My “track”: Look closely; it’s there! Yes, I ran yesterday. Actually, I ran until the snow got too deep and I had to walk. I got in 30 laps, until I looked like the Abominable Snowman. My running buddy: In fact, she shows up from the neighbors’ house, runs circles around me, begs to be [...]
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Snow days . . . .
Posted in animals, Arkansas, cold frames, Food, gardening, health, life, pizza, whole grains, wildlife, winter gardening, tagged Food, health, life, photograpy, winter on February 10, 2011 | 19 Comments »
How recipes are born on the homestead
Posted in cold frames, dessert, Food, grits, shrimp, Southern food, sweet things, turnips, tagged cooking, dinner, family, Food, recipe, recipes on March 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Sunday night we had a big salad with dinner, but we also had an appetizer of grits crackers followed by buffalo shrimp and turnips with greens and red pepper relish. Dessert was blueberry cheesecake. Only one of these recipes will be showing up here soon: the grits crackers. You see, we ate everything tonight, and [...]
After the storm: tunnels of veggie love, still lovin’
Posted in broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, cold frames, Food, kale, organic food, organic gardening, radish, winter gardening, tagged cold frame, environment, Food, nature, organic gardening, snow, vegetable tunnel, winter, winter gardening on February 8, 2010 | 6 Comments »
After more than an inch of ice and at least half a foot of snow precipitated on us and then lingered for four days in late January and early February, I had my doubts about whether my veggie tunnels would still have viable veggies in them. Temperatures, after all, have been running about ten degrees [...]
Brrrrrrrrr Report: winter gardening lives!
Posted in broccoli, cabbage, cold frames, gardening, organic food, organic gardening, winter gardening, tagged environment, Food, organic gardening, winter gardening on January 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Earlier I wrote about various ways to sustain winter gardening, including grow tunnels. The recent weather, with temperatures down close to zero overnight and never getting out of the 20s (F) during the day really challenged all of my winter protection measures. I’m pleased to report few casualties, though, and most of those things [...]
Greek-Inspired Lamb Shepherd’s Pie with Ozark-Grown Ingredients
Posted in carrots, cast iron, cold frames, Cooking And Baking, CSA, Dutch oven, eggplant, farmer's market, Food, gardening, Greek food, lamb, locavore, organic food, organic gardening, Ozark Mountains, potatoes, red pepper, tomato, Uncategorized, winter gardening, tagged cooking, CSA, Food, Greek, lamb, locavore, organic food, recipes, shepherd's pie on January 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This week I ordered lamb from Conway Locally Grown, a regional variation on CSAs that I’ve blogged about here in the past. We do not ordinarily eat red meat. As a matter of fact, I had been years and years without eating it until December 2009. What happened then? A friend who has an annual [...]
Winter Gardening: coping with freezing temperatures
Posted in beets, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, chard, cold frames, gardening, kale, leeks, organic gardening, sausage, winter gardening, tagged Food, freeze, gardening, kale, leeks, sausage, winter gardening on January 7, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Our winter garden has had a really challenging week, and it’s only getting worse. I’ve taken all of the basic precautions, but when temperatures drop well below freezing and stay there for days, I know I’m going to lose some things. The first thing I did was cut a whole bunch of kale and pull [...]
