Join Mavis Butterfield for vegetable gardening and canning tips, easy recipes, and saving money strategies (Rug hooking, too!). Simple living at its best!
The garlic we planted last October is looking alive and well. When I planted it last fall, I covered it with about 6-8 inches of leaf litter. The garlic has over wintered nicely and it’s so tempting to pull one up and check its progress. But I don’t dare! The Complete Book of Garlic: Read More >>
In an effort to get back to basics, I’ve been making our bread for the past 6 weeks and loving it. Goodbye old sandwich bread with unknown ingredients, hello wholesome filling food with ingredients that are both local AND I can pronounce. So far our favorite recipe comes from Bob’s Red Mill Baking Book: Read More >>
I just finished reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle for the second time. I read it for the first time last year right before gardening season and thought I’d read it again. In my quest to find local products I have decided to try and make cheese. I just ordered my first cheese making kit from Read More >>
I just finished reading a book called Plenty: Eating Locally on the 100-Mile Diet. I’ve been thinking about the whole eating local thing since I read Barbara Kingslover’s book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. I had no idea the average food miles (food from the field to the table) was 1,500 miles. I guess it hit Read More >>
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