Sustainable Eats

Dark Days are over and spring planting is just about done. Now I can finally focus on things like tax returns and spring cleaning…
I know I said this last week but I think I cooked even less this week between my garden time and Easter. I managed to squeeze in a pizza from [...]

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Hello Spring! I’ve gone dark myself busy starting seeds, planting out previously started seedlings, harvesting nearly the last of the winter crops and prepping garden beds. I was getting so turned around I finally made a seed starting schedule for myself and was stunned to realize I am starting 144 varieties of herbs [...]

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So close to the end of March and officially into spring! My garden is suddenly bursting with a whole lot of new growth.
Today we made a serious effort to clean out the freezer so that the freshly cured bacon, Canadian bacon and ham will have a home so we made a mess of ribs [...]

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In the home stretch until Dark Days become…I guess light days or not so dark days. I have some overwintered salad greens putting on lots of new growth and lovage almost ready to drink through but not many other heralds of spring are ready to eat yet. The strawberries have new growth, the [...]

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We’re in the homestretch now – only a few short weeks to go before the rhubarb and asparagus are up. Things are growing like crazy in my garden and I can imagine the farmer’s markets are starting to fill with some new early spring greens.
My chives are up which is nice since [...]

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You know I just realized I don’t even know when this Dark Days challenge is over. I’ll probably still be doing this come summer wondering why there is no pingback. So I’m still sick but I really think I’m on the mend this time. I’m on my second round of antibiotics and [...]

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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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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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It’s always good to log in to your wordpress account and see you are still the only administrator.
Here we are moving into the second week of February and in Seattle the dark days are feeling not so dark any more. My condolences if you happen to be back east and are under snow right [...]

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Week 11 of Dark Days and the end of week 2 of my bronchitis. I’m sure hoping it lets up in week 3 because it’s really slowing me down! My kids think it’s great that I’m lying on the floor playing with them but in actuality, I’m just lying on the floor. [...]

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