicken feed company I need to make the caveat that the giveaway is restricted to this company’s delivery area which is basically from Olympia up to Bellingham and includes the peninsula and greater Seattle area. I’m sorry for anyone out of that range!

I’ve been using this chicken feed since the [...]

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We have a winner – according to www.random.org it’s number 15.
KnitMomma – please email me at annettecottrell(at)yahoo.com so I can get you your package and make sure I have the right size gloves for you.
Be watching either later this week or early next for a new gardening giveaway geared towards kids. I’m hoping to [...]

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This month Tigress’ challenge for the Can Jam is carrots. I recently harvested a bed of overwintered Purple Dragon and Scarlet Nantaise carrots and Javelin parsnips. Since I have a whole other bed to harvest still it was nice to use up the last of that bed we ate from all fall in [...]

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Week 13 of dark days and the end of week 4 of being sick. I’m beginning to think I may try to find a doctor but I’m still stubbornly resisting.
As a result of that and my preoccupation with starting and sorting seeds we’ve eaten a lot of breakfasts for dinner, more take out but [...]

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I’m getting questions on when things can be planted outside and I know some of you are from other parts of the country so rather than post this in timeline format I’m posting by soil temperature.  I know you can buy special soil thermometers but you can also use a digital meat thermometer and call [...]

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